Wright relieved to break duck

Former Darlington striker Wright has had a difficult start to his Dons career following a series of injuries but grabbed his first goal for his new side in Tuesday night's 5-0 thrashing of East Fife in the fifth round of the Homecoming Scottish Cup.And with Miller's regular partner Darren Mackie struggling with a hamstring injury, Wright hopes he will again be chosen to lead the line in Saturday's Scottish Premier League clash with the Arabs.He said: "It was a weight off my shoulders to get that first goal but I think it was actually nicer just to get 90 minutes under my belt. Hopefully I can keep going from there."We have a massive six-pointer against Dundee United this weekend. It was a blow to lose to Hearts last Saturday."We keep giving ourselves the chance to go third but we keep messing it up. We need to put that right this Saturday."Despite being a similar type of striker to Miller, 24-year-old Wright believes he can form a good partnership with the Scotland international."Lee is a great player and we are similar in style but he has certain aspects in his game that I can learn from," Wright said."He has a couple of years more experience than me and so I'm learning something every day from him."I think we can play together and I felt we had quite a good understanding against East Fife."The Dons striker is determined to repay boss Jimmy Calderwood for the faith he has shown in him despite his injury problems since arriving at Pittodrie."The manager kept telling me to keep my chin up and that my chance would come," he added."I haven't really shown what I am capable of yet so I feel I have to repay the manager and the coaches. Hopefully I will get the chance to do that now."East Fife manager Dave Baikie felt he could take a few positives from Tuesday night's tie at Pittodrie despite the comprehensive defeat.Baikie admits it was a massive challenge for the Irn-Bru Second Division part-timers to come up against the top-flight Dons."At the end of the day, it is a learning curve for us," he said."A lot of our players have just come out of the Third Division and are still learning how to play in the Second Division, let alone playing against a Premier League side."But I thought in the second half we kept trying to pass the ball and rarely just humped the ball up the park."Chris Templeman was outstanding on the night. In fact, I thought 90% of our players did really well considering the circumstances." Aberdeen 6/5, Dundee Utd 9/4, Draw 12/5 

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