Livingston midfielder wants to turn stadium into a fortress this season

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Livingston star Andrew Shinnie says the Lions want to be relentless and turn their stadium into a fortress this season.The Lions are looking to bounce back to the Premiership at the first time of asking and have taken four points from their opening two games, following up a home win over Dunfermline with a 1-1 draw at Queen’s Park on Friday night.Shinnie, who is on a second spell at the club, having initially left at the end of last season, is delighted to be back and hopes to play a major role in Championship success.Livingston aren’t in action again until they host Morton on August 24, and former Rangers, Inverness and Birmingham City midfielder Shinnie said: “We want to get three points.

We want to be relentless this season, we want to be on the front foot, and take games to teams.“It will be a tough game, every game will be.

I know we’ve come down from the Premiership, but we don’t have any right to justturn up and win games of football – it’s going to be really difficult.

Teams will make it hard for us, Morton will be no different, and obviously we know [ex-Livi coach] Dougie Imrie well, and he gets his teams organised.“But it’s a home game, we want to make it a fortress and make it difficult for teams coming here.“We’ll rest up, train well for Morton and try and get the three points.”Livingston fought back from 1-0 down to a Zak Rudden strike in 36 minutes with a goal from Matty Clarke on the hour, and Shinnie felt they could and should have taken more from it.He said: “We thought we started the game well and up until they scored I thought we were probably the better team and looked in full control.“They scored, it was a sucker punch that probably rocked us a wee bit until half-time.