Skipper Sean Dillon admits Dundee United went over the top with their celebrations after knocking out play-off rivals Falkirk.
The Tannadice side booked their place in this week's Ladbrokes Premiership shoot-out with Hamilton by beating the Bairns.
Paul Dixon's last-gasp winner at the Falkirk Stadium on Friday sparked a joyous party as Ray McKinnon's men lapped up their semi-final win.
But Dillon is concerned about the message those scenes sent out ahead of facing Accies over two legs for the right to reclaim their top-flight status.
United welcome Martin Canning's men to Tayside on Thursday night for the opening battle and the Irishman has urged his team to this time act like they are the favourites and keep their cool.
Asked if celebrations should have been kept to a minimum, he told ArabZone: "That would have been my attitude to it. Different people react differently to winning.
"I'm not knocking anyone. Just because I'm a bit more reserved about it, that doesn't mean the celebrations were wrong.
"That's the way I was on Friday, while some of the lads showed their emotions a bit more.
"But for me it's a semi-final and it's great to win a semi-final. I think you should enjoy it, because how many of these moments have we had over the last couple of seasons?
"However, at the same time the Premiership is where we feel we belong. We can't talk about saying we belong there and then be treating it like we're surprised or shocked that we have won.
"We are a big club but no-one has the God-given right to be in the top league. You have to perform enough to stay in the league and now we're in a position where we have to do the business against Accies to get back in."
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