Jimmy Thelin isn't worried if Aberdeen's rivals suss them out as boss wants to share one thing with the elite

Jimmy Thelin isn’t worried that his Premiership rivals have worked his Aberdeen team out because he knows if his players hit top gear then they will take some stopping.

The Dons made an almost perfect start to the season but lost at St Mirren last weekend and dropped two points in stoppage time at Hibs on Tuesday evening. Thelin’s squad is still in its early steps but he believes good progress is being made and if they continue to abide by their principles then

Thelin, who takes his team to Hearts on Sunday, stated: “The best teams in the world are really clear in their identity. You know exactly what they're going to do, but you can't stop it. So it's no surprise when they play football games today more or less, but it's the timing, the speed and the quality of the things you're doing that is difficult to cope with.

“We have to be better in some parts in a longer time and more frequent inside of our games. How we defend and how we attack. For example, we scored three goals away, so we're still doing good things. It's not easy to score three goals in an away game.

“I’m not worried about if teams understand how we play because that can be a good thing in one way, that we start outlying something that we are really good at. I know if we can do that really well, it's difficult to stop us anyway.

“That's why we're trying to also create here. If you watch the best teams in the world now or in some leagues, it's clear what they're doing, but you can't do anything about it anyway. So you have to be sharp.”

Aberdeen haven’t won at Tynecastle since 2017 but that is something Thelin and his team want to put right. Three points from Gorgie would be a major boost for Aberdeen before they get set to take on champions Celtic on