ABERDEEN striker Adam Rooney warned his team-mates that they have a fight on their hands to keep their jersey.
Rooney came off the bench to score the winner a 4-3 victory over Partick Thistle which moved Aberdeen to the top of the table.
The Irishman has been struggling with a thigh injury at the start of the season and has seen new signing Stevie May start in his absence. However, he has no intention of simply playing second fiddle to the 24-year-old.
He said: “I’ve been here and there has always been strikers coming in and I’ve always held my own so it’s not going to be any different.
“I want to play every week and anyone in the team will say that. You don’t want to be sitting on the bench. You want to be playing as a striker you want to be up there scoring goals and helping the team and win games.
“To come on and make an impact after that frustrating injury feels like the season has only really started now.”
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