Source: Team_Talk
McGhee wants Dons to right wrong
The two teams meet in the Scottish Premier League for the first time since the Dons conceded two late goals in October's 2-0 loss at Easter Road after having two men sent off.[LNB]Aberdeen subsequently published an astonishing attack on referee Steven Nicholls on their official website, in which they accused him of being "hell bent" on brandishing the red card.[LNB]Manager McGhee will use his players' sense of injustice at Nicholls' performance to motivate them, saying: "If I was a player going into this game, I would feel that we were hard done by down there and I'd feel we'd have something to prove.[LNB]"I hope my players feel that and I hope they take that out there.[LNB]"But in terms of there being any sort of vendettas, there's nothing like that."[LNB]McGhee's hopes of settling the score have been hit by an injury crisis that sees him without Sone Aluko, Fraser Fyvie, Peter Pawlett, Maurice Ross and Zander Diamond.[LNB]Mark Kerr was due to undergo a fitness test tomorrow morning, while Jerel Ifil is still suspended.[LNB]Whatever side McGhee fields at Pittodrie, he will not allow them to use the loss of key men as an excuse.[LNB]"The fact that we've got these players missing is not a reason why I think we can't win the game," he said.[LNB]"I still sit here today expecting to beat Hibs, regardless of who's injured and who's fit.[LNB]"How we do that will be the question obviously."[LNB]To achieve this, Aberdeen must improve from back to front on their dismal display in last weekend's defeat to Hamilton.[LNB]"We didn't perform anywhere near how we have in previous games," McGhee said.[LNB]"So we've got to get back up to somewhere where we were before."[LNB]He added: "It's about creating chances and sustaining pressure, particularly at home, on the opposition.[LNB]"We've got to have a bit more caution, particularly against the likes of Hibs, whose strength at the moment appears to be their strikers and their forward play."[LNB]McGhee reckons his defence can take confidence from the way that, despite being two men light, they came within minutes of a clean sheet at Easter Road.[LNB]"Our defenders have got to think that way," he said.[LNB]"They've got to think they've taken care of them before."[LNB]Although McGhee will be without many of his young stars tomorrow, there are many similarities between the player-development policies of Aberdeen and Hibs.[LNB]The Edinburgh club have turned a tidy profit selling on former academy stars in recent seasons and McGhee sees no reason his side cannot do the same in years to come.[LNB]He added: "When a player outgrows your club, when he becomes too good or too expensive in terms of the offers that he's getting or the wages he's demanding - because that's what he can get elsewhere - then he becomes a player that you can no longer keep.[LNB]"I think it's an inevitable consequence of producing good young players."[LNB][LNB] Hibernian 13/8, Aberdeen 17/10, Draw 9/4
