Martindale to overhaul tactics after loss

D av i d M a r t i n d a l e a d m i t s Livingston need to go back to the drawing board after yet another frustrating defeat.

T h e L i o n s d o m i n a t e d a g a i n s t R o s s C o u n t y b u t f a i l e d t o t a k e a ny o f t h e i r chances as the visitors held firm just days after a 5-0 hammering from Motherwell.

Livi were made to pay for t h e i r w a s t e f u l n e s s w h e n Owura Edwards headed in the winner for the Staggies 16 minutes from time.

The 1-0 loss was a hammer blow for the home side, who saw Kurtis Guthrie, Scott Pittman and Ayo Obileye pass up gilt- edged oppor tunities to make the breakthrough before Edwards pounced when Jordy Hiwula's shot crashed back off the crossbar.

After a 2-1 defeat by 10-man S t Mi r r e n s e ve n d ays p r e - v i o u s l y a n d a n o t h e r t h r e e s t r a i g h t l o s s e s i n Au g u s t , Martindale accepts it is time to think again.

The manager said: "I need t o c h a n g e wh a t I ' m d o i n g and look at what I'm doing b e c a u s e i t ' s n o t wo r k i n g . That's it stripped back.

"We should be sitting fifth, f o u r t h i n t h e l e a g u e b u t you've got to earn the right. Ross County stole the game from us. It's hugely disap - p ointing. I'm strug gling to find the p ositives from the game. We've only got our - selves to blame."

County needed a response after their home embarrassment by Well last Tuesday and manager Malky Mackay was thrilled with his club's first victory in Livingston in a decade.

H e s a i d : "I t w a s a l w a y s going to have to b e a grind in the second half. (I knew) if we did the correct things, the fundamentals, those little chances would come. One or two did."