Dons skipper lays down law to players
By Charlie Allan
ABERDEEN FC skipper Paul Hartley has read the riot act to his underachieving team-mates in an effort to get their season back on track.
We can also reveal it could be the week before Christmas until Aberdeen FC fans find out who is to succeed Mark McGhee as team manager.
Hartley, along with youth coaches Neil Simpson and Neil Cooper, have taken temporary charge.
And the 33-year-old Scotland international has already made it clear to the other players that there will have to be a change of attitude and increase in effort if they are to haul the club away from the SPL relegation zone.
One of the players, who asked not to be named, confirmed Hartley organised a private meeting with the first team squad, just hours before McGhee, assistant boss Scott Leitch and goalkeeping coach Scott Leitch were sacked.
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