Livingston will pose more than single threat for Ross County
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Stuart Kettlewell has warned that Ross County cannot think of Livingston as a one-trick pony ahead of their Betfred Cup clash tomorrow night.
The Staggies’ reward for knocking Celtic out of the competition is a trip to the Almondvale Stadium, with a semi final berth up for grabs.
Over the last few years Livingston have had good success with their physicality and direct style, but County’s manager believes reducing their entire game to that would be a dangerous tactic.
“I think everyone has a perception that Livingston are very direct and up and at you,” he reasoned.
“They’re certainly a fully committed side, but we sometimes don’t give them credit for the technical players they have in their team.
“They’re a team that are good at set plays, but I also believe they’ve got some decent players as well.
“We have to be well-versed in a variety of situations playing against them, and not think it’s going to be long-ball all the time.
“We know all about Josh Mullin’s ability, his deliveries into the box, so there’s a whole host of things that we’ll have to focus on if we want to get a result on Wednesday.”
Mullin has impressed in recent weeks for Livi.
Contrasting his form with County’s, there could well be some fans in Dingwall wishing he still played in blue.
Kettlewell certainly knows all about his quality, but says he has no regrets over the winger’s departure because the situation was out of his control.
“Whether we wanted to keep Josh Mullin or not was totally irrelevant,” Kettlewell explained.
“We never tried to move him on at any point. Josh told us that he couldn’t play here any more, he wanted to move closer to his family.
“Would I like him as an option? Of course I would, but when a player tells you he needs to go back home those are the circumstances we deal with.
“I’m not thinking I should have kept him, because it was out of my hands.”
