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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.

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.

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 Free 2021/22 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 Free This 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.

Thanks guys - that's me back in therapy.

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.

Wasn't that at the time of Craig Easton; the Jacobs brothers, Mullen, Donaldson, Ross etc?

Wasn't one of the reasons given that he lived in Dundee and had refused to move closer to the ground?

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.

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.

Trust has been around for 20 years so probably not that odd.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Impressive. You obviously go to a better quality kebab shop than me.

Racism? Surely you mean Xenophobia?

Hallelujah McGovern returns to Hearts

And Wullie Gollum

Need to get my eyes checked - when I first read it I though you said "Got us back for giving them Rod Stewart". Mind you; now I cant get the bl00dy tune of "Sailing" out of my head.

I suspect the Administrators are keeping a close eye on this thread anyway after all the stuff that was going on recently. I did reply to your post that I thought you should deleted it as it was an unsubstantiated rumour from a sevco fan who probably already has an axe to grind after the debacle at the weekend. That is of course unless you have hard and fast evidence that would stand up in a court if accused of slander. That's beside the impact that such a post could have on his family; wife and children if any. In any event its a personal matter; Dave Black has more than enough to answer for after what happened on Sunday.

Hey - I think you're only a year or two younger than me; you certainly would have worn them. I even remember "bell-bottoms" and "tank tops". Platforms were a real leg breaker, particularly when running for a train, but also gave me many a headache when not realising the low beams in the local pubs were a lot closer now that I was three inches taller.

If I didn't know you were joking you'd be getting a red dot! Hurrumph!

Fair enough I suppose but the statement "Prior to this fixture, a visiting supporters group called “The Green Brigade”, via the Celtic SLO, requested a Tifo display in all three stands allocated to the Celtic support and to have a banner displayed along the front of the East Stand. The banner was to read “You Play for Us and We’ll Sing for You”. does sound decidedly gullible. I mean "Green Brigade"? Is that the same "Green Brigade" that was banned from their own stadium for "inappropriate activities"?

It always bugs me that whenever I go out of Scotland (Wales; Northern Ireland or Southern/middle England) and say I'm from Scotland; I'm asked what team I support. When answered "Livingston" I'm met with a blank expression followed by "No; Rangers or Celtic?". TBH its happened so often it doesn't even really bother me now.