Source: FOOTYMAD
History Repeating?
Mark McGhee may need to take a waterproof tonight in case of showers Mark McGhee admits Aberdeen shock Active Nation Scottish Cup exit to Raith Rovers earlier this year will live with him forever as both clubs prepare to do meet again in the Co-operative Insurance Cup. The Dons suffered the defeat back in February with McGhee describing the fifth-round replay as the worst result of his managerial career at the time, while also revealing he was spat on by a supporter as he headed, ashen-faced and angry, for the dressing room after the game. With Pittodrie the venue again, the Aberdeen manager does not expect the previous game to have an impact on tonight's game but admits the fans have every right to demand revenge this time around. McGhee said: "It's something that happened and it's not something I'm ever going to forget but it doesn't impact on me doing my job here now. The important thing now is that I'm working for our supporters to win football matches and our supporters badly want a cup run. We have an opportunity against a team from a lower division at home and therefore, rightly, our supporters should expect us to win that game. We are not taking it for granted and, after the last few years, they're maybe not taking it for granted, but they will still expect and we've got to go out and deliver. If we do that, I think there will be no issues. I think enough has changed that it won't be big in the memory for a lot of them. There are a lot who are not burdened by what happened last year and I hope that is the case. I certainly intend to make it that way and have been. This is a fresh game against a team who, like any other team, we will look at. I think they have improved since last year and we have to show them that we have improved. It's going to be a difficult game but we are an SPL club and I think our supporters should expect us to win the game. But we know we are going to have to work really hard to do that." Asked if there is more mental toughness within his squad this season, McGhee said: "We have more of a unity about us that has given us more of a mental toughness. Individually, I don't know necessarily that this group of players have got any more mental toughness than the likes of Mark Kerr or Gary McDonald as individuals. But, certainly, we are more together than we were last year for most of the season and that has given us a better spirit and a better mentality to not be beaten and to keep going in games." Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba net)This is ScottishFitba Net
