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McGhee looks to pile on misery for Dons
MARK McGHEE is looking to exploit Aberdeen fans’ frustration at Pittodrie on Saturday.
The Dundee manager will head to his old stomping ground with the Dark Blues still rock bottom of the Premiership, five points adrift of second bottom St Johnstone.
Former Dons strike star McGhee has yet to taste victory after 10 games in charge at Dens Park.
But Dundee will face a Dons side low on confidence and who were beaten at home by Livingston last weekend.
The Pittodrie punters were not slow to voice their displeasure at that result and seeing their side sitting just five points clear of the relegation play-off spot.
Now McGhee wants his side to add to their frustrations.
However, he knows that his players will have to step up if they are going to finally pick up three points again and ease their own relegation fears. The 64-year-old said: “Watching the Aberdeen v Livingston game back, there is pressure from the crowd up there.
“They do make it difficult for their team, so if we can harness that then great. But we can’t rely on that.
“We have to imagine every team is at their best. I hope Aberdeen are not and they don’t seem to be, but we can’t rely on them.
“We have to go up there and do enough ourselves to win the game.
“If we win, it will be because we have won it on our own merits rather than they’re getting pressure from their supporters.”
Dundee drew their third game in a row on Saturday against St Johnstone, taking the lead through Jordan Marshall before being pegged back by a Shaun Rooney goal.
But with the Dark Blues’
Premiership survival hanging by a thread, McGhee knows they simply have to take three points back from the Granite City.
He added: “We need to find more than we have in the last three games and step it up to turn those draws into wins.
“We will have to start the way we did against St Johnstone – getting off to a good start in games is so important.
“If you start well then you give yourself a chance, but if you don’t then it’s very difficult to bring yourself up to a level.
“I was very pleased with the way we started against St Johnstone last weekend, but we need to sustain that for longer.
“That game showed that when you get a goal up you need a second one.
“We have to be ready to start on fire at Pittodrie.”
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