Aberdeen: Stephen Robinson has ‘two-fold’ plan to bring success back to Pittodrie

New Aberdeen head coach Stephen Robinson has vowed to give the team an “identity and stability” to bring long-term success to Pittodrie – and has a two-phase plan to improve the Scottish Premiership side.

Robinson has left St Mirren to become the permanent successor to Jimmy Thelin, who left Aberdeen in January.

The Northern Irishman inherits a team who ended their defence of the Scottish Cup with defeat by Championship side Dunfermline last weekend, and are on a run of one win of 13 league games.

The new head coach says his first task will be to deal with the “basics” of tightening up the defence and sharpening the attack to get the points needed for survival, but is eyeing a summer rebuild.

A “delighted” Robinson said the opportunity to work with a bigger budget and facilities than he was used to was a major draw.

“As soon as I heard about it, I was excited about it,” he told RedTV. “There was no way I could turn it down.

“It was an opportunity I’d waited for, to work at a club with the resources Aberdeen has. It’s a huge football club. The facilities it has, the training ground, it’s debt free… it’s very, very rare in football.”