INVERNESS defender Gary Warren aims to get a cup-final chance at the third time of asking after Caley Thistle were handed a home derby in the League Cup.
Warren is unsure if he will return from a leg-break to face Ross County for the quarter-final weekend of October 27 and 28.
But the centre-back will do all he can to seal a Hampden return after being suspended for last season’s William Hill Scottish Cup final and the previous season’s League Cup final against Aberdeen.
After the Hampden draw, which paired Celtic with Hearts and put Hibs at home to Dundee United, Warren said: “We want to go on and win this cup. Last year we obviously had success in the Scottish Cup but we were unfortunate to miss out on the League Cup a couple of years ago. Hopefully we can go all the way this year.
“Hopefully it will come round this season and I get better luck and hopefully a chance of playing in a final, or getting that far. But obviously we have a big game against Ross County in the quarter-finals first.
“It’s a bit gutting when you miss two finals consecutively. But it’s part and parcel of the game.
“I just maybe have to curb my aggression a bit in the games leading up to finals but it’s tough ... It’s something I have aspirations to do and hopefully this season I get a chance of playing in a final here.”
Celtic will need to be more clinical when they travel to Tynecastle for the quarter-final after being held to a goalless draw by Robbie Neilson’s team in the Ladbrokes Premiership on Saturday, but Hearts are likely to be more adventurous.
Hearts striker Gavin Reilly said: “We are at home for this tie and we have to take the game to them.”
Morton’s reward for putting out Motherwell was a home tie against another Premiership team, St Johnstone.
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