Robbo reckons Livingstone was well off pace

MOTHERWELL manager Stephen Robinson reckons Adam Livingstone received a “rude awakening” to the fitness levels he must achieve to cut in in the Premiership.

Well youngster Livingstone made his first appearance of the season when he replaced injured Liam Donnelly after just 15-minutes of their 1-1 draw with Celtic.

But Livingstone was then subbed for Curtis Main with 18 minutes remaining after the 20-year-old defender was affected by cramp.

Robinson admits the pace of the game against Celtic caused Livingstone’s muscle fatigue but believes that will show the defender just how fit he’s required to be in the top flight.

Robinson said: “In terms of Adam, people clamour for young boys to be in the team and he’s able to give me 60 minutes but he’s got to give me more than that.

“He’s got to be able to stay on the pitch, it’s a rude awakening to the level you have to get to fitness wise and that goes for Liam Donnelly as well.

“Those boys can only change that themselves, we can’t change that. They have to buy into being a footballer and really push themselves because they have got the talent.

“There is no doubt we’ve got kids with talent but as was shown on Saturday if you put too many of them in you get a little bit of a performance like that but our standards were set against Celtic, now we need a bit of consistency.

“Players will get chances because of the amount of games, as I said previously they’ve got to be fit enough to do that.”