TON striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas believes the side’s tough start to the league season has helped get the side quickly up to speed and hopes the team can soon start to turn good performances into points on the board.

Dougie Imrie’s men have started their league campaign off with three draws and a 3-2 loss against Falkirk last Saturday, despite promising spells in each of the four games.

And while JET admits the side feel they should have picked up more points from the fixtures, he says there is plenty to build on now that a tricky start to the season is out of the way.

He said: “We had some tough games but the tougher the games you start off with probably means you get into the swing of things a lot quicker.

“That’s how we’ve felt. We haven’t felt bad, we’ve had good performances. It’s now about continuing to pick up points rather than just the performances.

“We’ve had three draws and a loss where at least one of them should’ve been a win. We were hoping for more points but it seems things are coming along nicely.

“We’ve played some good teams in our first four games, and we’ve got some of the heavy hitters out of the way nice and early. Hopefully we can pick up some points over the next few games.

“I think the main one for us is the Hamilton game. We think we should have picked up three points which should have put us on five.

“At the weekend we went 2-0 up and if we’d shown a bit more nous to control the game and probably get into half time 2-0 or even 2-1 up, we'd have given ourselves the best possible opportunity of getting all three points, but that’s football for you.“

The Morton number nine registered his first assist of the league season during Saturday's fixture, using his head to knock an Ali Crawford free kick into the path of teammate Jack Baird who fired it into the back of the net.

And while the striker is happy to help his teammates, he is also keen to open his own Morton account sooner rather than later.

He added: “If I can keep assisting until I get that goal then that’s good, but hopefully the goal doesn’t take too long.

“In the first game against Partick I had an opportunity to open the scoring , which I didn’t take, the keeper made a good save. And at the weekend I had an opportunity to strike from the edge of the box.

“I can see a pass, and obviously as time goes on hopefully those passes will turn into the boys finishing those chances, and I can finish some of my own, but it’s still early days. We’ve still goy a long way to go.”