MORTON defender Darragh O'Connor says that December's historic win against Arbroath back won't mean a thing if they can't get the result that would see them beat last season's ten-game unbeaten run.

If Ton were to avoid defeat against the Red Lichties, it would see them go one better than the run that saw the Greenock men cement themselves in the hunt for the promotion play-offs between November and December.

However he's adamant that the 2-1 victory up at Gayfield last month that kicked off the current run will mean nothing if they can't follow suit this time around.

Now Ton's Irish defender is desperate to beat the feat and go one better, but he warned that it won't be easy against an Arbroath side that are fighting for their lives at the bottom of the table.

He told the Tele: "I was told recently that our run last year consisted of ten unbeaten games. To match that is an incredible feat, but we want to go one better and make it 11. If we can do that at home this weekend against Arbroath, it would be brilliant.

"But we'll have to be on it if we want to get anything from the game. They've had our number since I've been at the club, apart from the last game.

"Thankfully we were able to get a win. They're a team, as the gaffer says, who are fighting for their lives.

"They'll be hurting and we'll need to be mindful of that this weekend, win our 50/50 battles and at the end of the day, it's 11 against 11 out on the park so hopefully we can come out on the right side of that.

"We played well up there the last time, we got a really famous win, the first in four years. But that doesn't count now. What counts is putting in a complete performance and getting a positive result."

O'Connor says he wouldn't pin his side's turnaround down to that famous win at Gayfield as there was always the belief his side could turn their fortunes.

He says that the inner belief within Cappielow is now spilling out onto the park with the timely return of key players.

O'Connor added: "I wouldn't even say that result last time was a turning point because the belief we had in the dressing room never faltered.

"But now that we have the majority of the squad back - we're only missing one or two just now - you can see the quality that we've got.

"We knew from day one that we had the quality to go on a run like this, but the manager wasn't able to pick his strongest starting 11 due to one injury or another, but he's getting back to having his best team out there."