MICHAEL TIDSER was pleased Morton’s professionalism paid off as they avoided a Scottish Cup slip-up on Saturday.

The Ton booked their place in the fourth round of the competition with a comfortable 6-0 win over Beith Juniors.

Tidser was joined on the scoresheet by Ross Forbes, Jamie McDonagh and Jamie Lindsay, while Thomas O’Ware hit a brace at Bellsdale Park.

Morton will now face Championship rivals Falkirk in the next round as they look to continue their fine knock-out form after reaching the Betfred Cup semi-finals.

And midfielder Tidser reckons the Ton mentality was spot on at the weekend after boss Jim Duffy hammered home the message to his players.

“The game was competitive to start; the first five or 10 minutes they were going down the hill and pumping balls in and we were giving away sloppy fouls,” he told gmfc.co.uk.

“I think once we got the first goal it settled the nerves down a wee bit and we took it from there, built on it by getting another goal and made it three before half-time.

“Overall, performance-wise, I think we deserved the [margin of victory]. Six-nil is a good result.

“You can get these sort of cup ties and after the first five minutes, you can think: ‘Oh, it’s going to be one of those days.’

“But listen, we have good quality in this squad. I was speaking to a few of their boys after the game and they were saying: ‘God, you are a really good side.’

“Big Marko (Mark McLaughlin) says we are really good. It’s nice to hear that – especially coming from Marko, I played with him for a couple of years – and we probably don’t even realise it. We are just doing what we do.

“I just think the gaffer has put a mentality into the boys now. In the past, maybe a couple of years ago, we would have come here and… you’ve seen it.

“He said before the game that it was a mentality thing. I think our mentality showed. I knew beforehand what sort of game this was going to be and that we were all mentally prepared and ready for it. We were and got into the next round.”