Third alone won't float Hearts stars' boat but joining legends gallery is more than a dream - Ryan Stevenson

Hearts remain well on course to finish third but lifting the Scottish Cup would be the big one.

Stevie Naismith’s squad will 100 per cent believe they can go all the way. Rightly so – because they can. Hearts teams have done it in the past and will do it again in the future. Why can’t this team join those of 1998, 2006 and 2012? The players might not declare it publicly because every footballer knows you open yourself up to being left with egg on your face but they will fancy their chances. Every season I went in looking to do well in the league and trying to win the cups.

Hearts are likely to finish third in the league but that won’t really float the boats of their players. They will want to finish third 100 per cent but there is no medal at the end of it. You want to win a cup. You get the medal and so much more. When you go into Tynecastle or the training ground, you see all the pictures of teams who have won cups in the past.

These are moments that live with you forever. Why can’t this Hearts team do it? They’ve already beaten Celtic and given Rangers a run for their money. The immediate focus has to be on getting past Morton on Monday night. Where this Hearts team is, they can’t go to Cappielow and lose at this stage of the competition.

The players know the importance of this game and the fact there is a semi-final place up for grabs. The team are in a good place. There are good Scottish players in there, who are experienced, know the club and you can see this squad manages itself.

Captain Lawrence Shankland epitomises that. Look at all the speculation he has had this season and he is just going from strength to strength. He just keeps scoring goals and is getting better and better. He will be important again in