"They were very good at times, and certainly had their moments in the game. I'm just delighted in the manner we were able to win the game.

"The disappointment of the third goal being chalked off with Sapsford, which was a brilliant passage of play from us... I think it's harsh, to be honest. It's subjective.

"Credit to the group, they dug deep. Aberdeen don't mess about with the ball in the wide areas, they get a lot of crosses in, but our two centre-halves were outstanding. Michael Forbes was playing with a gash in his face, had to get stitches at half time and Bert Esselink has been kicked in the head a few times.

"That's what you need from your leaders at the back, to put their neck on the line. It's worth it at the end of the day.

"The goal we eventually got to win it was, again, brilliant. It was a terrific all-round performance in difficult conditions.

"The conditions played a part but I was delighted with the players' fitness levels, even the substitutes who came on and made a positive impact - Yoro, Farrugia, Lachlan Rose.

"There was a lot of good talent out on the pitch in both teams. Aberdeen are no mugs. Stephen Robinson and his players have been coming in for some unnecessary criticism, but they have a lot of talent there, and they cause teams a lot of problems.

"The three guys in the middle have been getting lots of plaudits of late and deservedly so. It's their composure and ability on the ball, that's why they're in there.

"At times, we didn't do the ugly side of the game well enough. We couldn't have started the second half worse if we tried and that invited wave after wave of pressure. Those three are influential though, in terms of how we want to be.

"Jesse Randall was a great outball for us all afternoon and caused their backline lots of problems. Lots of good individual performances again. It's a decent enough points return, although we still think we're three or four off where we think we should be. That's me being greedy though."