Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes has blasted "childish" claims that he is frustrated at loan striker Bruce Anderson's form at Hamilton.
The 22-year-old scored his second goal in as many games tonight as Accies fought back from a goal down to draw 1-1 at St Mirren, while the Dons have struggled to hit the net.
That follows Anderson's goal in the 4-1 derby demolition of Motherwell on Saturday.
Anderson himself has said he's not using his spell at New Douglas Park as a springboard to get back into the first-team plans at Pittodrie.
McInnes told BBC Sportsound that he's not annoyed to see a striker doing well, away from the club.
"It's not a frustration, it's childish to think that way," he said. "We want our players to do well when they go out on loan.
"Every time Bruce scores this will get aimed at me, but he went out to Ayr and never scored a goal and wasn't getting a game at the end of it.
"We brought him back, sat him down, and said we were keen to get him playing first-team football and to come back to us next season.
"So every time he scores it's not frustrating, it's a pleasure that the boy is doing well.
"I know it's a good story for people to throw at me, but we feel for his development the best thing or him is to go through that loan process to try and get to the end-game.
"It was a difficult situation for us to let him go, but him and his agent were keen to go and get regular football, and we enab;ed that, because we thought it was the right thing at the time.
"Every time he scores there's pleasure, not frustration - I need to make that clear."
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