McGhee rejects crisis talk

Aberdeen manager calls for sense of perspective

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McGhee rejects crisis talk

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Mark McGhee has dismissed talk of a crisis at Aberdeen following a run of poor results.

The Dons go into Saturday's SPL clash with Dundee United having failed to win any of their last 10 games in all competitions.

They are now in danger of failing to finish in the top six of the league, while they were also knocked out of the Active Nation Scottish Cup by Raith Rovers last month.

McGhee stressed earlier this week that he would not walk away from Pittodrie and the Aberdeen manager has now called for a sense of perspective.

"What is the crisis? That we've not made the top six - yet? That we've not won for 10 games?" he said.

"I don't know exactly what the crisis is - there's no crisis here.

"There's a lot of disappointment, but there's no crisis."

Atmosphere

The current winless run is among the worst in the club's history but McGhee has rubbished suggestions that kind of statistic would act as motivation for his players on Saturday.

"I would hope that they would want to win the game, as they should every game," he said.

"The fact that it represents a run of games like that, I don't think probably will enter the players' minds."

The Aberdeen supporters have not held back in venting their frustration at McGhee and his troops in recent weeks and the Dons boss accepts it is up to his players to win them round.

He said: "I think we can create an atmosphere if we make a good start, a positive start.

"If we were to get the first goal - for instance - I think the atmosphere would be there.

"Given the run we've just been on, we can't expect the fans to turn up and create the atmosphere without help.

"We've got to earn their respect again."

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