DOUGIE BELL can’t ever remember losing two games on the bounce at Aberdeen.

And perhaps that’s no wonder given his seven-year spell in the northeast was spent entirely under Alex Ferguson’s charge.

But while those golden Fergie Years may be a distant memory for Dons fans lucky enough to have been around in the early 80s – and nothing more than a history lesson to the green-eyed Red Army of a younger generation – Bell insists standards should never drop to the current levels.

With Hallowe’en just around the corner the stats make for horror reading for manager Stephen Glass and the Dons.

Saturday’s defeat at bottom-of-thetable Dundee made it 10 games without victory and five Premiership defeats in a row – the Dons’ worst start to a league season in over a decade.

Dumped out the cup by a lower league side, humbled at home in Europe, one clean sheet in 16 games this season – that on the opening day of the Premiership campaign – is as far removed from the rock-solid foundation on which Derek McInnes’ sides were built.

McInnes was hounded out by the Pittodrie faithful after his relatively successful eight-year spell in charge went stale.

And the Red Army are already turning on Glass – who is understood to be safe for now – as well as chairman Dave Cormack whose trust in appointing the rookie Atlanta United boss in March is already being tested to the max.

Bell can understand why even if he thinks its too early to pull the trigger – 35 years may have passed since he left Aberdeen for Rangers after winning three titles, two Scottish Cups and the European Cup Winners’ Cup but he keeps a close eye on the Dons and is hoping to be at Pittodrie for this weekend’s clash with Hibs.

That is one of three massive fixtures – with a trip to Ibrox and a visit of Hearts following thereafter.

Bell reckons those three fixtures are make or break for the team – and perhaps the manager too.

He said: “They need a break and it looks like the next month could be a struggle. Results have to come – and quick.

“The next two or three games are make or break. If they don’t get them then they could become relegation candidates.

“The sad thing is I tuned in for the Dundee game and I wasn’t surprised by the result. They have a soft centre.

“For the team it’s really make or break time. As for the manager? That’s up to him and the chairman.

“But the pressure must be growing – 10 games without a win, it doesn’t matter what club you’re at, that sort of form puts the manager under pressure.

“It’s not even as if he’s waiting on any players to come back from injury or suspension.

“He’s probably got his best squad available. Hopefully they can get a big