'Martindale deserves chance to save Livi's season'

1 week ago 2

Livingston's current situation is like a plane trying to take off but it's fast running out of runway.

The United game was way off where we have been. Everything at the start of the game felt flat. The crowd, the stadium the players and even the tunes before the game. It quickly went downhill once the game started.

Our passing was poor, the players ran but never seemed to win any footraces and were second best to everything. We were bullied in defence and midfield with our attackers starved of any sniff of a chance all through the game. Rotten night, totally reminiscent of the types of performances in the relegation season not too long ago.

Will we go down again? Quite possibly.

It's a bottom of the barrel shoot-out between us and Killie it seems. We play them in a couple of weeks and it's no understatement to say we need the real Livi team to turn up. There is lots of points to be played for but this Killie game is huge, probably season defining.

As the year ends in an abject display from Livi it is fair to look at the calendar year and appreciate the clubs' achievements. We won the play-off final and we won the SPFL Trust Trophy. Personally, I've enjoyed the games again, even the defeats (recent Dundee United aside – that was an awful night) haven't been too bad. Although the end of 2025 is a little sour there is plenty Livi fans have enjoyed this year.

I think David Martindale has earned the chance to turn this season around, I also think fans are too quick to call for people to go in general and patience is a rare commodity in football these days.

Martindale deserves the chance save the season however his January signings are incredibly important. They will have to hit the ground running and then some.

That said if things don't improve, and quickly, I think Davie will have to take stock of things. I genuinely hope for good performances and, more importantly, points in January so our season can finally take off.