Glass admits his Reds revolution is taking longer than he would have liked
Stephen Glass believes the current situations at Aberdeen and Celtic closely mirror one another.
The Dons head into today’s meeting of the sides at Pittodrie, desperately looking for a positive result after a run that has left them winless in their last eight games.
And while Celtic have tasted victory more recently, their record of two defeats and a draw from their last four Premiership fixtures is a concern.
With Ange Postecoglou in charge of the Hoops, both clubs have new managers attempting to integrate new styles of play, with a host new faces.
Glass ( inset) admitted: “I don’t like talking about other clubs and other managers, but I can see similarities.
“When I watch Celtic play, they are a very good team, packed with good players. I think it’s only a matter of time before they start getting results.
“I believe we also have a ver y good group, and that it is a matter of time until we start getting results. So the situations are very similar.
“It d o e s n’t happen overnight. Talking for us rather than them, we’re doing something a little bit different. There is a new staff in here, with a whole new group of players.
“They are playing at a massive club, and some of them are taking a little bit longer than we’d have liked to bed in.
“But we brought them to the club for a reason. We believe they will be big and impactful players at the club, and a group of players that can do something here.”
It is a belief Glass continues to hold in the face of a series of setbacks, with the cup losses to Raith Rovers and Qarabag compounded by league losses to Motherwell and St Johnstone.
“Nothing has changed from my viewpoint. In fact, it’s been solidified by performance levels,” said the Aberdeen manager.
“The individual mistakes have certainly cost us dearly. I think if you count the number of shots faced and things like that, they are not big amounts. So there are individual bits and pieces that, if they were better, results would be better.
“It will take time. But when you say that it sounds like you want a long time. Everyone wants it to happen quickly.
“It’s not so much a case of resetting, I don’t think. It’s a case of making sure we can continue with the good stuff that we’ve done – and eradicate the individual mistakes.
“The players are aware of that. They feel that we have, as a team, been performing OK. But are well aware of the need to get results.”
David Bates, the Scotland internationalist recruited right at the end of the summer transfer window, backed his manager’s message.
“I’ve been at new clubs in the last couple of seasons, so I can testify it is not easy to come in and click right away,” said the former Rangers man.
“You need to learn how your partner plays, his positioning and learn from each other.
“It goes for e ve r y b o d y on the pitch, how people play.
“It takes time, and I have seen that over the last couple of years. Once everybody gets settled, we will have a good side.
“When everyone gets settled in, and you are playing week-in, week-out with each other, it gets better.
“I have no doubts that’s what will happen here.
“We have a young team, especially at the back. But it’s in games like last weekend at St Mirren that people learn.”
Glass, meanwhile, was coy on the subject of whether he was tempted to change his keeper as a result of Joe Lewis’s mistake at Paisley that led to St Mirren’s winning goal.
“I’ve got a decision to make right throughout the whole team,” he said.
“I don’t want to specifically answer yes or no because then it becomes I’ll deal with this or that. We’ve decisions right through our team.
“We’ve got a great squad of players, and I think everyone at the club is aware of that.”