Celtic will be tough but we'll do everything we can to win cup clash, says Well boss

Stevie Hammell says Motherwell will do everything they can to knock Celtic out of the Premier Sports Cup quarter-final, and revealed that top-team stars will be given every chance to prove their fitness ahead of tomorrow night's Fir Park showdown.

Hammell knows his side will need to be on the very top of their game if they are to reach the League Cup semi-finals.

But he says this is a home clash for Motherwell against Ange Postecoglou's men, and they intend to take the game to the cup-holders.

Hammell said: "Tomorrow it's a cup game, it's a one-off, we want to give absolutely everything we've got in that game, and then take the weekend [at home to Aberdeen] when that comes.

"Silverware is the dream, isn't it? That's something for the club, it will happen for the club, I'm sure one day hopefully soon, very soon, but that would be presumptuous and looking forward.

"We're concentrating on this. If we can get through this game, which is as tough as it gets, then that's what we want. That's what every Motherwell fan wants, myself included.

"We need to focus on how we hurt them and how we progress within the match. That's something we've been working on every day, almost.

"This is our home game, we want to treat it like that, and we want it to be different from the game that we played them at Celtic Park. It's going to be difficult, but we don't want to be overly focused on what they do and what they bring, our biggest focus is on us and how we conduct ourselves within the match."

Hammell says his side have received plaudits, but want to start picking up points and wins to go with those.

He said: "This season we've ran everybody close. The results that haven't gone our way we've been close.

"We want to do more than that. We