LIVI BOSS HAILS COMPETITIVENESS OF LEAGUE

David Martindale hailed the competitiveness of the cinch Premiership ahead of Livingston’s home game against Aberdeen tonight.

The Dons are third with 22 points, while eighth-placed Livi are only three points behind with two rounds of fixtures remaining before the World Cup break.

Lions boss Martindale, whose side go into the game on the back of a 3-2 win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on Friday night, believes the snakes and ladders aspect of the table is a huge positive of the top flight in Scotland.

He said: “It is testament to Scottish football. It shows you how competitive the league is.

“I keep hearing the league is not as competitive as it used to be; why have Livingston lost a game, why have Aberdeen lost a game, why have Dundee United lost a game?

“I keep hearing ‘why’ but surely that is down to the teams within that league, we are all capable of picking up points and beating each other.

“You only have to look at Rangers yesterday (lost 2-1 at St Johnstone) and us at Ibrox (1-1).

“I’m not a betting man but if I was I would be struggling to pick who the top-six and bottom-six will be, but that is due to the competitive nature of the league ,which we should be marketing and talking about in a much more positive manner.

“Outwith Celtic, and maybe Rangers to a certain degree, any one of us can beat the other one on a given day.

“That is the competitive nature of the league and we should be applauding that and talking about the positives.

“It is definitely exciting for the neutral, not so much for myself, I would rather there was a bigger gap (behind Livi) if I am honest.”