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Derek McInnes is the head coach potentially switching to Rangers from Hearts.

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"It is a real honour. The demands here are clear and our supporters rightfully have high expectations."
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"I know if we don't win trophies it will be somebody else sitting here before too long."
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"But we need to start being more relevant again, winning trophies domestically, and that for me is key."
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"When you heard Celtic got a 96th-minute penalty that was going to VAR and they were checking it, you just assume what's happened is they get the penalty. Having seen it again, it's disgusting. It is."
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"The advantage Lawrence had is that I've got evidence of how well he runs a dressing room from Hearts."
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""It's one game, [...] we are going to get better as we go along.""
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"We've got to be honest and say we are guilty of beating ourselves tonight."
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"There's no bigger drain on confidence for any player, team, support than losing cheap goals."
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"It's damaging in the sense that we came here to win and we expect to win."
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"I'm led to believe the club's valuation of the player hasn't been met."
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"Obviously, really disappointing for ourselves."
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"We need to get more quality, we need to get more confidence into the team."
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"I think it was justified, to be honest. What we served up in the second half was not good enough."
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