And he's hoping the Jambos frontman can prove his quality in the Co-Operative Insurance Cup when Livingston travel to Parkhead to face Celtic in the third round.
The West Lothian side have already been given a boost today with the news that Rocc
o Quinn, who is on loan from Celtic, has been given the green light to face his employers after the two clubs finally reached an agreement.
And Landi is hoping Elliot can give their hopes another shot in the arm.
Elliot joined the Lions last month on loan until January, but has spent just over two weeks at Almondvale because of his involvement with the Scotland under-21 side. The 22-year-old hitman was part of Billy Stark's side for their unsuccessful bid to reach the knock-out stages of the European Championships qualifiers and therefore has had just 15 training sessions with the Italian.
However Landi has seen a marked improvement in the frontman, particularly in his confidence and fitness levels after being frozen out of the first team at Hearts over the last season or so.
He more than justified the First Division side's decision to take him on loan by netting two goals in the 3-0 win over title rivals Dundee at the weekend and Landi is keeping his fingers crossed for more goals tonight.
He said: "Calum is our player and I am very happy that he is with us. We have had him with us only for two weeks really because of his involvement with the national team. He has trained with us for I think 15 days and I can now start to see the results. I still think that Calum is maybe only 65 to 70 per cent fit at the moment but he will continue to improve with every game that he plays.
"We were pleased to see him scoring two goals against Dundee and hopefully there will be more to come when he reaches his peak again."
Tonight's clash with Celtic will, without a doubt, be the biggest test of his short tenure at Livingston, but Landi insists that he and his players will take the experience in their stride.
The Lions will run out in front of a huge crowd in the east end of Glasgow but the Italian expects to receive just as much respect from Celtic and their supporters as he and his players will afford to Gordon Strachan's side.
He added: "Football is our job and we must be professional about it, no matter who we are playing. It was only on Sunday that we could start to look ahead to the Celtic game. On Saturday and the days before it, we were only focusing on Dundee.
"Our football philosophy is that we go into every game looking for a victory and tonight's game against Celtic will be no different for us.
"Everyone says that the players will be looking forward more to tonight's game, but every week in training they are working hard because they want to be involved in as many games as they possibly can. We will go to Celtic Park and give them maximum respect but we will also be going there to win the game.
"We know that we have got to be consistent and that we are maybe still a few weeks away from being 100 per cent on top of our game and playing our best football.
"It is a one-off game and results in cup matches can come down to who has the most fight, the most heart, the most luck and who has the best tactics on the day.
"I hope that can be us."
The full article contains 649 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
