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2 hours ago, Disco Duck said:
See you next season Livi.
Whoo hooo - a new plastic alliance.
PS. can you please clear the seagull shit off the away supporters seats this time - last time I was there it was like someone had been feeding the local gulls herring vindaloo (mind you we were in the corner of the main stand - possibly a cup match?).
Mind you, even with the seagull "deposits" its still an upgrade on Ibrox or Parkhead
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2 hours ago, Livi said:
Hopefully Martindale is looking down south as well (for himself)
You know; Martindale isn't a bad manager but neither is he a great manager.
He can manager a team and motivate them provided the team are on his side. His problem is reversing things once they start to go wrong; possibly no plan B.
I personally think that he needs a new challenge and could do well with the right club.
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14 hours ago, Sonam said:
The behaviour of some of your Livingston teenage 'young team' on Saturday was absolutely appaling! One thick eedgit with a dull on balaclava!!! Drunk, scaring the poor wee young kids travelling with Ross County. Not even Celtic, Rangers, ICT or Elgin ever been as bad!
Hopefully CCTV captured that and some of your 'young team' get a chap on the door from the Police! Disgraceful and for that alone deserve relegation.
I will be keeping an eye on Google & your local papers for that...
We heard a bit of a noise/roar when we were getting to our car over at St Margaret's Academy; was worried that might have been something kicking off. Whatever the circumstances its not what football or Livingston FC are about. Hopefully it wont put people off from coming again whenever we next meet.
I could be wrong but as far as I recall the last time something happened where away fans were targeted by wee idiots was against Stranraer about eight plus years ago.
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What a strange County side; totally unrecognizable from the team we played previously this season who were constantly closing us down and exploiting the high defensive line - even Murray seemed like his mind was elsewhere.
Effectively they really need to win the game against St. Johnstone and swap places with them because, if they play like they did yesterday against a competent Raith side, our away games to Dingwall may continue next Season.
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Tete Yengi is suspended for Livingston while Steven Bradley, Shaun Donnellan, Kurtis Guthrie, Cristian Montano, Joel Nouble, James Penrice and Andrew Shinnie are injured.
Leaving us ......
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5 hours ago, Livi said:
I get the through thick or thin part as a supporter. If you want to force change then a good way would be for fans to vote with there ST. I appreciate its only 800 odd people but it could still ve powerful.
I suspect the 800 will plod on through thick and thin expecting change and in reality get more of the same.
Wouldn't be in favour of a ST boycott but a collective delay in renewals could start to get the level of feeling through.
On the other side of the coin; we've had poor managers before; they've all left (or been pushed) sooner or later. Effectively we really need to get the ownership sorted out before anyone with clout can make a decision on hiring and firing.
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46 minutes ago, CharlieWhisky said:
He said he’d be losing players out of contract and others who want to leave, which I imagine is Stephen Kelly. My understanding is that everyone except the goalkeeper has the option to leave for free if they want to.
So is that "they want to leave if we're relegated" or "they wish to leave irrespective"
Doesn't sound much like playing to the last game to me.
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1 hour ago, LiviLion said:
I don't think that's too outrageous, depending on the 12 or 13 he means.
Shamal George
Shaun Donnellan
Jamie Brandon
Miles Welch-HayesDavid Carson
Scott Pittman
Stephen Kelly
Mo Sangare
Samson LawalSteven Bradley
Tete YengiThat's 11 there who are under contract, pending any relegation clauses, and I think that's a half decent starting point for next season. Jack Hamilton has done well when he's stepped in and Montano might regain functioning legs at some point. Not going to entertain the idea of Mackay choosing to join us in the Championship when I'm sure he'll have offers to play in the top flight.
There's 12 or 13 (depending on Montano's fitness) who I'd be fine with us keeping, though I'm almost certain he'll keep Guthrie and probably Nottingham and Devlin too.
Going to be a fun summer anyway.
Yes; when I first saw the numbers 12 or 13 I thought "who" and then I looked at the squad list.
I'd like to try and keep Jason Holt and Morgan Boyes but would expect Teto to be around as well.
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5 hours ago, LIVIFOREVER said:
It's a difficult one, from the outside looking at what he's done at Livi it was incredible, but for Livi fans the last 2 seasons have been a tough watch, he's used up all his good will for past accomplishments now. If he does stay on for next season, he isn't going to get any slack from the fans if he doesn't start with positive results, he'll have a job getting them back onside.
Not sure if he'd consider going to a DoF position taking a backseat, but his signings this season haven't been great either, especially in defence, or maybe if he had a fresh start at another club, and a bigger playing budget, he'd get his mojo back.
He's done okay considering the budgetary constraints but feel the label "incredible" to be a bit over the top.
Since taking over from Holt in November 2020 the team hit a purple patch until February after which they hardly won a game. However the credit they got in the winter was enough to make 6th place.
For 21/22 he managed 7th place due the an atrocious second half of the season. For 22/23 we managed to scrape 8th place.
This season only a miracle will stop us from getting 12th.
As for signings these haven't been exactly top notch either. Since the 21/22 season (the first one where he was manager for the full season) there's only been one play coming in (not as part of a player swap) who really deserves to be here - Stephen Kelly although I'd also include Jamie Brandon if he hadnt been so injury prone.
