| The Dark Blues dropped their first points of the league campaign when they were held to a goalless draw at Airdrie United, for whom goalkeeper Stephen Robertson was the hero.
He denied strikers Mickael Antoine-Curier and Colin McMenamin with a string of superb saves to pick up the Man-of-the-Match award.
That left Alex disappointed at what he regarded as two points lost, though any frustration was tempered by a couple of points.
“To be fair to my strikers, they were hitting the target and it took some exceptional saves to deny them — so long as they are doing that, I will back them to score in most games,” he said.
“We also created a lot of good chances, which is encouraging and, when I look at the team’s performance as a whole, I feel there is more to come from us.
“Defensively, I feel we have looked very sound, but there is more to come in a creative sense and now we are looking for those players to kick on.
“That’s not being critical, because, if you look at our line-up, we basically have changed half the team over the summer and players are still learning about each other.”
On the injury front, Craig McKeown made an unexpected appearance on the bench, though he was not used, and his quicker-than-expected return has left the gaffer reluctant to rule out others who have been unavailable.
“Right now, I’d say Jim Lauchlan, Darren Young and Colin Cameron have no chance for this weekend, but this time last week I would have said the same about Craig, but he made it.
“I still don’t expect those three ready for Morton. Cameron is a bit further ahead than the other two, so we will be looking to step up his work soon and see how he reacts.” |
