Motherwell "simply not good enough", says boss after Morton spring Scottish Cup shock

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Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell admitted his side "simply weren't good enough" as they crashed to a shock Scottish Cup exit at the hands of Championship Morton last night.The Steelmen were poor over the entire 90 minutes at Cappielow and the Premiership side paid the price as a Harry Paton own goal in the first half and a George Oakley strike 10 minutes into the second half did the damage in the last 16 tie.Jack Vale pulled one back for Motherwell in the final five minutes but it proved to be a consolation, as Motherwell failed to build on the thumping 5-0 league win over Ross County in midweek which ended a run of six games without a win.And Kettlewell had no complaints about the result.“We simply weren’t good enough,” Kettlewell said. “Very simply Morton did a number on us.

We didn’t stand up to the challenges we knew were going to be presented.“We knew it was going to be completely different to Tuesday when we were able to get the ball down and play."We knew Morton were going to be up and at us, and be in our faces, they were going to pile balls in on us.“The first goal’s symptomatic of us not dealing with that.

It comes in and we just don’t deal with it.“Second half we became really ragged and it was only in the last 10 minutes of the game we started to test their resolve and make a bit more of a tie of it.“But I expect way more from the players.

When you see that travelling support I expect way more than that. Morton deserved to win.“Our use of the ball, our choices and our quality has to be a hell of a lot better.”Meanwhile, Morton manager Dougie Imrie told Motherwell fans to take what they dish out after he celebrated his side’s win in front of the visiting fans at Cappielow.The former Hamilton Accies player