AIDAN Nesbitt reckons he can be the creative playmaker Morton are crying out for as the team’s search for their first league win of the season continues on Saturday.

The Celtic loanee has been used sparingly so far by manager Jim Duffy but was arguably Ton’s most dangerous weapon at Ayr on Saturday after replacing defender Ricki Lamie, who’d limped off with a hamstring injury after 20 minutes.

Ton have failed to score from open play in their last three matches, with Ross Forbes’ free-kick at the weekend the only goal they’ve notched since Kudus Oyenuga’s equaliser in the 1-1 draw against Dumbarton back in August.

Nesbitt believes he can supply the ammunition Ton’s strikers so desperately need, if he is given the opportunity.

The 19-year-old told the Tele: “We’re not scoring enough goals, especially from open play. So hopefully I can get as many assists as possible or score some goals myself.

“Saturday was a strange one — it’s not often you come in to a game after 20 minutes.

“But I was ready to come on and I’m looking to do well enough to keep my place in the team so I can go and impress, set up goals and score goals.” 

Nesbitt knows that if he gets a start against Dunfermline on Saturday then he must take full advantage and grab it.

He said: “I need to play well to keep my place in the team.

“I can’t get slack, and as long as I play to the best of my ability and work hard for the team, I should be doing well.”

Only Renfrewshire rivals St Mirren are below Ton in the league table at the moment but Nesbitt says there is a strong togetherness in the Cappielow camp and the players are staying calm because they have only played five games in the league.

He said: “The boys are really close, we know ourselves that it’s still early doors in the season.

“We’re all looking positively and looking forward to Saturday to try and get points on the board.”

Nesbitt was watching as his parent club Celtic were humbled 7-0 by Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, and he is determined to prove himself at Morton and earn the chance to play at that level himself in the future.

He said: “That [Champions League] is the level I eventually want to be playing my football at, in I don’t know how many years to come.

“I want to get stronger here on loan, get more game experience and knowledge, and develop myself into a player who can go and play for Celtic on these nights.”