Don't make me shout at you like a maniac

Craig: Saints must keep standards up

CRAIG LEVEIN says St Johnstone dare not drop off the standards set at Pittodrie as they seek to stretch 14 points clear of bottom place.

Saints host Livingston four days after beating Aberdeen 2-0 with their best performance of the campaign.

That was the response a raging Levein was looking for following a flop at St Mirren led to showdown talks with his squad.

The Perth boss has warned the high bar of that midweek success must be matched again. And he won't tolerate another dip in effort like the one he panned them for in Paisley.

Levein said: "We can talk all about formations and individual players. But the thing that got us the result at Aberdeen was the collective.