Stephen Robinson has already made Aberdeen harder to play against, says former Celtic and Hibernian midfielder Scott Allan.
Robinson left St Mirren last week to take the Aberdeen job and drew his first game in charge against Falkirk on Saturday.
The result leaves Aberdeen ninth in the Scottish Premiership, six points above Kilmarnock in the relegation play-off spot.
"Yeah, listen, I think obviously he's showed his consistency at St Mirren with the top-six finishes and the highlight of winning the League Cup," Allan told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.
"I think he's been looking for that move for a while and deserving of it with the hard work he's put in at St Mirren.
"Difficult place to go just now with Aberdeen. I think he'll probably be looking at that squad, thinking he'll make a lot of changes in the summer.
"What I did notice, they were a lot harder to play through than they have been. There's a softness about Aberdeen this season no getting away from that.
"It was like watching St Mirren with red shirts on."
