Kris Doolan admits he is not sure whether Partick Thistle’s goalless draw away to Greenock Morton was a case of a point gained or two dropped – but the Firhill manager was pleased to see his side maintain their momentum.
This was Doolan’s fifth game as manager and the Jags are still unbeaten on his watch, picking up three wins and two draws – while also recording four clean sheets.
The result lifts Thistle above Ayr into third place, seven points behind league leaders Queen’s Park with eight games left to play.
“It’s a bit of both,” Doolan said. “We got another clean sheet so in that respect I think it is a good point. I think teams will come here and struggle. I can see Morton taking points off teams from now until the end of the season just through physicality, they are a big side.
“It was a really tough game, a real battle, and we stood up to that. We lost two centre-backs so quickly in the game so there was a wee bit of turmoil and we managed to let that not affect us. We just couldn’t quite put it together in the final third.”
Doolan continued: “That momentum has carried on and I think that is key now. We keep that going because we all know at this stage of the season that momentum is the biggest thing. Confidence is the biggest thing and it’s up to us to keep that going.
“The boys have thrown everything at them and we tried to win the game. We threw two strikers on and we thought we would maybe have enough but Morton are a tough side to break down.”
Aaron Muirhead and Connor McAvoy had their afternoons cut short by injury and the two central defenders will get a scan to discern the extent of their complaints.
“They are two big losses and they have both been huge players for us,” Doolan added. “But the two boys that came on were terrific. [Darren] Brownlie and [Kevin] Holt were thrown into a game like that and that’s never easy but I thought they came on and marshalled the back four really well.”
