The big man landed awkwardly as he contested a high ball with Dons defender Russell Anderson and limped off little over 25 minutes after coming on as sub.

An X-ray yesterday revealed a cracked bone in the ankle and it looks like it will be around a month before the player/boss is back in action again.

“It’s been put in plaster for two weeks and then I’ll have another X-ray, see if it has healed and take things from there. But I’ll be out for a few weeks,” he said.

“That’s a blow for me, but if there is one area where we have plenty of bodies it is up front, so it should not be too much of a problem for the team.”

And as he hobbled round the training ground today, the memory of the weekend was the perfect painkiller for Craig.

“I was delighted with the application and attitude of all the players and the way they came back from being a goal down was very encouraging,” he said.

“The first half was tentative and Aberdeen were the better side. But, in the second half, I saw players enjoying themselves, believing in themselves and doing a good job.

“There were not many clear scoring chances, but we did have waves of attack after the break and that was very pleasing.”

There were also words of praise for the larger-than-normal home support for the way they got behind the team.

“The reception I got when I came out was just tremendous and it was great to see the fans get right behind the players. I think that by the end we had given them something to smile about and, hopefully, that will continue to be the case.”

His own injury apart, there were no casualties on Saturday and coming back to the squad for this weekend’s trip to Celtic will be free-of-suspension Barry Robson.

Defender Paul Ritchie, though, remains a doubt because of the knock he took against Falkirk at the beginning of last week, which forced him to miss out on Saturday.