Other than that he's signed:
2022/23
Scott Bitsindou Lierse Free
Phillip Cancar Western Sydney Wanderers Free
Esmaël Gonçalves Sheikh Russel Free
Dylan Bahamboula Oldham Athletic Free
Shamal George Colchester United Undisclosed
Jack Hamilton Greenock Morton Free
Kurtis Guthrie RoundGlass Punjab Free
Steven Bradley Hibernian Undisclosed
Luiyi de Lucas FC Haka Free2021/22
Christian Montaño Port Vale Free
Tom Parkes Exeter City Free
Ayo Obileye Queen of the South Free
Harrison Clark Chester-le-Street United Free
Joel Nouble Aldershot Town Free
Andrew Shinnie Charlton Athletic Free
Sean Kelly Falkirk Free
Harry Panayiotou Aldershot Town Free
Stéphane Oméonga Pescara Free
Morgan Boyes Liverpool Free
Ivan Konovalov Rubin Kazan FreeThis season we have Yengi and Sangari looks like there might be a player in there. No ideal about Lawel and Teto.
Unfortunately we have consistently been losing good players and not replacing them.
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9 minutes ago, ATLIS said:
We did it first though
Thanks guys - that's me back in therapy.
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13 minutes ago, Livi said:
How dare you asking a very pertinent question.
I remember when I was young and my mind was full of pertinent questions like why is the sky blue; how do emperor penguin's know where to go to roost or how come Margaret Thatcher's hair never moves even in a gale?
Nowadays I'm more concerned about how to pay the credit card; who on earth thought it was a good idea to sign Esmaël Gonçalves; even why is John McIlvogue listed as Chief commercial officer.
I refuse to worry about anything to do with the Teto situation; actually I said at the time that getting him here by using a visitors visa would never work but the consensus seemed to be that it was a strategy to get him in via the back door. He's still here so I suppose it worked in part but getting a working permit is almost impossible in my experience.
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2 minutes ago, EdinburghLivi said:
One of the reasons was that he failed to develop young players... The squad he had over 2 and a half years probably had the most academy graduates of ANY in our history.
Clowns.
Wasn't that at the time of Craig Easton; the Jacobs brothers, Mullen, Donaldson, Ross etc?
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14 minutes ago, EdinburghLivi said:
Anyone involved in sacking Gary Bollan should be embarrassed to be anywhere near the club. Ridiculous act of self-sabotage.
Wasn't one of the reasons given that he lived in Dundee and had refused to move closer to the ground?
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With regard to the Livi for Life trust; if you're not a member please consider joining.
Its an unfortunate fact that with the trust having been around for 20 years there are some members who are no longer interested; who have left the area or are no longer with us.
I understand that some of the rule changes for the trust can require a better than 50% approval of the entire REGISTERED membership. Statistically that gets more challenging as numbers of active members reduces proportionately.
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17 minutes ago, mozam76 said:
That's not true.
Have to say I agree. There are a significant segment of people that haven't renewed their season tickets and have vowed not to whilst Martindale is involved with the club; even before he became manager.
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6 minutes ago, Freedom Farter said:
Ged Nixon is a Trust member? Odd one.
Trust has been around for 20 years so probably not that odd.
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3 minutes ago, Livi said:
Hogarth was a season ticket holder long before he was involved upstairs.
His company (Braidwood Motors?) also sponsored the stadium for a year or two and presumably pumped some much needed funds into the club so I'm not inclined to question whether he's a supporter.
Doesn't mean I like the guy but I don't think the question as to whether he's a supporter is in doubt.
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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/thug-who-left-livingston-fc-32550259
TBH Eighteen months doesn't sound a lot; particularly as he'll probably eligible for parole after six.
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I thought he's improved remarkably with his second spell with us.
His first stint (in the first division?) was mediocre to okay and was worried about him coming back but he proved me wrong.
Unfortunately it didn't matter how poor Motherwell were on the day since then, we always had him to beat which contributed to making Motherwell a bit of a bogie team for us. Its just our luck on the once season where his form has clearly dropped; we struggle to even challenge the goalkeeper.
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1 hour ago, EdinburghLivi said:
Livi commentary was brutal.
That is all.
Not as brutal as sitting watching it.
Maybe The weather means I'm being unfair but basically it looked like two teams without any premiership quality at all.
The difference is next season Aberdeen will have a new manager who will be building a new team; we will have Martindale.
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1 hour ago, Freedom Farter said:
An innocent person who you've upset for no reason. Yet nobody can stop you and nobody can make you care, you're right. It's up to you.
Don't know why you even bother communicating with this attention seeking waste of space. Doesn't care who else he upsets so long as he has a chance to manufacture more stories.
Just place him on the ignore list like the rest of us.
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55 minutes ago, Cptn Hooch said:
This happened to me in a kebab shop in Kent. When I replied Livingston, the guy hit out with some facts and half a dozen names of current (at the time) players as well as legends like Bingo and Stuart Lovell....I was genuinely dumbstruck at his knowledge
Impressive. You obviously go to a better quality kebab shop than me.
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11 minutes ago, stressball said:
Did you wade in and batter everyone that sang the Rudi Skacel song?
Nah, you didn’t. Guess you condone racism then.
Racism? Surely you mean Xenophobia?
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Livingston - all the threads merged
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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I would be happy if hey were part of the annual youth release cycle - we did pretty well with Halkett and Kelly