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Dougie Imrie's men failed to make their chances count against a Jags side that were there for the taking at Cappielow and as the Firhill hit back in the way that hurt most. Dan O'Reilly capitalised on Ryan Mullen's moment of hesitation to head his side on their way to a massively important win in Greenock and his effort, coupled with Aidan Connolly's late leveller a week ago, look to have knocked the stuffing out of any Cappielow promotion push. Here's what we learned after watching Morton fall to a narrow, but crushing, defeat.
.. The two sides had their fare share of chances in a game that Morton saw chances for Morgan Boyes, Ali Crawford and Grant Gillespie go begging either side of half time.
However Partick could've opened the scoring long before they did. Logan Chalmers flashed an effort wide of the mark after less than 60 seconds, whilst Alex Jakubiak had an afternoon to forget at the top end of the pitch. It's a game that both management teams will be looking to improve on in the final third, with Lewis Budinauckas forced into only a handful of saves against a side he spent time at earlier on in the campaign.
That's multiple times in the last two games that Ton have been the and ultimately have lost out on five points. Poor defending against Raith Rovers gifted the Fifers all three of their goals, whilst Ryan Mullen will know himself he should've done better when judging how to deal with Partick's free kick from the left hand side. Ton boss Imrie was left to lament that decision, which gave the Irish defender a clear sight of goal after his marker was instructed to leave the ball.
After being able to keep the back door mostly shut in recent weeks, it's imperative that Ton try to rekindle their robustness in the closing weeks of the campaign. Maybe not so much for Imrie, but for the Ton squad who bore the wrath of a frustrated Cappielow supremo. And he indeed rocked the boat with his post-match remarks which pointed to his own personal aspirations as well as his desire to make his side a force to be feared in Scotland's second tier.
He said: "I want to take this club forward and not just be, oh, he finishes fifth again. "I want to be getting great players. If I can't do that with the group I've got, then unfortunately I'm going to need to go and find another group that will get us there.
" Ton have ten senior players out of contract in the summer, and performances over the last seven days could've sealed the fate of some of those, as yet another summer rebuild may beckon on Sinclair Street..
