Graeme Shinnie impatient to get victories and haul Aberdeen up the table

Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie is impatient to get victories and haul the club up the table but he is not focusing on the points gap ahead of Saturday’s trip to face Hearts.

St Johnstone’s late equaliser against the Dons on Wednesday ensures Aberdeen are 16 points adrift of third-placed Hearts in the cinch Premiership ahead of the Tynecastle clash.

Barry Robson’s men have three games in hand but Saturday could be crucial to Aberdeen’s hopes of repeating last season’s top-three finish and securing guaranteed European group stage football.

Shinnie said: “We are just trying to win each game as they come now. We are not looking anywhere but the next game.

“I know that is a cliché in football but that is where we are at just now, trying to take each game as it comes. We are trying to put points on the board as quickly as we can.

“It would have been good to get the win on Wednesday. We were desperate for another clean sheet because another three points would be massive and we need to take the point and move on to Saturday.

“It is a tough place to go but it is one we know if we play to our capabilities we have got the team to go and win the game.”