Motherwell's cup exit is hard on older boys, but young guys won't have it easy either, says star

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Paul McGinn joked that he might play until he’s 46 to get a crack at a cup final, but says Motherwell’s Viaplay Cup exit isn’t any easier for their younger players.The Steelmen crashed out at St Mirren as Caolan Boyd-Munce’s eighth-minute rocket sent St Mirren into the quarter-finals at Motherwell’s expense.While that's a set-back for players like him who don't have as much time on the clock, McGinn says those coming through might not get too many chances either.McGinn, 32, said: “I suppose it is worse for older players to go out of the cup, but there are younger boys in there who won’t get near it either, because the ones who do are few and far between, especially in this country.“With the big clubs dominating, the chances are less and less each year.“I’ll maybe play until I’m 46 to improve my prospects, so I’ve got another 13 years yet!”It was gallows humour for McGinn, who was frustrated by the narrow defeat, but admits Motherwell didn’t create enough in Paisley.He said: “It was a great finish – it was sort of scrappy, the way the ball broke to him, but he absolutely smashed it, and it was some goal.“The annoying thing is that it was an early goal and we had plenty of time to come back from it, but they’re good at what they do.“They’ll play the ball into the channels, and I’ve seen many teams come here and struggle.“Even so, there wasn’t much in it.

It’s not ideal, but that’s just three defeats in 21 games under the gaffer.“However, it was frustrating that we weren’t more clinical.“We only created one clear-cut chance, when Mika Biereth drove a cross across the face of goal and we didn’t put it in at the far post.“We were asked to be more on the front foot after the break.“We had a lot of possession, but it was just