REECE Lyon insists Morton's final game of the season is far from a dead rubber as he looks to prove a point to manager Dougie Imrie after dropping out the first team in recent weeks.

The 22-year-old has seen his opportunities limited towards the end of the season and has appeared off bench in four of the last six outings.

With both Arbroath and Ton having little to play for, Lyon hopes it gives Imrie a chance to shuffle the pack and the midfielder is determined to go out on a high if he's handed a starting slot.

He told the Tele: ‘‘Both teams are still going to want to win the game.

"We can still finish sixth and I am sure Arbroath will want to get as many points as they can.

"Obviously it has been a great season for them, but I will need to see what happens if the manager plays me.

"I will just need to wait and see and see what happens on Friday."

Lyon enjoyed a new lease of life in the Ton engine room when Imrie arrived in December.

The academy graduate will continue to keep putting the hard graft on the training pitch as he looks to cement his place in the starting 11 next season.

He added: "In Dougie’s first six or seven games we only lost one. I played in the midfield every game and was getting 90 minutes.

"I was enjoying it again, but I just need to keep my head down and work hard and see what happens.

"I have just been training as usual. Everybody has always worked hard. It isn't a case of I have not been trying enough.

"Everybody always gives 100 per cent in training, so I have just been trying to do the same."

Lyon says the season has caught up with Morton in recent weeks after they suffered their second defeat in a row at home to Inverness Caley Thistle on Saturday.

The midfielder was given the call to come off the bench with half an hour remaining against the Highlanders, but he admits he didn’t make the impact he was hoping for.

He said: "It obviously wasn’t one of our best games.

"I feel the last two games we have been off the pace a bit and everybody has been getting a bit tired.

"It wasn’t up to our standards, but we have been lucky results elsewhere went our way to secure safety.

"It is always the same, there is never any game it is easy to come on.

"Every game is hard to come on as a sub, the boys will tell you it is hard to get up to the speed of the game.

"It is much easier if you start but you just have to try and effect it as much as you can."