"Baby steps" is how Nicky Devlin described the win over Raith Rovers. That is the sad reality of where our season teeters in mid-January.
The narrow Scottish Cup victory – a first win in eight – was vital for confidence and trying to restore belief among the fans.
Belief was definitely needed after the divide caused by the loan signing of Lyall Cameron from Rangers.
While the midfielder's Dons debut showed what he can bring as he set up the winner and was named player of the match, the signing has left some fans feeling frustrated at the way we are operating in the transfer market.
On the pitch it was the same old story. Easy to defend against as we passed up chance after chance.
A rare but much-needed clean sheet will give the defence a boost, even if we did our best to concede at times with some haphazard defending.
Now the baby steps need to be built on and full points are required in our next two matches, against struggling pair Livingston and Kilmarnock.
It's a big couple of weeks on the pitch, in the transfer window and in the Pittodrie boardroom as we try to whittle down the candidates and appoint a new manager.
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