Unbeaten Aberdeen will fancy their chances in the Premier Sports Cup semi-finals because Kevin Nisbet knows their best is still to come.The Dons saw off Spartans in the quarter-finals, thanks to goals from Pape Habib Gueye, Nisbet, Leighton Clarkson and sub Ester Sokler.
Now all talk of Hampden will be put on the back-burner and the concentration will return to the Premiership. This win took Jimmy Thelin’s perfect Pittodrie start to 11 victories and if they can beat Dundee on Saturday he could match Martin O’Neill’s record of 12 straight wins, which came in the 2000-01 season at Celtic.Nisbet said: “I’ve got a decent record in semi-finals but not so much the Finals.
I’ve scored one or two there but we will take anyone as we fancy ourselves. But that’s in the future now as it’s all about recovery and getting ready for Dundee on Saturday.
The signs are good there and if you’re winning 11 on the bounce and getting to semi-finals then it’s great. “But we know we can improve even on the Spartans performance and we take it game by game.
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