John Potter dreams of seeing himself on the walls of St Mirren Park lifting the Co-operative Insurance Cup - but he will not let that distract him from his Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League responsibilities.

Love Street legends adorn the corridors of the Buddies' new £15million home and current St Mirren skipper Potter will doubtless join them if the club win their first major trophy for 23 years.

Saints roared into the League Cup semi-final last night with a 3-0 victory over Motherwell, securing a February trip to Hampden.

Potter said: "When it comes round, it'll be a very important game.

"When you see pictures of the players about the walls here, about the cup-winning team, it would be great if we could get there.

"But we can't really concentrate on that now; we just need to worry about our league form and hopefully keep picking up points there."

Potter revealed he and his team-mates were still revelling in Tuesday night's win when they arrived for training on Wednesday morning.

He said: "I'm still a bit sore from the night before but we're all happy about it - it was an important game for the club to try to get forward and get in another semi-final.

"We all enjoyed last night and we came in this morning and spoke about it.

"We can leave it until February time, when the game is, and it's important to get back to winning ways again in the league on Saturday."

Saints drew 3-3 in the SPL with Motherwell at the weekend but saw them manage to maintain their recent attacking potency without leaving themselves open at the back.

"We went out in the same manner and tried to play the same way," Potter said.

"We knew that Motherwell were a good team and they pass the ball well so you have to get in about their faces and try to stop them playing, and I think we did that.

"At the same time, we managed to play a bit ourselves.

"We got goals at good times and managed to hold on at the other end."

After avoiding relegation by just two goals last season, St Mirren are riding high this term, with three wins and a draw in their last four games making them arguably the form side in the country.

Manager Gus MacPherson said: "It's amazing what confidence can do; it's the most important factor of any sportsman's make-up, going into a game or an event in a confident frame of mind.

"The players are in that at the moment: long may it continue."

Like Potter, MacPherson was loath to look too far ahead to next year's semi-final and refused to fall into the trap of singling out St Johnstone as his preferred opponents.

"I wouldn't be disrespectful to St Johnstone at all," he said.

"It's probably the oldest cliche that there is: it doesn't matter who you play at that stage, it'll be a tough game.

"We're pleased that we're in that stage; we've got something to look forward to."

McPherson revealed virus victims Steven Thomson and Michael Higdon were both doubtful for Saturday's SPL visit of Hamilton, even though the latter shook off the effects to score.