Inverness Caley Thistle manager Duncan Ferguson disappointed with side's lack of creativity in Championship stalemate with Morton
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Duncan Ferguson admitted his attacking players had an off day in their 0-0 draw against Morton in the Scottish Championship.
The game had ended in a stalemate after 90 minutes that did not see much quality on show for the supporters in attendance.
It took until the 38th minute before the first shot found the target, and there was only a flurry of attempts between the two teams approaching the hour mark that tested either goalkeeper.
From ICT's point of view, Billy Mckay was denied from a narrow angle after some brilliant play in the middle of the park from Nikola Ujdur to send him through on goal, before Charlie Gilmour blazed over from the edge of the box.
“A draw was fair – they probably had the best chance of the game, but the boy (Muirhead) missed it," Ferguson said.
“Other than that, we struggled in our attacking play, which is not like us.
“After me praising the players for always scoring goals, that creativity wasn’t quite there today.
“My defence really stood up well today. We limited them to very few long throws, which we knew was a danger – that was the gamelan and it worked until the last 10 minutes when they put us under pressure with the long throw.
“It wasn’t a great game. That’s probably, technically, the worst we’ve been in creating chances, but if you can’t win it, don’t lose it.”
Concerningly for Inverness, David Wotherspoon was forced off towards the end of the first half after taking a challenge from Alan Power.
Ferguson was optimistic that it would not be a long-term issue, but did reveal the former St Johnstone man had not been training much in the build up to the Morton match.
“He wasn’t training – only on Friday – because he has been ill over Christmas," Ferguson said of Wotherspoon.
“For the Partick game he had a tight hamstring and he has gone out there and not pulled it hard, but it has come on him gently.
“We’re hoping it won’t be so bad, 10 days probably – unless it is worse.”
