Walter Smith shunned all "arrogant" talk of a treble as Rangers prepared for the Co-operative Insurance Cup final against St Mirren.
With Rangers' lead over Celtic in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League stretched into double figures, and Raith Rovers lying in wait should they overcome Dundee United in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals, a domestic clean sweep is very much on the cards. But, despite enjoying cup final appearances as a coach and manager stretching over 30 years, Smith insists there is no danger of him becoming blase about the occasions.
"When someone says you are going to go for trebles, there is an amount of arrogance in that statement," Smith said.
"There is an expectation that we get to these cup finals and are attempting to win these trophies.
"That's what I stress it is, it's an attempt to win. For me, it's not the first leg of a treble, it's a cup final.
"If we do win it, we'll be delighted for that reason and that reason alone."
The 62-year-old added: "You always feel very fortunate going into cup finals.
"I've been lucky enough over my time to be involved in quite a number of them both at Dundee United and Rangers, and you still get the same feeling.
"It doesn't matter how often you go, you still get that great desire to win."
"Our squad have shown that, since we came back, they have featured in every cup final in the last three years and that's a big thing," he said. We've shown a desire to do well in each of them. We lost out to Celtic in the League Cup last year, hopefully we can make up for that on Sunday."
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