Jim Goodwin on why his new-look Aberdeen side shouldn’t be judged on Celtic defeat, and David Bates’s future

Jim Goodwin says that David Bates may still have a future at Aberdeen.

JIM GOODWIN has asked Aberdeen fans not to judge his new-look side on their defeat to Celtic, having told his players that they won’t come up against that level of opposition every week in the Premiership.

The Dons fell to a 2-0 defeat at Celtic Park, with Goodwin particularly disappointed by the early goal they conceded to Stephen Welsh that put them on the back foot.