MORTON new boy Tyler French says that missing out on winning the Championship title at Dundee was one of the hardest moments of his career - and now he want's to make up for lost time at Cappielow.

The 24-year-old full back penned a season long loan deal yesterday afternoon and he says he's looking forward to putting the last nine months of being stuck on the sidelines behind him after recovering from a horror leg break against St Mirren in January.

And he revealed that he's ready to be flung in at the deep end should Dougie Imrie feel it's necessary as the Cappielow men gear up to face a familiar foe for French in Dundee United this weekend.

He told the Tele: "It's been a really frustrating time. I'd probably say it's been around nine months now with a really bad injury and getting back. Throughout my career my aims have always been the same and that's to play as many games as possible help the team and put any setbacks behind me.

"I feel really good now so I just want to get back out there and keep doing what I do best, and that's playing football.

"The second half of the season was really tough, I was playing pretty much every game up until I got injured. I was playing well too, so I was hoping to go on and have a good impact in that run-in.

"So having to sit and watch those games as Dundee got over the line to win the league, on a personal level, it was really tough because those are the games you want to be involved in.

But it was amazing that the club achieved what they did to go straight back up.

"I'll take the experience and bring what I can to this squad going forward.

"I want to really make the most of the chance I've got here, help the team and hopefully make up for lost time. I want to get the team up the table and be as successful as possible.

"I want to win the Championship again, of course I do. And it would be nice to play the whole thing this time, so I'll give it my all and do my best to try and achieve that."

Turning to the Dundee United game, French said: "There's going to be no love lost, none at all.

"It's a conversation that we had, the gaffer and I, when there was first interest, that there was a game coming up against Dundee United.

"It's probably the biggest game of the season, away at Tannadice. It's one I wanted to play in and one I want to win, so I was keen to get things done as soon as possible."

French admits that after a year of staying in Dundee, he's aware of the magnitude of football in the city and just how badly one half of the city took being relegated whilst the other rejoiced at the prospect of promotion.

He continued: "I know how much football means to the city, on both sides and I know the rivalry that's there. We obviously won the league at Dundee last season, whilst it was the complete opposite just down the road.

"There's going to be a great expectation on United to get results this season to bounce back so it's up to us at Morton to try and live with the underdog tag and do what we can to try and get a result."