MANAGER Ray McKinnon felt his Morton side should have scored even more in their 5-0 victory over Albion Rovers at Cappielow.

The Ton boss watched on as Bob McHugh, Connor Bell, Ben Armour and a Michael Tidser double eased his side to a comfortable win over the Wee Rovers.

Both teams were unable to progress from their Betfred Cup group before kick-off, but the Ton finished their League Cup campaign in third place, just behind Ayr United and Partick Thistle.

There were plenty more chances for the home side to score at the weekend, especially in the first half, but the manager was pleased with the overall display.

He told the Tele: “We should have started off better in the first half with the opportunities we were presented with, we didn’t make the right decisions and we should have created more when we were getting into the final third.

“We felt it was coming though, and it did come. We were doing OK when we were 2-0 up and I think the first half performance deserved a wee bit more than that, but overall it’s a good result.

“We’re not going to get carried away with it, we were down to the barebones today with six injuries, and it was good for the small squad to put in a performance like that and I’m really pleased.”

McKinnon experimented with a new 4-2-3-1 formation, giving his front four players the freedom to swap positions and move around.

And it proved effective, with all McHugh, Bell, Gary Oliver and Ross MacLean all being able to play in multiple positions.

He added: “I gave them licence to move around as long as if we didn’t have the ball they’d get back into shape.

“They interchanged quite well, we had Connor moving around from up top and then the next minute he was on the left or right.

“I just wanted a wee bit more from them in the final third, they had more opportunities to be more clinical, but I’m not going to be too critical, it’s a good result and I’m pleased with that.”

Morton were also hit with a raft of injuries during the week, with six players being ruled out of the game.

Kerr Waddell, who hadn't trained since coming off injured against Ayr United in their season opener, made an earlier than expected return to play the full game at centre-back.

And the manager was impressed with the attitude shown by the Dundee loanee to come straight into the side.

McKinnon added: “We had six players missing and we got a chance to put the younger ones on, Chris Millar and Charlie Telfer were never going to play.

“Fair play to Kerr Waddell, he’s not trained for two and a half weeks and he declared himself fit on Friday after not training, a lot of credit goes to him as we were struggling for a team and he showed a good attitude.”