MORTON REV UP FOR DONS WITH A ROUT

MORTON sent out a powerful warning message to Premiership big guns Aberdeen that they may not get things their own way at Hampden next Saturday when the sides meet in their Betfred Cup semi-final by thrashing second-top Queen of the South 5-0 at Palmerston.

The Dumfries outfit were looking to end the first quarter of the season undefeated. However, they were undone by a majestic Morton side who led at the break thanks to goals from Ross Forbes, Jamie McDonagh and Gary Oliver with Jai Quitongo and a Thomas O’Ware penalty adding to the tally after the break.

Cappielow manager Jim Duffy said: ‘You do not get many days where everyone performs at the level they did today.’

Queens boss Gavin Skelton said: ‘If anything could have gone wrong, it went wrong.

‘That was a really bad afternoon at the office.’