Are alarm bells starting to sound at St Mirren? Former Buddies striker Rory Loy certainly thinks so after a devastating home defeat to bottom side Livingston last weekend.

Livingston had managed just one win all season—way back in August—before stunning Paisley with a 2-0 victory. An Alex Gogic own goal and a late strike from Scott Pittman sealed the deal, leaving St Mirren's survival hopes hanging by a thread.

Here's the silver lining: Kilmarnock also lost at Aberdeen, meaning St Mirren still sit two points above the Rugby Park side in the relegation play-off spot. With four games left, every point is precious as they prepare for a crucial Saturday clash at Dundee.

But Loy isn't buying the optimism. "This is going to sound disrespectful to Livingston, and I don't mean it this way, but they hadn't won a game since August," he told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast. "You don't want to be the team that loses to Livingston."

The former striker highlighted the deeper concern: St Mirren's fortress has crumbled. "Going to Paisley has been notoriously difficult over the last three years. They've taken points off Rangers, Celtic, Hibs, Hearts—you name it. So to lose to Livingston at home in such a precarious position already was damaging."

With Craig McLeish's injury-hit squad facing a nervy run-in, Loy warns the situation could spiral. "Alarm bells will be ringing if they get beat this weekend." For St Mirren fans, the countdown to survival—or disaster—has truly begun.