Steve Hammell warns Motherwell not to underestimate lowly Dundee United If you can string a few wins together then you will shoot up the table. It would be good to get a few more wins and then we could extend the gap. Hammell conceded that Motherwell's bright beginning to the season guaranteed that they would have to achieve the mindset that comes naturally to a team like Celtic, but which they have found difficult, partly because of constricted resources. "Other teams raised their game against us because we were top of the league," he said. You become a little more of a target but that is just something you have to deal with. It is just a measure of how well we have done. We have good characters in the dressing room and we are all together. That is one of the strengths of this team - we are a team. We didn't get too high when we were top of the league and we won't get too low either when we lose a couple of games. We are a side who has character and shown in the past we can always bounce back. Of the defeat by Rangers, whose SFL Division Three form has been patchy, Hammell acknowledged that many observers had rated Motherwell as favourites. "It was a compliment but when you get out on the pitch it doesn't matter who is the favourite," said the full back. Once you are out there it is 11 v 11 and it doesn't matter about the odds. We took a great crowd and the Rangers fans were right up for it and, all and all, it was a big disappointment. We have to put that behind us and move forward. We didn't get our game going at all. I watched it back and at half-time there wasn't really a lot in it and after they scored we didn't really create a lot or show the good football we had played in the games before that. The good thing is we know we can do it and that also made the Rangers game so disappointing. We have a tight squad and a really small one. We are all confident in one other and the management and staff are excellent as well. We might not have the biggest squad but we have a good balance of experience and youth.