Derek McInnes reckons Rangers and Celtic dread playing Kilmarnock just like they did in Steve Clarke days

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Derek McInnes is aware the Old Firm hated facing Kilmarnock under Steve Clarke.The boss is hoping the latest group of Rugby Park charges can recreate those feelings of dread for Glasgow’s big two and all who face his team.

Killie head into Wednesday's mouth-watering clash against Rangers having already defeated them in Ayrshire. McInnes’ men have also sunk Celtic twice on their home patch and taken a point away from Glasgow’s East End.Forner Killie star Gary Dicker recently recounted that the Old Firm hated facing his team when he worked for Clarke at Rugby Park.

McInnes wants that feeling to be a constant as he said: “Gary is clearly right in what’s said. It was always a fixture teams looked at, not with a bit of fear, but knowing they’d have their work cut out and with a bit of trepidation about it.“Steve used to play a really low block and he had good counter-attacking players in Jordan Jones, Eamonn Brophy and Greg Stewart.

It was a side with great athleticism. Stephen O’Donnell and Greg Taylor at full-back could raid up and down the flanks so they possessed a real counter-attacking threat.“I watched them a lot in those days.