Stuart Kettlewell in 'show us your medals' demand to Motherwell stars as boss wants to achieve something special

Stuart Kettlewell carries an old-fashioned measure around that'll cut any footballer with a high opinion of themselves down to size: “show us your medals”.

He admits it’s an attitude that draws sneers now but it’s one he’s drumming into his Motherwell players as he urges them to go and achieve something special. Well can clinch their place in the last 16 of the Viaplay Cup with a win over East Fife at Fir Park tomorrow and victory would see them progress as seeds for the second round draw.

Kettlewell won the Challenge Cup and Championship as a player with Ross County - and the same double as a manager in Dingwall too - as well as being a sub when the Staggies lost the Scottish Cup Final to Dundee United in 2010. But his attention now is firmly on the League Cup and he insists he’s in it to win it as he urged his Steelmen to show their mettle. Kettlewell, who revealed Jon Obika and Stephen O’Donnell are injury doubts, said: “Every club is in it to win it.

“It is really simple, how many trophies have you won? How many successes have you been part of? I see people walking about with massive opinions of themselves and big ideas about what they have done in football.

“Even when I was a kid, senior players would say to you about seeing your medals. People might get slaughtered for that now but I believe in it. We all end up with a brilliant narrative about our careers but I say ‘let me see what you have won’. I say that to the players, lets go and achieve something.

“I have been fortunate as a player and manager to win things and be in finals and they have been amazing but it is still my driving force to do it again.

“I am not shouting my mouth off about what we will do in the cup but I think it can help us progress and be a