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(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\nThe Scottish Cup holders rounded off their pre-season with defeat the Championship side(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n
Jimmy Thelin has insisted the challenge of Ipswich Town and Fulham will help get his new-look Aberdeen<\/a> squad ready for the new season.<\/p>\n The Scottish Cup<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Thelin<\/a> knows it is still early doors and it is all about peaking for Monday\u2019s trip to Tynecastle to face Hearts<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Swede said: \u201cWe are ready for the season to start and looking forward to it. We\u2019re fully ready for the first game.<\/p>\n \u201cOur opponents tonight are the level we are aiming to, you want to push yourself and learn as a team.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth of the games, Fulham and now Ipswich, were good for us to play.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted opponents with extra intensity, speed of the game and teams who will punish you.<\/p>\n \u201cSome parts were good, but when these teams break against you with their speed and decision-making you get punished.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it was good for us because we will learn from this. We tried to be compact but we still have things to adjust.\u201d<\/p>\n Follow Record Sport <\/strong>on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond.<\/p>\n You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Celtic<\/a> page, and sign up to our newsletters<\/a> to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season.<\/p>\n We’re also WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to your phone. Join our Celtic community here<\/a>.<\/p>\n