The Scottish Cup holders rounded off their pre-season with defeat the Championship side
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Jimmy Thelin has insisted the challenge of Ipswich Town and Fulham will help get his new-look Aberdeen squad ready for the new season.
The Scottish Cup holders finished off their pre-season campaign with a 3-1 home defeat to Ipswich and lost to the Cottagers in a closed door friendly.
Thelin knows it is still early doors and it is all about peaking for Monday’s trip to Tynecastle to face Hearts.
The Swede said: “We are ready for the season to start and looking forward to it. We’re fully ready for the first game.
“Our opponents tonight are the level we are aiming to, you want to push yourself and learn as a team.
“Both of the games, Fulham and now Ipswich, were good for us to play.
“We wanted opponents with extra intensity, speed of the game and teams who will punish you.
“Some parts were good, but when these teams break against you with their speed and decision-making you get punished.
“So it was good for us because we will learn from this. We tried to be compact but we still have things to adjust.”
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