Source: Team_Talk
McGhee: Dons deserved victory
The Pittodrie boss hailed 16-year-old Fraser Fyvie, who became the club's youngest player, and 19-year-old Jonathan Crawford, as well as his goalkeeper and scorers Charlie Mulgrew, Andrew Considine and Chris Maguire.
McGhee said: "We scored three decent goals and we could have had a couple more. In particular, we had two terrific finishes from Mulgrew's free-kick and Maguire's fantastic volley.
"I wanted to find out about these boys [Fyvie and Crawford], can I use them and to what extent?
"Crawford had cramp but did adequately and Fyvie was still going at the end, mopping things up, and the good thing is that the supporters have been given a flavour of what Fraser is.
"He's an industrious worker - he has red hair and you could compare him to Paul Scholes but probably Ron Weasley's a better comparison! He was a wee bit of magic.
"A 16-year-old going into a game at this level has to have the temperament already - he's confident and has a calmness about him to play at this level.
"With all the players I've given debuts, in particular Robbie Keane who was 16, weren't fazed by it; I didn't know whether Fraser would play as well as he did but I certainly knew that the occasion wouldn't faze him."
McGhee added of his side's clean sheet: "I'm particularly delighted for Crawford being part of that, and Jamie Langfield because he's been exposed with what's happened and the way we've had to improvise back fours.
"Today was a back four that we'd expect to play a few games this season, so to see that it can keep clean sheets was pleasing.
"We came to Hamilton when they've got one or two of their better players missing and people will have more difficult matches here in weeks to come than we got today."
Hamilton counterpart Billy Reid echoed that sentiment, noting that he is without captain Alex Neil, vice-captain James McArthur and "stalwart" defender Mark McLaughlin due to injury and suspension.
Accies are still looking for their first point and goal of the season after two games, but the manager insisted: "There's no panic here, and I know when these guys come on the park you'll see a different team.
"I saw Csaba Laszlo's comments about having his leaders on the park - my leaders aren't on the park yet and I think that's showing at the moment.
"We were a team here last year and we will be a team this year, but it's just going to take a wee bit of time to gel with what we've got here.
"Something the foreign boys must realise is they say there's no quality in Scotland, but Mulgrew put a free-kick in the top corner and Maguire's hit one from 25 yards, and there was last week at Kilmarnock as well, so I don't agree with people who think it's easy in Scottish football.
"The first goal was a fantastic finish by Mulgrew - I'm amazed he gave a foul but that's the way things are going for us, and Aberdeen were the team in the ascendancy.
"We needed a goal before half-time but hit the post and started the second half really well and almost scored but didn't get the break when I thought we deserved a goal.
"The positive for me was Martin Canning coming back [from suspension] but the disappointing thing was how we started.
"We didn't come out of the traps at all and were second to every ball even though I warned it was a certainty that Aberdeen would come here fired up."
