AXE ME IF I DON'T END CURSE.

Byline: Ian Orr

MARK McGHEE admits he will deserve the sack if he fails to end Aberdeen's cup shame within two years.

The manager confessed his squad are not good enough to bring a halt to their 14-year wait for silverware after the latest defeat by lower-league opposition at Dundee.

Sweeping changes are planned after the bitter extra-time loss in the Co-op Cup at Dens Park but McGhee warned the raging Red Army it will take time to build the right team.

The manager said: "I have to admit some of the players are not up to that task. I'm finding out more and more about them as I go along.

"But these are the only players I have for the moment. I will have to go with the same group at Ibrox looking for a victory. I won't throw anyone out before then because I can't.

"But I'd like to think that in about two years time I will have put together a squad that can go to places such as Dens Park and win and expect to finish third in the SPL. I'll be the first to say I should be sent back down the road if we aren't at that stage by then.

"Now I can only do things a bit at a time. It's a case of going with the group I have and working hard in the hope I can get better results than the one at Dundee.

"But when the chance to make changes is presented I will make them because it is clear I need to. That will mean looking to alter things a bit in January and again at the end of the season."

McGhee was still in a state of shock yesterday over the latest damaging defeat after their north-east rivals had killed off their hopes.

He said: "I'm raging as well as feeling absolutely pig sick. I can't stomach what happened. I simply can't believe we are out.

"I can assure the fans it is a defeat that will have consequences. It will affect who I choose to play at Ibrox on Saturday and so on.

"It will also have consequences as far as deciding who will be here in the long term or whatever. It's not something I'm just going to sit back and accept."