Motherwell boss urges players to show same passion as fans after banner display

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Motherwell boss Steven Hammell has urged his players to show the same passion as the fans after they displayed a banner at Fir Park, and hopes it helps them to find form.The Steelmen travel to Championship side Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup fifth round, looking for only a second win since October - the last being a 2-0 fourth-round triumph at Arbroath.Fans attached a sign to the outside wall of the main stand at Fir Park saying 'show some passion for the badge on your shirt' last weekend, after a 3-1 defeat at Aberdeen saw them searching for their first three points since beating Dundee United 1-0 at Tannadice on October 29, and Hammell says he hopes it inspires his stars in front of a 1600 crowd at Stark's Park."I have no problem with it at all," he said. "We are taking a large following to the game on Saturday again.

The travelling support this season has been excellent, and we are very grateful for it."Their support means everything to us and it helps us massively."There's nothing wrong with the fans wanting a bit of passion and fight from their team."I think it was probably on the back of the St Johnstone home game [2-0 defeat last Wednesday], which was miles and miles short of anything we want to be known as or a team we want to be representing this club."There was a lot of circumstance behind that, with new signings and the amount of injuries we have picked up, but in terms of the sign itself, absolutely no problem."It's something we highlighted to the players earlier in the week.

It's a fantastic club to play for, it really is."It's a passionate community club, well supported, the fans are passionate, and they want to see that on the pitch."It was highlighted to the players and we used it as a positive."The