Would Aberdeen move suit outgoing Hibs striker Boyle?

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It would take a remarkable set of results for Aberdeen to be dragged into the play-off mire now despite dropping two points at relegated Livingston last Friday.

With Kilmarnock visiting St Mirren on Saturday, having finally leapfrogged the Paisley side to clamber out of the trap door, something will have to give there.

That all means the 37 points the Dons have scrambled would likely be enough even if they were to collect nothing between now and the end of the season.

And the campaign's conclusion cannot come quickly enough for head coach Stephen Robinson, who is going to make a host of changes to the squad in the summer.

When speaking with the Dons' boss pre-match at Almondvale, it was interesting to hear him say he is starting players he believes are capable of playing their part in a battle, having been in the door for nearly two months now.

He will know who he wants to keep, and who he doesn't, and one of those he will have earmarked for a big future will be left-back Mitchel Frame, who scored his first senior goal in West Lothian.

It may be a match that has a short life in the memory bank for those who played in it - or watched it - but it is a moment Frame will always remember for that reason alone.

The Dons' apparent interest in outgoing Hibernian forward Martin Boyle is of no surprise.

They've toyed with the idea of bringing him back to his hometown before and, although he is now in the latter stage of his career, he more than likely scores with the chance Toyosi Olusanya fired past the corner flag during the first half against Livi.

Boyle has options in further flung places than the north-east of Scotland, but it could be it suits the Australia international personally after having a role to play for his adopted country at this summer's World Cup.