MORTON skipper Lee Kilday admits his team-mates are keeping him positive in the midst of another injury absence.

Kilday has been unfortunate in recent seasons having missed a lot of action last term with an ankle issue that plagued him throughout the campaign. 

In a similar vein this season already, the captain is out of action thanks to a recurrence of previous niggling problems.

The 25-year-old could be forgiven for feeling down in the dumps about his bad luck. 

But Kilday has always been known to adopt a positive attitude and he insists it’s his pals in the Ton dressing room who are helping him through his injury frustration by rallying around him and keeping him involved.

He told the Tele: “Being at the club now for three, four years, I think the respect is there. It’s there with all the players, not just me because I’m the captain.

"They know that if I could play I would be playing, but it can be hard for me to keep them going if I’m not in the right head space at the moment. 

“I need to try being positive, even if I’m a bit down in myself just now.

“But the boys have been great, they’ve been keeping me going a bit rather than me keeping them going. 

“We’re a good, close team and if someone has something up with them, everyone rallies around them and that’s what they’ve done for me to be honest. They’ve kept me going.

“It’s very frustrating, it gets to you and gets you down. I’m trying to deal with it now as best as I can but it is difficult coming in every day the boys are training and I’m just stuck in the physio room. 

“But there’s not a lot I can do about it just now, I need to try and be mentally strong about it and try and get on with it.”

Kilday admits there is no definitive timescale on his return after receiving painkilling injections last week. 

He says he’ll be taking it easy for a while in order to make sure he’s back fitter than ever when he’s finally able to lace up the boots this season.

He said: “I got injections last Friday so I need to take it easy just now and just let them kick in. I won’t be doing anything at all for at least a week or something.

“I’m not too sure of the timescale, the doc said injections can sometimes kick in right away or they can take a week or two. 

“So there’s not really any timescale on it, I am taking it day by day.

“I can’t play through it just now. I went for just a wee jog the other day and it was sore, so I can’t do very much. 

“If I could play I would, but there’s not much I can do until it settles down.”