Morton’s players may have been gutted to lose their League Cup semi-final to Aberdeen on Saturday, but midfielder Jamie Lindsay is hoping the experience can benefit their young squad in the long-term.

Jim Duffy’s side matched their more illustrious opponents for large parts of the game, and were looking the more likely to score when Aberdeen hit them with a sucker punch to break the deadlock.

But the way that the Morton players handled the occasion and competed so well against the Premiership runners-up of the last two seasons has given them great heart.

And on-loan Celtic kid Lindsay says that can only help them when they return to the bread and butter of Championship duty in the coming week.

“The experience was brilliant, especially for the younger boys like me,” Lindsay said.

“Not everyone gets to play in a semi-final, some boys go their full career and don’t get to play in one, so it’s good that we’ve got a lot of young boys here who have experienced it at an early age.

“Hopefully we can take that on into the league, and maybe even try to get back here in the Scottish Cup later in the year.

“We’ve got a couple of big league games coming up now. We’ve got Ayr United at home next week and St Mirren on Tuesday, these are massive matches for us.

“In the league we’ve hit a right good run of form, and even though we eventually lost to Aberdeen, it should still give us confidence going forward given how well we played.

“When you look at last week as well winning five-nil then you’ll see that we’re full of confidence and looking forward to every game as it comes.”

Lindsay is hoping that Morton’s players can shake their Hampden disappointment out of their systems quickly, and focus on the positives of the day rather than the heartache of the outcome.

“Obviously we’re all gutted and we’re not happy, but we always knew Aberdeen were a good side and the way we competed was pleasing,” he said.

“I think we had them a wee bit rattled at times and it was good to give ourselves a chance in the game.

“To do so well and then lose it like we did, then obviously we’re disappointed, but overall in the game I think we did well.

“They had a great spell at the start as we settled in. It was always going to be nervy early on in the first 10 minutes because we’ve got a young team here full of young boys.

“Gavin Gunning is maybe the only one who has played in a semi-final, whereas they have international players that have played at this level before.

“After we saw out the first five or 10 minutes we grew in confidence.

“We just fell short, but we can take so much from the day and hopefully that can help us in the long-term.”