Blair McKenzie

Aberdeen loan defender Blair McKenzie speaks after Viaplay cup match against Queen of the South about his Elgin City loan spell.

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00:00 Right Blair, you're a City on loan from Aberdeen, you must be happy with the start you've made at the club?

00:05 I think I've played three games so far, the one against Motherwell is a good experience,

00:10 but against obviously top players, so it's good I'm enjoying it so far, all the boys, the gaffer,

00:15 so everyone's made me feel welcome, so it's a good club, I like it.

00:19 Great having Liam Harvey here as well, I think you were an ex-roommate of his when you first moved up, was it?

00:24 I moved in from Edinburgh, so when I moved up to Aberdeen I was in digs with Liam,

00:28 so we were good mates, so it's good to have him here.

00:31 He knows a few boys already because he's from Elkin, so I think that helped me fit in as well.

00:36 You seem to be the kind of player that doesn't get flustered, you're very comfortable on the ball,

00:40 and you settle down almost immediately into the first game.

00:42 Yeah, I think the way the manager wants us to play is getting on the ball out for the back,

00:46 so that's what I'm suited to, that's probably my strength, getting on the ball, playing forward,

00:50 so it's good, I like the way he plays.

00:52 And you're up against, alongside a really experienced guy, the gaffer himself, the player manager,

00:57 it's probably good to have that kind of experience alongside you.

01:00 Yeah, I can only get better playing alongside the gaffer, because he's had a career for 15 years or whatever,

01:07 so just learning from him is good, even in training, just learning from him,

01:11 stuff he's telling me, just take it on board.

01:13 That's it, I'm still only 17, to be playing in front of fans like that, playing in front of a crowd,

01:19 playing men's football, I can only get better, so I'm enjoying it.

01:23 And it is a young team here as well, because I think there's six teenagers in the starting line-up in midweek.

01:28 Yeah, we've got a group of young boys, but everyone's careful with playing, so it's good.