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.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.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."I hope my players feel that and I hope they take that out there."But in terms of there being any sort of vendettas, there's nothing like that."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.Mark Kerr was due to undergo a fitness test tomorrow morning, while Jerel Ifil is still suspended.Whatever side McGhee fields at Pittodrie, he will not allow them to use the loss of key men as an excuse."The fact that we've got these players missing is not a reason why I think we can't win the game," he said."I still sit here today expecting to beat Hibs, regardless of who's injured and who's fit."How we do that will be the question obviously."To achieve this, Aberdeen must improve from back to front on their dismal display in last weekend's defeat to Hamilton."We didn't perform anywhere near how we have in previous games," McGhee said."So we've got to get back up to somewhere where we were before."He added: "It's about creating chances and sustaining pressure, particularly at home, on the opposition."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."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."Our defenders have got to think that way," he said."They've got to think they've taken care of them before."Although McGhee will be without many of his young stars tomorrow, there are many similarities between the player-development policies of Aberdeen and Hibs.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.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."I think it's an inevitable consequence of producing good young players." Hibernian 13/8, Aberdeen 17/10, Draw 9/4  

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