Robinson hails impact of new faces after promising Dons start

Aberdeen head coach Stephen Robinson has hailed the impact of his Summer signings and believes his new-look team is improving game by game. The Dons have recruited 11 players so far during the current transfer window. Two of them, Dan Happe and Lewis Neilson, scored as they defeated Queen's Park 2-1 at the weekend, making it two wins out of two in the group stage of the Premier Sports Cup, a game that also saw new goalie Marius Muller catch the eye. Speaking ahead of Wednesday night's trip to play League One Queen of the South, Robinson said: "It is always nice to see new signings hit the ground running. "I believe all the new signings have really made an impression, there are a lot of new faces, so it takes time that understanding. "I believe I can see the understanding coming, relationships building on the pitch as well and off the pitch, but that does take time. "When you bring that many players in, there is going to be a bedding-in period, but we are doing that by winning games at the same time. "I feel that there is an improvement in every game we have played, including the pre-season ones, and we are looking for that step forward again on Wednesday night." While the focus is on the new signings, midfielder Findlay Marshall is hoping this will be his breakthrough season at Pittodrie. The 20-year-old signed a new deal in April after impressing on loan at Arbroath last term, but he has yet to feature in the two competitive games the Dons have played this time round. Robinson added: "Marsh has gone out on loan, he has to now come in and be better than what is in front of him. "That is the reality of being a first team footballer, it is not the democratic society of Aberdeen where everybody gets equal game time. "You have to be better than the person in front of you. "Ultimately, they have to play football, developing isn't sitting on a bench, so I think the club do this really well with the loan system they have, and we will continue to do that, and we will look at those boys come the end of August and 'do they need to go out on loan again? Do they need to develop further ?. "We are talking about very, very young boys with little experience, and to play for Aberdeen you need that mentality, you need that backbone, you need the experience of playing football matches. "You only gain it by playing, so we will look at that very closely, and Marsh will be one of those players as well."