Aberdeen turned to Robinson after his work making Motherwell and St Mirren stronger.
In Paisley, he gained simply one in every of his first eight league video games after taking on in late February 2022 however ended the season with two wins and two attracts to steer them into ninth place.
Likewise at Motherwell he got here in after the switch window closed in late February 2017 after Mark McGhee’s sacking, with the club sitting eleventh.
Four wins in 12 video games was sufficient to keep away from the play-offs by three factors. The Aberdeen boss has achieved it earlier than however has much less time and higher stress to alter issues at Pittodrie.
But he additionally proved in these two jobs that after spells on the coaching floor along with his squad, whether or not after pre-season or winter breaks, his groups typically put runs collectively.
That’s why this worldwide break could have come on the proper time for Aberdeen, with Robinson assured issues have improved since his sturdy phrases after the Rangers defeat.
“[The players] have been excellent, the response has been very, very good,” he mentioned.
“When we tell home truths you don’t just shout and rant and rave as people probably imagine.
“It is a case of sitting individuals down, displaying them what they don’t seem to be doing, displaying them what they’re doing effectively and emphasising the great and the dangerous.
“But there were a lot of things we felt that we could do a lot better against Rangers and you back that up with footage, you back that up on the training pitch, and we have done that over the last 10 days and they have responded really, really well.”
How the Aberdeen gamers reply to Robinson’s strategies on the pitch at St Mirren will set the tone now.
Has he bought the gamers to play his aggressive and intense type? Is this squad cohesive and mentally robust sufficient to prevail in a scrap? Has he been left sufficient time to show issues round?
The subsequent seven video games will reply these questions and determine whether or not Aberdeen will finish the season with a play-off to save lots of their unblemished top-flight file.
