 Aberdeen midfielder Peter Pawlett has promised he will put everything into his final three months with the club, starting with today's visit of Motherwell. He will be moving to League One side MK Dons after signing a pre-contract agreement after being persuaded to move south by former Hearts manager Robbie Neilson. Speaking yesterday, Pawlett said: "I have played over 200 games now. I have been here through the good and the bad times. The up and downs. I hope people think that I have been a good servant. The news broke yesterday (Thursday) before everything was confirmed. Everything on social media from the fans since then has been very positive towards me - I really really appreciate that. There is still so much to play for this season. I hope I can be a part of it because I will still give my all for the club. We have a chance to finish in second spot and the chance to get to a Scottish Cup final. What a way that would be to finish my time at Aberdeen. The squad has done a lot of hard work to get us into this position as we head into the final part of the season. We just have to focus on what is ahead of us, starting with the game against Motherwell on Saturday." Motherwell striker Scott McDonald is determined to give caretaker manager Stephen Robinson every chance of staying in the job long term. The Lanarkshire club are expected to announce a new manager next week with Robinson understood to be on a five-man shortlist. Robinson was assistant to Ian Baraclough and then Mark McGhee before leaving to become Oldham manager last summer. He returned to the club last month as first-team coach. McDonald said: "We know what Robbo is all about, the majority of us do anyway. It has always been a joy to work under him and work with him. As players, all we are concerning ourselves about is to do our best and do our job, and if we do that we give Steve every possible chance of maybe taking the reins, which I think most boys would be more than happy with." McGhee was sacked after Motherwell conceded 17 goals in four games but McDonald admitted he was shocked to see him lose his job. However, he feels the players showed they would not let their disappointment linger as they came from behind to win 2-1 at Kilmarnock last weekend. The former Celtic, Middlesbrough and Millwall forward said: "I have never seen a changing room so disappointed when a manager leaves a football club. Usually you have quite a few players in there giving it the old first-pump saying 'Thank God he's gone'. But I can categorically tell you that wasn't the case at our club this time. Everyone was fully behind Mark, albeit results might not have shown that. He certainly didn't lose the support of the changing room." |
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