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Dons On A Roll
Darren Mackie wants to be a key part of the Dons success story Aberdeen striker Darren Mackie is hopeful to make his name difficult for manager Mark McGhee to leave off the team sheet. Him scoring the only goal of the game against St Johnstone on Saturday will have done his argument no harm at all. However, he insists he is willing to play any part necessary to bring success back to Pittodrie. Mackie was brought on only five minutes from time and snatched all three points for the Dons to make it back-to-back wins for McGhee's new-look outfit after their opening-day hammering of Hamilton. Mackie said: "It was a bit of a sclaff but it hit the back of the net and it's three points, so we'll take it. I'm not sure if it took a deflection or not, I just hit it and looked up and it was going into the net. I was just delighted. Over the course of the 90 minutes I think we deserved our win." However, with McGhee having added Josh Magennis and Scott Vernon to his attacking options this summer, Mackie knows he has a fight on his hands to win a regular start. He added: "There's strong competition for places this season. There's six or seven of us all competing for places up front, so the ones that are playing well are going to get the start. I think we all knew it was going to be the same team that started on Saturday as last week. My part was to come off the bench and get the winner. Hopefully getting the goal can help me force my way into the team. You want to start every game but it's the manager's decision who starts and you've just got to play your part in the squad. We've got a great togetherness at the moment. We're fighting for each other, we're fighting for wins and it's paying off. Hopefully we can sustain it." Following Mackie's late intervention, St Johnstone were left to rue passing up the game's most clear-cut chance when defender Rutkiewicz sliced wide from barely six yards out after jus quarter of an hour. Despite the result, Saints manager Derek McInnes refused to be too downbeat afterwards and declared himself happy with the showing of debutant Alan Maybury in a re-jigged back four missing the injured Dave Mackay and the suspended Steven Anderson. He said: "I thought Alan Maybury did very well. I thought he used his experience very well. The concern, and it wasn't too much of a concern because of that experience, was that he lacked sharpness from games. But he used his body well and positioned himself well, used the ball well and covered well and he could be well pleased with his debut." Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba.net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba.net)This is Scottish-Fitba.Net Aberdeen striker Darren Mackie is hopeful to make his name difficult for manager Mark McGhee to leave off the team sheet. Him scoring the only goal of the game against St Johnstone on Saturday will have done his argument no harm at all. However, he insists he is willing to play any part necessary to bring success back to Pittodrie. Mackie was brought on only five minutes from time and snatched all three points for the Dons to make it back-to-back wins for McGhee's new-look outfit after their opening-day hammering of Hamilton. Mackie said: "It was a bit of a sclaff but it hit the back of the net and it's three points, so we'll take it. I'm not sure if it took a deflection or not, I just hit it and looked up and it was going into the net. I was just delighted. Over the course of the 90 minutes I think we deserved our win." However, with McGhee having added Josh Magennis and Scott Vernon to his attacking options this summer, Mackie knows he has a fight on his hands to win a regular start. He added: "There's strong competition for places this season. There's six or seven of us all competing for places up front, so the ones that are playing well are going to get the start. I think we all knew it was going to be the same team that started on Saturday as last week. My part was to come off the bench and get the winner. Hopefully getting the goal can help me force my way into the team. You want to start every game but it's the manager's decision who starts and you've just got to play your part in the squad. We've got a great togetherness at the moment. We're fighting for each other, we're fighting for wins and it's paying off. Hopefully we can sustain it." Following Mackie's late intervention, St Johnstone were left to rue passing up the game's most clear-cut chance when defender Rutkiewicz sliced wide from barely six yards out after jus quarter of an hour. Despite the result, Saints manager Derek McInnes refused to be too downbeat afterwards and declared himself happy with the showing of debutant Alan Maybury in a re-jigged back four missing the injured Dave Mackay and the suspended Steven Anderson. He said: "I thought Alan Maybury did very well. I thought he used his experience very well. The concern, and it wasn't too much of a concern because of that experience, was that he lacked sharpness from games. But he used his body well and positioned himself well, used the ball well and covered well and he could be well pleased with his debut." Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba.net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba.net)This is Scottish-Fitba.Net
