MORTON boss Dougie Imrie says today’s big cup clash at Ibrox won’t define his side’s season - but has urged them to leave Govan with no regrets.

The Ton chief insists the glamour tie is a one-off game that will not affect his side's Championship campaign.

And he has challenged his players to ensure they give a good account of themselves against Michael Beale’s men, even though some of them are playing through the pain barrier.

Imrie told the Tele: “It's a game that won’t define our season, no matter what happens.

“It’s a cup tie where anything could happen.

“We just want to go there and give a good account.

“We’ve got good players here, I think the squad is fantastic at the moment.

"We’ve got one or two niggles and are seeing players playing through the pain barrier for us.

“It shows you the characters that we’ve got in the building, that they’re willing to do that.

“We’ll just need to deal with that but once we get everyone at 110 per cent, then we’ll be a real handful going forward.

“It might come to the point where it becomes impossible for them to do that and we might need to take action.

“But in the main, I take my hat off to the guys that are putting their bodies on the line.

“That’s because the general public out-with the club don’t see it and maybe don’t know who they are.

“But there’s certainly one or two who’re doing that for not only myself but also for the club.”

Imrie hopes his players can frustrate the Ibrox side for as long as possible this afternoon.

He believes that an agitated home crowd could play into his side’s hands.

The manager said: “I’ve been there a million times as a player, you need to stay in the game for as long as possible.

“If you agitate the players then you start to agitate the crowd and that feeds onto the pitch.

“The players then start doing stuff that they normally wouldn’t, they try to force things.

“We need to be patient and be ready for those one or two opportunities that we will get over the course of 90 minutes.

“You never know what can happen, its eleven against eleven at the end of the day.

“If they go out there and give their all then they’ll be able to look themselves in the mirror and say that they gave enough.

“They’ll know what’s coming today and they will be ready for it.”