Motherwell are 'getting there' as they approach league season, but cup is important, says star

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Callum Slattery reckons Motherwell are getting back to their best ahead of their Premiership kick-off in a fortnight, but says they’re not taking the Viaplay Cup lightly.The Steelmen took the extra point from a penalty shoot-out win over Queen of the South after a 3-3 draw against the League One side, in which Slatterly scored, adding to a 2-0 win at Elgin City on Saturday.That puts Motherwell in with a good chance of qualifying for the last-16 by topping Group G, and Slattery knows beating Queen’s Park at Fir Park on Saturday would take them a huge step towards that.“We’re not taking this lightly, we;re not taking it as a pre-season run about,” said the midfielder.“We’re going into each game wanting to win.“The importance in mentality of winning is huge – if we win in the cup, we can take that into the season, but we’re not taking the cup as a warm-up, we’re taking it seriously.”Slattery is in his third season at Fir Park and wants to get a good campaign under his belt and has the fire to succeed.He said: “Personally I feel really in a good place.

Physically in good shape, sharp going into games and firing, ready for the season to start.“I hope for a good season, and to go into games and make a difference.“It’s the same as any season, any season is big.

You get that feeling, that fire in your stomach before the season starts, that you want to set yourself the goal to have a good season.“I think as a team we’re still coming together, that pre-season kind of feel, but we’re getting there, you can see that in the games.“We scored three in the last game, and obviously conceded three, but that’s stuff we’ll work on, that we’ll go back and look at, and it’s just getting those fine margins before the season starts.“It’s that