Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes unsure over Premiership title challenge
Saturday 12 September 2015 12:30, UK
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes says he will not know if his side are capable of winning the Scottish Premiership title, even if they beat current champions Celtic on Saturday.
The Dons pushed Ronny Deila's team close last season before faltering in the closing weeks, eventually finishing 17 points adrift of the Hoops.
The sides now face each other for the first time this season, live on Sky Sports 2 HD from 12pm, and McInnes insists even a win would not yet convince him his team have the ability to go the distance.
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"We want to improve and, yes, be a bigger threat to Celtic. But we've still got it all to prove. It's OK me saying 'I think we've got the strongest squad that I've had' but while I take confidence from that, we've still got it all to do," he said.
"The time to really look at that will be six games to go from the end of the season - not six games in."
Aberdeen remain the only team in the top-flight with a 100 per cent record, after racking up victories over Dundee United, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Dundee and Partick.
They could now set a new club record start to a league campaign if they beat Celtic this weekend to make it six straight wins.
McInnes was rewarded for his side's impressive start by being named manager of the month for August.
Responding to news of his prize, McInnes said: "It's not something you look for but it's better to have them than not. It's just a reflection of the staff and the players we've got here.
"Any award that shows the club in a good light is welcome.
"It was quite a surprising stat that it only took five wins to equal our record for our best-ever start to a league season. But it's the three points that are most important at the end of the day.
"Now we can go and beat the record but there is enough to focus this Saturday regardless of the fact we can break it.
"You are always more confident of talking about these things once you've broken them rather than talking prior to that."
