Dougie Imrie believes Queen's Park factor can inspire win

The playing surface at the Spiders' Lesser Hampden home is essentially a carbon copy of the one that former Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou puts his Tottenham side through their paces on each day.

And Imrie says the surface factor gives his side a great chance to showcase their new-look passing game.

Morton set foot on the road to Glasgow in search of three points (Image: alex craig)

The Cappielow boss though, is determined to keep his unbeaten record against the Spiders going as he looks to pick up his first league win of the season at the fifth attempt.

He told the Tele: "Lesser Hampden probably is the best surface in the division, that's a fact.

"If the boys can't go there and play the passing football that we want to play, then they'll probably never be able to.

"The boys should certainly be looking forward to going and playing there, but I'm just looking forward to another game, and hopefully it's a game that we can go and pick up three points.

"It'll be difficult though as Callum [Davidson, the hosts' manager] has brought in a lot of experienced players over the summer who are starting to bed in.

"We had some good results against them last season. We haven't lost to them in two seasons which they'll be looking to rectify.

"But we want to continue that good run of form going against Queen's Park. We should definitely be able to go there and play a good passing game, and this game presents the perfect chance to showcase what they can go and do.

"You want to try and win every game, Saturday's no different. We'll analyse Queen's Park and do the things that we need to do. But come 3pm on Saturday it'll be up to the boys to go and carry out the task required.

"Hopefully we can pick up three points that would move us up the table."

Ton head into the game off the back of a slender victory (Image: Gary Bradley)

Ton head into the tie off the back of a narrow victory against Lowland League outfit Cowdenbeath, and despite the nervy nature of the win, Imrie says the most important thing was being in the hat for the SPFL Trust Trophy fourth round draw, which handed his team a trip to Hamilton Accies.

The Ton boss reckons that having that winning feeling will stand his side in good stead as they look to double their Championship points tally.

He added: "It's important to get that winning feeling, and yes, the Cowdenbeath game can be looked at as a double-edged sword.

"But you just need to look at other games in the third round. You can't just expect to turn up and beat teams by five or six goals. It doesn't work like that because these teams have good players in their squad's as well.

"Queen's Park only won by a goal against Edinburgh City, and Partick Thistle got beat by Alloa. There's good teams in the competition so the most important thing is making sure that you're in the hat for the next round, which we are.

"We'll prepare for that game when it comes. However, in the main I thought the boys played reasonably well, and we had a lot of opportunities where we could've scored more.

"Unfortunately that wasn't to be and Ryan kept us in front with some good saves. It should've been more comfortable.

"We'll take that into the game this weekend, where we want to pick up what would be a big three points."