Source: Team_Talk
McGhee: Defeat was my worst ever
Gregory Tade scored the only goal of the game at Pittodrie to earn the First Division side a quarter-final against Dundee.[LNB]Afterwards McGhee could hardly believe it.[LNB]He said: "Raith Rovers thoroughly deserved their victory and they were magnificent for their fans and their manager but this was the worst result in the 800 and odd games I have had as a manager.[LNB]"That walk from the dug-out to the tunnel was the most humiliating in my life. It was awful and I told the players they have set me up for that."[LNB]McGhee revealed afterwards that he was spat on by a supporter after the game but said he did not want an investigation and instead intends to use the experience as motivation.[LNB]McGhee said: "I don't know (who spat on me) - there was a couple and there were things getting thrown.[LNB]"A couple of scarves were thrown and bits of paper. I took my time walking down as I felt the fans deserved an opportunity to vent their anger at me.[LNB]"I'm not going to dwell on it. I'm going to use it as an incentive.[LNB]"I don't want enquiries into who spat or threw bits of paper. We deserved it and I had a part to play. I'm not innocent just because I wasn't out there playing."[LNB]McGhee admitted his side deserved to lose to the Stark's Park side.[LNB]He added: "We were out-played, out-battled and out-fought in every position and on every occasion by a team that thoroughly deserved to beat us.[LNB]"This has happened before and it is nothing to do with a weight of expectation or jinxes. It is to do with the mentality of the players - there is something there that is not right.[LNB]"I have known since I got here that there was a lot of change needed and this result reinforces that for me, both in terms of change that is needed to the mentality and the squad."[LNB]Raith manager John McGlynn dedicated his side's win over Aberdeen to skipper Mark Campbell who missed the match after being in a car accident.[LNB]He said: "We mentioned Mark before the match and spoke about how he would have done anything to have been in the team tonight.[LNB]"He is such a character on and off the park. He has an enormous presence and he wins virtually every header. He is so powerful and a real no-nonsense centre-half and the lads were trying to do it for him."[LNB]The win for Raith was all the more impressive given that Campbell's fellow centre-back Douglas Hill had to be replaced minutes before kick-off after limping out in the warm-up.[LNB]McGlynn added: "Our preparations for the game were dealt one blow after the other with what happened to Mark Campbell yesterday and then Dougie had to pull out during the warm up.[LNB]"Twenty minutes into the match Johnny Russell had to come off with an injury and we had to put on Darren Smith who hadn't trained for a week.[LNB]"He had to go on and did remarkably well. The resilience and the character of the players to battle through was amazing."[LNB][LNB] Scottish Cup. Click here to bet.
