Aberdeen folk ain't the sunniest of lots but fair play to Dave Cormack for his actions against an ominous prospect

There's a glass of milk sitting on a table. The optimist will say it’s half full. The pessimist will claim it’s half empty.

The Aberdeen fan will rage that some Weegie has scudded half his milk. They are not always the sunniest of lots in the North East but they shouldn’t half be happy to get their equal share of Hampden in a few weeks.

Fair play to the Dandies. Plenty of – west coast – folk scoffed when they demanded a 50/50 split with Celtic for the Scottish Cup Final with Dave Cormack promising to stump up if they fell short.

But it was an easy claim for Cormack. He knows his club and its supporters and he wouldn’t have been too surprised to see the job lot gone in less than eight hours.

There’s nothing pessimistic about that. Aberdeen fans could have been forgiven for having some reluctance over this one.

Everyone and their granny has practically handed Celtic the Treble already. Most reckon Brendan Rodgers’ men just need to turn up to get their hands on yet another trophy.

It’s maybe understandable. Celtic are an ominous prospect. They’ve romped the league and smacked Aberdeen about often enough.

The Dons dared to pinch a point at Parkhead when they ended Rodgers’ winning league start earlier in the campaign and a few weeks later they spitefully rifled six past them in response in the League Cup semis.

There was another five goal thumping in Glasgow to follow and that’s on the back of another six goal stuffing last term.

Aberdeen are in Glasgow today to take on old chums Rangers at Ibrox and while they have given the Light Blues a ton of grief over the years, they’ve been Parkhead punchbags too many times.

And that’s what makes the Scottish Cup snap up so impressive. That’s extreme optimism for you, rather than the