A profitable trip to Govan eases the heat on Dons boss McInnes

CARVING out a draw at Ibrox and offering at least something of a threat going forward was a well-timed boost for Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes in the wake of last weekend’s calls for his head.

Look, the fact is that the Dons, despite new chairman Dave Cormack’s desire to improve the ‘game-day experience’, have been feeling a little stale for a while now.

It is no wonder goals have been hard to come by outwith Sam Cosgrove, too, when contracts were handed to James Wilson and Curtis Main, who had no pedigree of scoring at Premiership level and have managed one between them all season.

Good luck to Salford City in getting a tune out of Wilson, bombed out of Manchester United after former reserve coach Warren Joyce had accused him of spending his time out injured sitting in jacuzzis rather than doing the same level of work he’d done to get an eye-popping four-year deal.

McInnes is not under major pressure at Pittodrie. Finish third and he’s pretty much shot par, but he ought to be looking around for fresh opportunities because the rumblings from the stands are getting louder and his style of play is not winning people round.

Of course, his assistant Tony Docherty calling the punters who voiced those demands for him to go at St Mirren ‘preposterous’, ‘disrespectful’ and ‘absurd’ doesn’t help matters either.

Abuse is a given when you can’t beat teams with a fraction of your budget.

Those remarks will be remembered — and you’d better believe they will be cast up should Motherwell still have their noses in front of Aberdeen come May.