Livingston boss admits he doesn't 'know what to do' to fix club's penalty woes

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Livingston boss David Martindale joked that he’ll start subbing himself on for penalties after Bruce Anderson became the seventh taker in less than two years to miss from the spot for the Lions.A pair of misses in early 2022 saw Ayo Obileye taken off penalty-kick duty but since then Jason Holt, Sean Kelly, Jack Fitzwater, Esmael Goncalves, Nicky Devlin and Anderson have all been given an opportunity and fluffed their lines from 12 yards out - while they also missed two of three in a shoot-out loss to Hamilton during the Viaplay Cup group stages.Anderson bagged himself the only goal of the game as they ended their Viaplay Cup group stage with a 1-0 win over Clyde - but he saw his penalty saved by Jack Leighfield three minutes later to set a much nervier finish than was needed.Martindale commented: “It was a poor penalty.

I don’t know what to do now to be fair. I think that’s me been through everybody and everyone has missed.“It’s shocking. It is, honestly.

And I don’t know what it is. We work on it, I’ve tried everything. I’ve tried not to emphasise it too much, I’ve tried to over emphasise it, I’ve tried to come off it altogether.“We’ll find somebody, some day.

I might just sign myself and sub myself on for the penalties.”The gaffer admitted he was pleased with their Viaplay Cup efforts, which included 10 goals scored and just one conceded but confessed they’ll need to improve ahead of the league season starting next weekend, adding: “The most pleasing aspect is only one goal against.