Source: Team_Talk
Harper furious with Dons 'fairies'
Manager Mark McGhee had objects thrown at him and claimed he was spat upon by angry home fans after the Irn Bru First Division side had delivered a knock-out blow through Gregory Tade in a 1-0 win to set up a last-eight meeting with Dundee.[LNB]Harper, who scored 205 goals during his two spells with Aberdeen in the 1970s and early 80s, would not put all the blame on McGhee but warned that attendances at Pittodrie could slump below 3,000 in the coming weeks.[LNB]"They should've come onto the park like gladiators. Instead, they came on like a bunch of fairies," Harper told BBC Scotland.[LNB]"The board have got to get the fans back on their side because it's a very angry city at the moment.[LNB]"These players have just done it once too often.[LNB]"The last time it happened was against Dundee earlier on in the season and I called the team a bunch of bottlers.[LNB]"Mark McGhee had a go at me for that and said they weren't bottlers. Now he realises these guys are.[LNB]"Raith were the better team, played the better football, made the better chances and they wanted to win the cup tie. That was the difference.[LNB]"Willie Miller and Stewart Milne must realise that something's got to be done or they're going to be playing to crowds of 2,000-3,000.[LNB]"You can forgive players for having a bad game but you can't forgive them for not going out and giving the fans 110 per cent.[LNB]"Basically, that's what happened and the longer the game went on you ended up with players hiding on the park, not wanting the ball."[LNB]Harper, who won a Scottish Cup and League Cup at Aberdeen between stints with Everton and Hibernian, feels improvement may not be on the horizon.[LNB]He said: "I was down at the press conference with Mark last night and he's sick of it as well.[LNB]"He realises that a lot of these players are going to be leaving the club.[LNB]"But the problem with Aberdeen Football Club is that they don't have any money and don't have any power in football to get decent players in.[LNB]"Mark's now got a worse record than Jimmy Calderwood had with cup ties. He's been beaten by two First Division teams in the same season.[LNB]"It's going to be a long, long end to the season for the fans."[LNB][LNB]
