Fear of the axe means no one is winning a watch

Davie: Expand top flight to improve the product

- IAN ORR

DAVIE MARTINDALE reckons a fear factor for gaffers is making games in the Premiership less entertaining.

And the Livingston boss claims expanding the top flight would improve the product on the pitch because fewer clubs would be involved in the relegation battle.

Ross County gaffer Derek Adams launched a savage attack on the state of the Scottish game after watching his side lose 1-0 to Dundee on Saturday.

He said his old club Morecambe, who play in League Two, were "100 times better than this" on being asked about making the Staggies a good team to watch and that standards had slipped alarmingly in the SPFL. Martindale declares it is getting harder to recruit players from south of the border due to finances.