We’ll show the kind of fight Red Army expect
Der e k Mc Inne s ha s promised to deliver the kind of performance Aberdeen fans demand when Rangers head to Pittodrie today.
The Dons bos s is desperate to make amends for the dismal showing at Ibrox in midweek and has urged his players to exact revenge at home.
McInnes gathered his squad for a Friday morning assessment of the Ibrox catastrophe and instructed them to show the Aberdeen faithful there won’t be a repeat performance.
Now he’s confident they can bounce back with a big victory today.
He said: “Thursday was a rotten day for us all but we will be far more positive going into the game even though we know Rangers wil l come north with a spring in their step.
“We have to make sure there is no self-doubt as we don’t all of a sudden become a bad team.
“We are second in the league for a reason and we accept that we are way better than what we showed at Ibrox the other night, especially in the first half.
“Now we have to remind the players the demands of the club, the challenge ahead of us and the need to respond positively.
“We are a good side but just because you have good players it doesn’t mean it is going to automatically go our way.
“We are going to have to fight for every inch and get the game going our way and sometimes this season we haven’t g ra sped the importance of that.
“On Sunday there will be a lot of our supporters in the stands and we have to deliver what they expect from the side from the start of the game.”