Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin feels the squad have an issue with their egos which must drop quickly.
Aberdeen were defeated 1-0 away to Falkirk yesterday in which was a very flat performance by Aberdeen where the Dons boss has slammed some players for their ‘egos’.
Dons boss Jimmy Thelin said: “I won’t talk much about the game, but more about ourselves. The desire, there’s too many individual decisions.
“Football is more than technique and systems. It’s how you act on the football pitch. It’s about responsibility. We’ve been here before, we’ve bounced back, but now we’re back some steps again.
“Even if you don’t have the perfect game, it should always feel like we give the fans everything, and right now we aren’t doing that. That’s not good enough.
“I’m the manager, I’m responsible, but sometimes the players have to look in the mirror and know what football is about.
“We had some good crosses today but we weren’t close to using these opportunities. We have to drop our egos and play much better as a team.
“The second half, we start okay but in these small situations, the opponents win. We get beat, and down in these moments. We have to change this mentality.”
This comes after Aberdeen were defeated 1-0 by the Bairns as pressure continues to ramp on Jimmy Thelin. Aberdeen are currently winless in their last five as the Dons slump down to eighth in the Scottish Premiership.
In the Falkirk defeat, the Dons boss went for the back four for the first time this season after using a back three for the majority of the season so far.
Aberdeen didn’t manage to pull off a single shot on target during their tight defeat at Falkirk.
Jimmy added: He said: “We changed system and it didn’t work so well in the first half, although it was a little bit better in the second.
“However, there were moments in the Hibs game (2-0 loss) and this one where there is too much ego.
“When the ref doesn’t give us a free-kick we stop playing but we have to fight, fight, fight much more in the games to be more competitive.
“We have talked about this before and we went on to be better.
“But now we have dropped back again.
“We have to change this otherwise it is so, so difficult to win football games.”
The Aberdeen boss now has a win rate percentage of just 42% which is now the same as Barry Robson who was eventually sacked and most recently sacked by Scottish Championship side, Raith Rovers.
Aberdeen have a very tough week ahead as they travel to Ibrox to face Rangers on Tuesday before the host Rangers again on Sunday at Pittodrie.
