""You have to respect that there can be noise, there can be pressure, it can be media, it can be social media and the players just need to focus on what they can control," Thelin said. "The rest we can't control, so we have to give our fans more about that on the pitch and don't get so infected on the noise.""
""I am the responsible person, I am the manager of the football club, but I also have good staff. I still have the same procedure with my chairman and we talk more or less every day and everybody is aligned how we want to fix this and we still believe we can. When you have this strong belief that we are going to find a way out then it is just to do the work to get the right results.""
Aberdeen sit bottom of the Scottish Premiership with one point from five games and have yet to score. No 'must win' targets have been imposed and the club maintains almost daily contact between manager and chairman to align on fixes. Players are urged to concentrate on controllable factors amid media and supporter pressure. Identified performance issues include lack of speed, insufficient intensity, a hesitant and backward passing tendency, and a need for a more front-footed direction. Training is focused and the squad are described as calm, united, and committed to doing the work required to improve results.
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