EUROPE? WE'LL GIVE IT A GOOD JOE
| Published date | 15 April 2024 |
| Publication title | Daily Star (England) |
Scottish Cup then top five could be enough for European qualification.
The captain is delighted Dundee returned to the top flight with a bang and has warned their rivals they won't be putting the tools away.
Shaughnessy said: "I'm not sure [ for Europe] if it will be top four or five. We'll just try to get results and try to catch the teams above us. That is all we can do. There is no way we will be putting the tools away.
"We'll reset, go on Wednesday and try to catch the teams above us. If we can do that then we'll go again."
The Irishman admitted he genuinely didn't think about the top six until last month.
He said: "About a month ago, three weeks ago, we thought seriously about it. You look and you think, it's in our hands. If we could pick up the results, that's when I thought it was something we can do. It's not something we've talked about all season.
"Seeing the way the team has worked and played it's just happened.
"We felt this was something we thought we could achieve."
ABERDEEN KELLE ROOS NICKY DEVLIN STEFAN ANGUS MacDONALD JACK MacKENZIE GRAEME SHINNIE CONNOR BARRON JAMIE McGRATH LEIGHTON DUK BOJAN MIOVSKI SUBS Dante 73) 2, Ryan Duncan
Dundee came up from the Championship in the summer. They appointed Tony Docherty as their manager and he made his former Aberdeen defender one of his first signings.
Shaughnessy said: "I came in for the first day for preseason and there were maybe 12 of us. He kept telling me, 'Don't worry about it, we'll build up a squad'. To be fair, he has and his recruitment has been great.
DUNDEE JON McCRACKEN ANTONIO JOE SHAUGHNESSY AARON DONNELLY JORDAN McGHEE MO SYLLA LUKE McCOWAN LYALL CAMERON DARA COSTELLOE SCOTT TIFFONEY AMADOU SUBS Malachi 45) 5, Curtis Main 2, Michael Mellon Owen Dodgson Ricki Lamie (MAN OF THE LYALL CAMERON The academy has stepped up top flight with offers real energy midfield and goal threat. REF WATCH NICK WALSH There was a review when went down in the Shaughnessy and too long a delay offside effort was "The players, including those in January, have all bought into what he wants to do and what we want to do as a group. It's been a good season for the manager."
The game at Pittodrie wasn't a classic but it was enough to get Dundee over the line. Aberdeen were the better team in the first half, in a match that went with the wind.
Duk was a thorn in the side of the visitors but Aberdeen...
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