BUOYED Morton boss Dougie Imrie insists his side have the tools to cope with whatever play-off rivals Airdrie throw at them in tomorrow's vital Championship clash.

The Diamonds have won plenty of plaudits for playing an attractive passing style this season, but the Ton boss believes that is an overly-simplistic observation - and also says that his own side's adaptability has been completely overlooked.

He says his troops will ignore all of the outside noise about a contrast in styles as they travel to North Lanarkshire seeking a vital three points.

Imrie told the Tele: “We just need to focus on ourselves in times like this, with three big games coming up in quick succession.

"We’ve got a job to do and we play the way we play. We can play, we can mix it, we can be physical. That’s football.

"A lot of people are trying to reinvent the wheel and that’s life. I wish them all the best in that. We’ll keep on doing our own stuff and hopefully keep on winning football matches."

Ton go into the clash two points behind their hosts and looking to overtake them and move up the table.

Imrie said: “There’s only six games left and everyone can beat everyone.

“If we can win we go a point above them with five games to go ahead of a game in hand on Tuesday night.

“The best scenario we could have is that we go into next Friday night with a four point cushion over Airdrie, but we won’t get too carried away with ourselves.

“It’ll be a tough game, Airdrie have got some decent players and they’re said to play a certain way, in a passing game.

“I’ve watched their last two games and they’ve not passed the ball once. Against Ayr for 90 minutes I saw two centre halves shell it up to the striker - but people can fabricate things.

“But to their credit they have done well this season, coming up from League One and currently sitting in the play-offs.

"But we know we’ve got some good players as well and we won’t get above our station.”

This will be the third time that Ton have faced multiple fixtures inside a week and Imrie admits it will be a tough schedule.

He added: “As a staff, we know how important these three games in six days will be. But this is now the third time we’ve had this sort of congestion.

“It takes its toll on the players. I don’t think it’s fair on them either. We talk about player welfare, but they’ve got no time to recover.

“We’ve picked up a lot of injuries this season. We’ll not make excuses though, we’re looking forward to it.”