Source: FOOTYMAD
Best Form Of Defence Is Attack: McGhee Not About To Give Up
The next few hours could decide Mark McGhee's future. Will he get a phone call before he heads off to Pittodrie for training? Mark McGhee was on the front foot when it came to defending his position as manager after losing to Inverness Caledonian Thistle last night. He has has vowed to battle on as Aberdeen manager, despite his side slumping to a 2-1 defeat at home. He said: ''I was totally and utterly content with the attitude shown by the players and the way they went about their business tonight. They can't accuse us of all that rubbish of having lost the dressing room after that. There is a lot more to come from this squad and I'm content we can improve on tonight. Again we didn't get any breaks with Darren Mackie and Ryan Jack going off with injuries as well as the penalty that went against us which I thought was soft. I'm disappointed with the result but onwards and upwards.'' The press were in McGhee's sights when he was challenged about reports that his side had to beat Inverness in order to keep his job. ''Where did that talk come from? I will tell you who, it is the people who were cheering when we lost a last minute goal at St Mirren, the people who sit in this room and ask me these types of questions. Those are the people that are putting that out there. 'Stewart Milne, Willie Miller and Duncan Fraser, the board, they are the people that make the decisions and I know what they are thinking. As far as I'm concerned we are in at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for training and as long as I don't get a phone call I will be here to do that.'' McGhee said that he was heartened by the backing he received from the Aberdeen support. He went on: ''We were all holding our breath to see what the reaction from the fans would be like and I was getting told about this and that on websites and fanzines but from the moment I walked out onto the pitch until the end of the match when we have lost 2-1 all I heard was encouragement. 'As long as that is the case I'm still up for the job. I still believe we are going to get better and since I got here I said we would need three or four transfer windows to turn it around. I still see a way forward and a positive future for this club.'' Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba net)This is Scottish-Fitba.Net
