ROBBO'S ROAD TO HAMPDEN

Saints boss urges players with final instruction

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his radar when he signed on the dotted line almost four years ago?

"No," comes the reply. “I'd be lying if I said it was, given the amount of time St Mirren hadn't been in Europe for, hadn't been a top-six side and even in a cup final.

“But in a cup competition, anything can happen.

“It’s not a league campaign. For us to win the league is very, very difficult, if not impossible.

“Over the course of a season, the money and the parameters you work under catch up with you.

“So, in a cup competition, there’s always the hope that clubs like ourselves and Motherwell had and have.

“Certainly, we've given ourselves a great opportunity to do that.

“I've said to the players — embrace the day. Give the best version of yourself because this opportunity may never come around again.”