Aberdeen can provide the towering striker the perfect platform to prove his prowess as a man.Hornby has sealed a loan switch to the Dons from French side Stade de Reims as a straight replacement for Birmingham-bound Sam Cosgrove.And Mackay reckons Pittodrie can be the launchpad for Hornby’s career to take flight on a course that could even break into Steve Clarke’s reckoning ahead of the European Championships later this summer.For any chance of that happening, the former SFA performance director says Hornby must make the most of his first proper crack at regular top team football.The 6ft 4in frontman became Scotland’s greatest goalscorer of all time at U21 level in October when a hat-trick against San Marino took him past ex-Dons hero.
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