After a fourth straight Scottish Premiership game without a goal, Aberdeen fans made their feelings clear at the full-time whistle of Saturday's draw with Kilmarnock. Head coach Stephen Robinson took the brunt of the boos and jeers, with such ire replicated online and on radio phone-ins. The Northern Irish manager was similarly unimpressed with his side's showing, calling it "tired" and "lethargic" in his spiky post-match interview.
It's far from the start to the season that Aberdeen would have wanted. At a club with such high expectations, there is a gloom that pervades Pittodrie. Kilmarnock earn first point with goalless draw at Aberdeen Obviously, the Dons have a problem up top.
They have scored fewer than any other team so far, and wasted the few chances they have created. Their total xG sits at 5.2 - the third-worst in the league - but they have still failed to deliver on their, albeit small, attacking promise. Other attacking stats are similarly damning.
No team has had fewer shots on target. Only Falkirk have created fewer big chances. As well as the lack of clinical edge, there is a glaring absence of creative spark.
"It's a lack of anything for the Aberdeen fans to go and enjoy," former Aberdeen defender Richard Foster told BBC Sport Scotland. "I expected Robinson's Aberdeen to be full of energy, similar to what we saw at St Mirren. They'd get the ball forward quickly and play in the opposition's half.
"The style was relatively direct, but they did actually play football at St Mirren in the opposition's half. They had players that would go one-v-one, get the ball in the box, they were very difficult to play against. "The Aberdeen team look quite far away from that - they're easy to play against, they're slow in the build-up, they don't pose much of a goal threat in certain games." Robinson didn't pull his punches when speaking to BBC Sport Scotland afterwards, taking aim at his players' energy levels.
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