Aberdeen manager Mark McGhee is beginning to feel the strain of the turgid display his sides have put on for the paying punters since taking over from Jimmy Calderwood at the start of this season.
The former Motherwell manager spoke out over the behaviour of some in the Aberdeen support who booed the team off the park on Saturday following their near exit from the Scottish Cup at the hands of Division One side Raith Rovers.
With realistically only the Scottish Cup to play for (assuming they beat Raith Rovers in the replay next Tuesday) and currently in seventh place in the league, trailing some way behind the European places, Aberdeen face a tricky away tie against Hibernian tomorrow evening, with a defeat leaving the Dons trailing fourth-placed Dundee United by 12 points - a gap too big for some supporters.
This season has not been one to savour for McGhee, a member of Aberdeen's '83 Cup Winners Cup team. Since taking over at Pittodrie, Aberdeen have lurched from some remarkable highs to spectacular lows - and pretty much everything in between. Frustration amongst the Red Army over the teams inconsistent form has been growing in light of recent defeats to Motherwell and Falkirk. That frustration came to a head on Saturday as the Dons needed a 95th minute equalizer to force a replay against Raith Rovers in this seasons Scottish Cup, prompting McGhee to appeal to fans to end the abuse. [→ BBC]
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