Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Dons aiming to add consistency
ABERDEEN defender Mark Reynolds hopes 2017 can bring a return to the consistency of recent seasons for the Dons.
Celtic’s march towards another league title seems a formality with the champions enjoying a 19-point lead at the top of the Premiership but the race for second place is heating up.
Derek McInnes’ Reds ended 2016 with three wins in a row to move within two points of second-placed Rangers with a game in hand and Reynolds knows they will have to continue their winning run after the winter break if they are to pip Mark Warburton’s side.
He said: “We need to get the level of consistency we showed last season and then add to it again.
“We fell short last season when we fell away at the end of the campaign, so we need to step it up further, we know that.
“If you look further ahead than the next game you make it more complicated than it needs to be and you trip yourself up.”
The Dons scored six goals and conceded two in their last three matches and Reynolds knows having both departments functioning well will be key in the second half of the season.
He said: “It is a big thing to have a defence playing well and to have confidence in what you’re doing.
“We have that, we know we’ve got a solid foundation and have players at the top end of the pitch capable of scoring goals.”