Livingston boss David Martindale insists 'perspective' is needed following recent poor run

Livingston boss David Martindale has called on the fans to play their part in helping the Lions get back to winning ways and says 'perspective' is needed following a run of four straight losses.

They head into tonight’s clash at home to basement boys Dundee United on a poor run of form but the gaffer insists the club are still punching well above their weight.

And he insists that while results haven’t been great, recent defeats have come down to fine margins.

Speaking to the Courier, he said: “It’s a wee bit of a blip just now but the boys have created this expectation - myself and the staff included - that we’re going into games expected to win.

“Aberdeen away, Hibs at home, these are games we’re disappointed not to be winning. Even Rangers at home, there’s an expectation that we can pick up points. We’ve had good chats with the guys over the last couple of days.

“If you strip the games right back, at Aberdeen they had one moment and scored and we had one moment and it got cleared off the line so there’s not much in the game.

“But due to the expectations and belief that’s been created around the club, we’re upset we didn’t win.

“The Rangers game, we gave away a soft goal with a needless penalty and we’re well in the game until the red card - which was a dubious decision.

“On Satuday we go a goal up and it’s a very competitive game. Even 2-1 down at half-time, I knew we could tweak a couple of things and get ourselves back into the game then you lose a man early on.

“When you actually look at each individual situation, that is what’s happened. It’s not a way to give anyone an out but there’s key moments which are often preventable that have gone against us.”

He added: “We’ve now got to the stage where we’re going into