Barry Robson shrugs off long term Aberdeen boss poser as he reveals player message with club 'stabilised'

Aberdeen boss Barry Robson has claimed he has had no long-term guarantees and his only focus is on winning as many games as he can between now and the end of the season.

The former Scotland cap has been given the top job until the end of the campaign but he is adamant he can’t look beyond that. Robson has done enough to steady the ship and to get the Dons back into the fight for third place and Europe. The likelihood is that if he can land third place or European football it would really enhance his chances of getting the job long-term.

Robson, however, has insisted it is about one game at a time and that starts with a visit to St Johnstone. He said: “We have done OK of late and we seem to have stabilised everything a wee bit. We can just focus on getting our heads down and getting through to the end of the season and hopefully we can win some games.

“It doesn’t matter if it is me or another manager, we need to keep focusing on where we are at the minute, winning games and then we can sit down at the end of the season and see where we are. Everybody is saying you are going to finish here or do this and that. What is my message has been to the players is that we have a huge game on Saturday.”

Robson has had experienced No.2 Steve Agnew by his side since he first took interim charge and yesterday he added former Dundee United manager Liam Fox to his coaching team. Robson added: “He has been a football manager. He has worked, reserves, B team and reserve and development phases.

“It was a big attraction for me. We are a club who pride on our youth players and we need to have a proper link from the Under-18s to the first team.

“For a coach like Liam, who has the experience and has been a manager and in these different jobs,