Tough schedule for Dons
02 Mar 2007 - 12:08:15
Aberdeen boss Jimmy Calderwood believes a tough set of fixtures in March could derail his side's season.
The Dons play four of their five games in the month away from Pittodrie and Calderwood knows it will be hard to keep pace with second-placed Rangers.
He said: "Is there room for slip-ups between now and the end of the season? It depends what you see as a slip.
"We have four away games and one at home in the month and doing well in all of them is going to be a tall order, so I suppose the answer is no, not really. We can't afford many.
"But the thing is that massive games come at the bottom end of the table, where livelihoods are at stake. The matches we are playing in are great games. They are all about ambition, hunger and getting to where you want to be.
"I would think this month is make-or-break for us. We've not discarded second place yet, but we've made things difficult after we lost to Celtic two weeks ago and we need to get a fair amount of points to get there.
"All we can do is win as many games as possible and keep putting people under pressure."