Give up on a double

the final of the Scottish Cup,” Rooney said.

“We wanted to give ourselves another chance, and so far we’ve done what we needed to do.

“Hopefully we can go and win another trophy because that’s what all the lads and staff here want.

“It has been a long time since our last Scottish Cup Final, but it was the same with the League Cup before that.

“You can’t focus on the past and what teams haven’t done. We have to focus on ourselves.

“We’re confident we can win it. We just have to make sure we get past this round.”

It will not be easy for the Dons against a Thistle side who have not conceded in four matches.

But Rooney is confident Aberdeen have got the firepower to smash through the Jags’ rock-solid defence.

“They have had a few clean sheets, but we are capable of breaking that down,” he said.

“We’ve got players in the squad that can create, players with pace, players who can get the ball in the box and players that can score from distance.

“We’re also fairly strong at home, so we’re confident going into the game.

“Even if Thistle have had a lot of clean sheets, we believe we can find a way to break them down. We were the last team to score against them.

“We respect the run they are on but we can’t think too much about that. We have to focus on ourselves.”