“We've a journey to do to succeed in one other degree and compete in Europe,” Thelin conceded afterwards. “We've to construct this yr and subsequent yr to turn into a extra aggressive crew in these sorts of video games.
“I feel one of the best I can do as a supervisor is assist my gamers and study from this.”
If Aberdeen are nonetheless studying on the European stage, they're going to should do it fairly rapidly with video games towards AEK Larnaca, FC Noah, Strasbourg, and Sparta Prague nonetheless to return earlier than the top of the league part.
Domestically, Thelin's facet cannot actually afford to spend any extra time studying.
The north east membership are at the moment second backside of the Premiership with seven factors from their opening eight matches, and have video games towards Hibernian and Kilmarnock earlier than the top of October.
“A very powerful factor proper now could be we now have an excellent necessary sport on Sunday,” added Thelin.
“We've to deal with the precise issues and make it a very good sport towards Hibs on Sunday to point out our supporters that we are able to do very well within the league.”
