Barry Robson warns Aberdeen stars 'I'm not having that' in dressing room rocket that melts stars amid snowstorm

Barry Robson feared there was a snowball’s chance in Helsinki that Aberdeen’s Europa Conference League clash with HJK was going to be abandoned.

The Dons watched his side come back from 2-2 in the snow-drenched, freezing Finnish capital to pick up their third point and to remain in third place in Group G, thanks to Duk's leveller. The match, however, had to be stopped so tractors could come on and clear the pitch while there were other numerous threats from the Bolt Arena tannoy announcer that the game could be stopped if the Aberdeen fans didn’t stop throwing snowballs at goalkeeper Niki Maenpaa.

Robson said: “Did I think it could be abandoned for the snow or the snowballs? Probably a bit of both. But we wanted the game to carry on because we were the team in the ascendancy and were desperate to try to win the game. How close did it come to being abandoned? It’s hard to tell. The snow was covering the lines but I’m not going to say it should or shouldn’t have been abandoned.

“We didn’t pick up any injuries and that was my big concern, we seem to be okay. We had a lot of players who came in and needed minutes. I feel they did well. It’s frustrating because it could have been three points, we looked like the team most likely to win it as the game went on."

Robson admitted it took an icy half-time blast to spark a spirited second half comeback from his Dons side. He stated: “Helsinki dealt with the conditions at the start of the game. We knew the pitch would be difficult when we got here and had a walk on it.

“Once we got in at half-time, I told them I wasn’t having that, wasn’t having that they could deal with it better. That was the biggest problem.

“I think the players were a bit reluctant to go in in those