Derek McInnes doesn’t suppose the Scottish Premiership was as much as its ordinary requirements final season.
The Kilmarnock boss watched from the extent beneath as Celtic reclaimed the highest flight title, Hearts completed third and Dundee didn't beat the drop.
The likes of Aberdeen and Hibs completed within the backside six, which was nonetheless a seven-way battle forward of the penultimate fixtures earlier than the break up.
Kille might be in amongst it subsequent season after McInnes answered the Rugby Park membership’s title SOS following Tommy Wright’s sacking, and received them over the road on the first time of asking.
However he disagreed with the evaluation that the Premiership was filled with high quality final time period.
“I heard just a few folks speak about how good the league customary was final season,” he stated. “I didn’t concur with that truly. When it comes to ranges, I believed a number of golf equipment underperformed.
“We need to consider ourselves although. We've got a factors goal we have set and can attempt to go after. If we are able to beat that then it would deliver some kind of success.
“However in the end, the Premier League focus is to strive and ensure we get some good gamers in, get them match and prepared after which we are able to assess the place we need to or plan to be within the season forward.”
Kilmarnock kick their season off at dwelling to Dundee United and after a season away, McInnes is grateful they're again on the prime desk.
And whereas he will not be content material with merely avoiding relegation, he’s warned that the variables at play imply staying out of the scrap on the backside is simpler stated than carried out.
“We discovered ourselves out of it final season which wasn't the place we wished to be, so we’ve received to understand it,” he instructed Sky Sports activities.
“However we’ve additionally received to ensure we’re there to go and set in regards to the Premiership. We don’t need to go up and simply survive. It’s necessary that if we're assured to say that and try this, then we now have to recruit effectively too.
“As soon as we get the squad full, we are able to say with much more confidence what our intentions are.
“Our intention isn’t to be concerned in a relegation struggle however most groups can discover themselves down there in any given season.
“If the recruitment is not proper, you get injured and all the remainder of it it, then you'll be able to lose a little bit of confidence
“It’s necessary that we keep in mind how we completed final season. The scenes at Rugby Park with an enormous crowd reveals the help is there, we simply must try to deliver them with us as a lot as we are able to.
“We try this by successful video games within the Premiership each week and having a group folks need to come and watch.
“We’ve received a number of work to do however we’re additionally inspired by what’s right here already. It’s an awesome membership to work for however we need to be a profitable membership on the similar time.”