But their battling credentials against Raith gave supporters plenty to be positive about as they look to the future too. Second half strikes from Filip Stuparevic and Michael Garrity saw Ton run out 2-0 winners against the Fifers, moving up to fifth place in the Championship and to within five points of the play-off places. And Dougie Imrie was understandably delighted to see his side put in the display that they did.
Despite perhaps looking under the cosh for the first 20 minutes or so as Rovers tried to impose themselves on the game, Morton came back out fighting, putting their own sttamp on the game by moving the ball about well and showing that the young team are now beginning to get to grips with when to play football and when to not. Here are three things we learned from the game..
. Dougie Imrie's plan to see his side become easier on the eye, and move away from the 'big bad physical Morton' trait, looks to be coming to fruition. His side were able to dictate the tempo of the game against the Stark's Park side and move the ball about with relative ease along the backline and into the middle third of the pitch.
That was exemplified by a 17-pass move midway through the first half that eventually saw Niall McGinn force Kevin Dabrowski into a fine save as his effort from the edge of the box looked destined for the bottom left corner. đŽâđ¨ That being said, Ton showed that they can still mix it up and do it the classic way as well, in a swashbuckling fashion that gets .
