Stevie Lawless expects more interest in Partick Thistle boss Alan Archibald

Stevie Lawless fears Swindon will not be the last club to be linked with Partick Thistle boss Alan Archibald this summer.

The Robins are on the hunt for a new boss following the departure of Luke Williams and the Jags boss is reported to be high up their short-list of candidates.

But Firhill midfielder Lawless believes Archibald is too good for the newly-relegated Sky Bet League Two outfit.

He is keeping his fingers crossed his manager turns down a move to the County Ground but knows there could be more tempting offers ahead.

He said: "You're going to get interest when you do as well as he has. The gaffer has made some steady improvements every single year he's been in charge and I'm sure that's why he is being looked at.

"But personally I wouldn't have thought Swindon would be something he'd be interested in.

"He knows everything about the club and has taken us to our highest league finish in more than 30 years.

"But I think he feels he still has unfinished business here even though he's been doing so well.

"I reckon his stock is a bit higher now after the achievements he's had this year.

"It will come down to his choice and whether he feels it's the right time to move on. The ball is in his court but I'd be surprised if that is the last offer he has this season."

Defender Liam Lindsay has also been linked with Bolton and Charlton and team-mate Lawless believes the 21-year-old is ready to move south.

"Liam has always had the ability but he perhaps lacked the match awareness you get from playing games," he said. "But this season he's went from stride to stride.

"I used to play with Shaun Hutchison at Motherwell and he went down to play with Fulham in the Championship. Liam is very similar to Hutchy so there is no reason why he couldn't go down and do just as well, if not better."

Thistle will look to bounce back from last weekend's last-gasp defeat to Rangers when they travel to Perth to face St Johnstone on Saturday.

"No-one is taking their foot off the gas," said Lawless. "We want to catch Hearts but we've had two massive opportunities and not taken anything off their lead after drawing at Tynecastle then losing to Rangers.

"We know Saturday is a big opportunity again. We don't want to be the whipping boys of the top six. There is a pressure on us to perform but we need to keep going as we don't want to go through these final five games without a win."

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