JOSH PARKER was smiling broadly after this pulsating game as the Aberdeen fans continued to turn up at Pittodrie to underline their belief that manager Derek McInnes is, indeed, on course to lead them to glory this season.

But Parker's delight was based not solely because his temporary employer – he arrived on Thursday, on loan from Red Star Belgrade until January – had secured their fourth straight win against a plucky Dundee side, but that he was received so warmly by a set of supporters considerably less bonkers than those he left behind in Serbia.

The former Queens Park Rangers attacker's late appearance was no more than a cameo as McInnes admitted he could feel the player's eyes burning into the back of his head from the dugout, so desperate was he to take part, but he displayed enough exuberance to suggest he'll fit in easily at the club.

"I'm used to a louder crowd," he said, "but the reception I got was second to none.

"It's probably the best I've had in my career, especially from fans who probably know little about me.

"Red Star's fans are probably the craziest. They might not be the best, but they are so passionate.

"They might not be able to tell you every player on the pitch but they will tell you they love Red Star.

"Every game gets 40,000 or 50,000. If they play a local derby against Partizan it can be 70,000 or 80,000. It's kind of like the Premiership."

Such "craziness" can have its downside, however.

The 24-year-old Englishman recounted the story of how, despite producing an excellent performance in one game, a sportswriter made it clear he didn't rate him and proposed he should not be chosen for the team.

"In the next game I played, the whole stadium was whistling me; 40,000 people," Parker explained.

"I asked what it was all about and people told me. I never witnessed that in English football, that's for sure and all because the journalist, a Red Star fan, encouraged such behaviour.

"Once you have been through that kind of thing you feel you can handle anything.

"Nothing can compare to the pressure in Belgrade.

"You feel it from the manager and the people who run the club. They feel the pressure from the fans.

"It's almost like they run the club, even though they don't."

Two goals from Adam Rooney, a second-half glancing header from a Jonny Hayes cross and a penalty kick in the dying moments after Gary Harkins had felled him in the area - a foul which brought the Dundee player, booked a few minutes earlier, a straight red card - settled the issue with the hosts controlling eighty per cent of the play and ensuring that Scott Bain, the visitors' exciting young goalkeeper, had yet another busy 90 minutes.

Should he be included in the Scotland squad for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Georgia and Germany next month?

"I would be very surprised if he wasn't," said Kane Hemmings, the Dark Blues striker, snuffed-out by Ash Taylor and Andrew Considine, Aberdeen's central defenders.

"Scotland have some very top class goalies but because of the saves Scott has pulled off and performances he has produced, it would be totally justified if he was to get selected.

"I played with Allan McGregor [at Rangers] mainly as a sub and in training. Bainy would be right up there.

"Some of the saves he pulls off remind me of McGregor.

"Bainy's saves against Dundee United and St Johnstone have been some of the best saves I have seen.

"All you need is the chance to show and prove yourself.

"I think Bainy has been similar to me in terms of his career. He was at Aberdeen and then they let him go but he went on to prove himself and got his chance to return to full-time. "He has come in and got Scotland call-ups and is one of the best keepers in the league.

"He deserves enormous credit because he has bounced back after people knocked him down."