Motherwell boss admits improvement is needed, but insists they're in a strong position

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Graham Alexander says Motherwell have to work on fine margins to get that elusive first league win of 2022 - but says they're still in a good position.The Steelmen are seventh in the Premiership table as they head into tomorrow's Fir Park clash with Dundee, knowing that a win could take them fourth, and they're also looking ahead to a Scottish Cup quarter-final clash against Hibs on March 13.Alexander says he would have taken that scenario by this point if it were offered at the start of the season, but after Wednesday's 1-0 home defeat to Ross County, he knows improvement is needed.He said: "We still feel that the opportunity is there, it's still in our hands, with the games that we've got, to finish in the top half of the table."There is still a massive opportunity to get in that top half, but I bet I'm not the only manager thinking that."We look at it; we're two points off fourth with four games to go to the split, would we have taken that at the start of the season?

100 per cent, we'd have taken that opportunity, and it's about looking over the previous 20-odd games and how many points we've got."We've got ourselves enough to be in contention, so that was the target at the start of the season, and it's still there for us.

I like to judge our progress, success and failure at the end of the process, rather than half-way through it. When we get to the split we'll have a look, and when we get to the end of the season we'll look again, and that's when we judge what our season is."But by no means is it all doom and gloom, because we have a fantastic opportunity on both sides - the league and the cup - to have a really good season."But the first thing we have to do is try to win tomorrow, and that's what we have to focus