Fan semi-final excitement not reaching Motherwell squad - Askou

Motherwell fans at Hampden for last year's Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Rangers

Motherwell have sold more than 7,000 tickets for their Premier Sports Cup semi-final against St Mirren.

The Fir Park club are in their second League Cup last four in the space of two seasons, but have sold 600 tickets more than they had by this point 12 months ago for their 2-1 defeat by Rangers.

The Hampden tie is on 1 November (1730 GMT), with manager Jens Berthel Askou refusing to join in with the excitement just yet.

"We'll probably sell quite a few more, which is amazing," he said.

"A lot of people are looking forward to that, we're focusing on the next job that's on Saturday.

"Obviously we know it's in the calendar, but we're not spending that much energy on it now, it's up to you guys and our fans and our staff around, the first team, and we'll get to that when we're there."

Askou welcomes back Elijah Just, Callum Hendry and Tom Sparrow back in full training for Saturday's visit of Premiership newcomers Falkirk, with Callum Slattery also partially back.

"It's just raised the level of the intensity and the quality that we're able to produce in training sessions," he said. "They look really, really eager and really hungry, so it's great to have them back.

"A lot of good players out there competing and lifting the level, which is extremely positive.

"We've been waiting for a couple of weeks, so good times."