The Reds are unbeaten in all competitions this season and currently sit 16 points clear of Sunday's opponents Hearts in the Scottish Premiership table
Leighton Clarkson knows a big factor in Aberdeen’s blistering start to the season is that they don’t have European football to distract them.
“I think in my three seasons here the teams who have finished third and gone into the group stages have struggled a bit. Every team needs to strive to do well in both but it can be difficult. Aberdeen took on BK Hacken in the Europa League play-off and then Eintracht Frankfurt, HJK and PAOK in the group stages of the Conference. Aberdeen won plenty of plaudits but struggled in the league as Hearts raced away in third place and manager Robson paid the price. Hearts are now in a similar position with Stevie Naismith being fired with the Tynecastle side bottom of the league.
“You do have to go into games with a different mind set and a different way of playing. We have built our squad now and if players can’t play then others can come in and fill their positions nicely. We will be striving for Europe and hopefully next season we can do it.”
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