CHRISTIE Elliott has called upon his Partick Thistle team-mates to put their Scottish Cup heartache behind them by storming into the Premiership’s top six.

Elliott and his teammates were bitterly disappointed to exit at the quarter final stage at Pittodrie on Sunday, particularly as they went out with something of a whimper, failing to trouble the Aberdeen defence on the day.

But with a key game on Saturday at Firhill against bottom side Inverness looming, Elliott knows they don’t have any time to feel sorry for themselves.

And he reckons that with the form Thistle have been in, they should still be high on confidence going into the fixture.

“We were all so gutted to go out of the cup on Sunday,” Elliott said.

“It was a difficult day for us and we were nowhere near our best, particularly going forward. At the back, I think we were ok, and we have been doing really well for a while now defensively.

“But the most annoying thing was that we couldn’t really trouble their keeper at all. It wasn’t for the lack of trying, but you have to remember that Aberdeen are a really good team and they played well on the day.

“It wasn’t to be, but the fans have been brilliant all year and I’m sure they will continue to back us as we make that last push for the top six.”

There is no doubt that making it into that top half is now the sole aim for Elliott and his teammates, and he says that the Thistle squad are determined not to miss out this year after coming so close last term.

“We have had a tricky run of games over the last little while, but no disrespect to Inverness, these are the types of games we really have to be winning if we want to make the top six,” he said.

“We’ve had eight clean sheets in our last 11 and we have to make sure that we get it right defensively as a team again and take them as seriously as we would anyone else.”