Neil Warnock causing Aberdeen a 'real problem' as Ian McCall questions Bojan Miovski dig

Ian McCall has blasted Neil Warnock's public commendation of Bojan Miovski and reckons Aberdeen are in a real fight to keep their place in the Premiership next season.

Last night's disappointing 2-0 home defeat to St Johnstone extended the Dons winless run in the league to nine games and leaves interim manager Warnock with three losses and two draws from his five Premiership matches in charge. The horrid run of form has left Aberdeen five points adrift of the top six, and with just four points now separating them from Ross County in the relegation zone, Reds fans are now starting to look over their shoulder.

In the wake of last weekend's dismal 2-0 loss to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park, former English Premier League boss Warnock publicly blamed top scorer Miovski for the Killie opener, with the 75-year-old furious that the North Macedonian international had lost his man at a corner.

But those comments did not do down well with Aberdeen legend Willie Miller, who says Miovski, who has carried the team for large parts of the campaign with 22 goals in 40 appearances, is the last one who should be singled out for criticism.

And the ex-Pittodrie captain has now been backed up by Clyde boss Ian McCall, who gave Aberdeen a scare in their 2-0 Scottish Cup victory last month - one of only two wins in the last 11 games for the Reds in all competitions. Speaking on the BBC Scottish Football Podcast, the former Ayr United and Partick Thistle gaffer said: "I think they are in serious bother. There are some people who watch them that you wouldn't trust about their knowledge of football, but I trust Willie Miller.

"Willie Miller has watched them a lot and he thinks they have regressed. There is a certain abrasive style to Neil's management.