{"id":143702,"date":"2026-02-24T12:41:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143702\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:41:44","slug":"curtis-main-says-morton-need-to-be-more-robust-after-queens-park-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143702\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Main says Morton need to be more robust after Queen&#8217;s Park loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CURTIS Main thought for all the world he had opened his Morton goal account on Saturday &#8211; before Calum Ferrie\u2019s wonder save denied him the chance.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being second best for long spells in Glasgow, the visitors almost snuck a late leveller.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Main connected well with Zak Delaney\u2019s low cross but his snap shot was sensationally kept out by the Spiders keeper.<\/p>\n<p>The striker\u2019s first three games since arriving on loan have yet to bring any goals, but Ian Murray has insisted they will come.<\/p>\n<p>Morton missed the opportunity to close the gap on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayradvertiser.com\/local-news\/ayr-news\/?ref=au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ayr;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ayr<\/a> United in the final play-off spot, following their first league defeat under Murray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was frustrating, I thought I\u2019d got myself on the scoresheet and rescued a point for the team,\u201d Main said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good save in the end and unfortunately there\u2019s nobody there to tap in the rebound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn reflection, we probably didn\u2019t deserve to get anything from the game. I think it\u2019s a mentality thing, we need to be more robust and stronger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve gone ahead in the game early doors and then conceded quite quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the effort was there all the way to the end, I just think we\u2019ve switched off at crucial times which cost us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can happen at any level, as soon as you start feeling good about yourself football has a great way of reminding you that unless you work hard for every single bit, you\u2019ll get found out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Having arrived at Cappielow last month, Main had a fortnight without a game before making his debut in the goalless draw with Raith Rovers,<\/p>\n<p>After a slow start, a run of three games in the space of a week represented a hectic introduction.<\/p>\n<p>He admits it has been a test, though one that the Englishman has relished.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into the business end of the season, the Ton remain very much in contention at the top end of the table, but will also have to remain cautious of ensuring they don\u2019t find themselves caught up in the battle against the drop.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe league is very tight, but we were short against Queen\u2019s Park \u2014 we didn\u2019t do enough to win the game,\u201d Main added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll go all the way down to the wire, we need to be ready to put in some stronger performances towards the back end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came in and had no game, I suppose you can look at it both ways. I\u2019ve really enjoyed it so far, it\u2019s been very positive up until Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been into the frying pan, three games in a week. I feel great and I\u2019m looking forward to finishing the season really strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally I feel that I can kick-on and really help the team, Queen\u2019s Park was disappointing but there\u2019s a lot more to give from the team and in that dressing room.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CURTIS Main thought for all the world he had opened his Morton goal account on Saturday &#8211; before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[60280,60279,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-143702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-curtis-main","tag-ian-murray","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}