We’re not sure how the highfalutin, chin-stroking analysis and pretentious punditry of football goes down with the regulars in the Electric Bar but as far as Motherwell’s Chris Cadden is concerned, you don’t need to dress things up with flooery phraseology and cerebral chatterings.

“It’s a working class place, a working class town, and all they want is people to run around and try their best,” said this dyed in the wool Steelman. “If you run about and give your all then they’ll appreciate that.”

There have been plenty of roars of appreciation in the days following Motherwell’s 3-0 spanking of Aberdeen in the semi-final of the William Hill Scottish Cup which gave the Lanarkshire club another final date with Celtic at Hampden.

Football can be full of fluctuating fortunes and it wasn’t that long ago – February last year to be precise – that Aberdeen trounced Motherwell 7-2. The scoreline may not have been quite as emphatic at the national stadium on Saturday but Motherwell’s rousing revenge was still pretty comprehensive.

“It’s changed a lot (since that defeat),” said Cadden. “Personnel has changed and I think the recruitment staff, no disrespect to the guys before, have been brilliant. The people they’ve brought in have been great characters, not just great players. The boy Andy Rose has only been here for a year but it feels like he’s been here for years.”

Curtis Main, who scored a double at the weekend, was brought in to replace the dearly departed Louis Moult and his efforts have demonstrated the shrewdness of that Motherwell recruitment policy.

“He was under pressure because Moulty did so well here,” said Cadden. “But Curtis has arrived and has hit the ground running. He’s a different type of player to Moult but the important thing is that he’s scoring goals for us.

“He works hard as well. You see his stats after the games, and his running distances are brilliant. He just runs around every game and works his socks off. That’s what Motherwell fans want.”

What everybody connected with the clubs wants is the ultimate prize, of course. A first Scottish Cup victory in 27 years would have them partying like it was, well, 1991.

“On a personal note, to win a trophy with my boyhood club would be unbelievable,” said Cadden, who graduated from the Motherwell Academy.

“One of the main reasons we’ve been successful this season is our togetherness. I’ve honestly never been in a changing room like it. There are no cliques, no outcasts or anything like that. Everybody is genuinely just together.

“It’s like one big family and it is a family club. We’re all mates at the end of the day. The gaffer has been drilling into us that we can turn a great season into an unbelievable season.

“We’ve given ourselves a chance now. You don’t get many opportunities like this so I’m going to try to grab it with both hands in May.”