Blair Spittal is already feeling vindicated after making the move to Partick Thistle, and he believes he will thrive under the playing style of manager Alan Archibald.

Spittal was plagued by inconsistency last season while at Dundee United, but he doesn’t think he was helped by the direct tactics the Tannadice side were forced to adopt at times as their promotion push came to the crunch.

He knows that it is still early days in his Firhill career, but he was encouraged by the performance both he and his team turned in as he grabbed two stunning goals in the 5-0 demolition of St Mirren at the weekend.

“From day one I’ve said that the type of football that Thistle play is a style that attracted me having played against them in the past, and I wanted to be a part of it,” Spittal told Herald Sport.

“I do like to play football, I’m not one that likes to play long balls or anything like that.

“At the start of the season at United last year we played a lot of good football, but it gets to that middle part of the season where it’s not often about the performances, it’s more about getting the results, and I thought that towards the end of the season sometimes we did have to go direct and mix it up a wee bit.

“[At Thistle] we’ve got some really good players, and you saw their quality last season. Then on Saturday, the way the boys performed, it was really good to play in.

“We try to play a good style of football, and that’s one of the main things that really attracted me to come here.

“I’ve had my chance in the first couple of games and I’ve been happy with how I’ve performed.”