LIVIFOREVER Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Yayyy a home draw, Sevco at the Spaghettihad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylivi1 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) I’m back, sorry. This weeks features Nicky Devlin if you are interested, you’ll know where to find us by now but I’ll link in our website to make it easier. http://talklivipodcast.libsyn.com/ Edited August 18, 2019 by andylivi1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) Livi vs Partick Thistle in the semis please. Hopefully in front of about 11k at Hampden to further enrage the guid auld boys of Sportsound even further Edited August 18, 2019 by Estragon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Estragon said: Livi vs Partick Thistle in the semis please. Hopefully in front of about 11k at Hampden to further enrage the guid auld boys of Sportsound even further Now that would be banterlicious, they'd make the venue at Easter rd or Fir park though. Edited August 18, 2019 by LIVIFOREVER 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livilion28 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 If we didn’t get drawn against rangers or Celtic we had a very good chance of reaching semi final. On the players what’s going on with tiffoney? He looked sharp last season now he’s hardly had a chance. Dont know what’s going on with Lawson would be good to get an update on the situation? We have lost Menga and not really replaced him. Need another striker 100%. Maybe a loan move? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livilion28 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 12/08/2019 at 03:50, ATLIS said: I've said it before and I'll say it again, Byrne was not, and is not good enough for us. Great player and a huge servant to us in our rise through the leagues however he's too slow to play Premiership football. Letting him go and getting money for him was always a great deal for us absolutely. Like for like, we lost him for Bartley, and it was a great swap. Strange comment? He was up there with our best players. Him Pittman Kelly Halkett Gallacher Keags were outstanding first half of the season and he was easily good enough. Do you not remember the unbeaten run at start of season? Lawson was very good second half of season but cost us a lot goals first half of season. I would love to know what’s going on with Lawson as everyone seems to be guessing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Menga wasn't really a striker but we've replaced him with Souda, who looks an upgrade. I loved Menga's chaotic style of play but Souda looks a more skilful player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitburn Vale Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said: Menga wasn't really a striker but we've replaced him with Souda, who looks an upgrade. I loved Menga's chaotic style of play but Souda looks a more skilful player. Wholeheartedly agree LF,souda is an upgrade on menga,still not the out and out striker we"re looking for but an improvement all the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livilion28 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Even Hardie hasn’t been replaced. You can say Dykes but he doesn’t look a natural finisher 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Hardie hardly set the heather on fire last season though, was out injured till December, had a purple patch for about 4 games, then went off back to Sevco and wasn't the same player when we got him back again. We're either going to have to find a striker that bursts into an unexpected rich vein of goal scoring form, or a loan signing that hits his potential at Livi, because we aren't going to be able to afford a proven goal scoring striker on our budget. Hardie didn't come to us with a proven record at Championship level, St Mirren fans were hardly complimentary on his loan spell with them, we got lucky with him doing so well with us. Personally I would've liked for us to have taken a chance on Kevin Nisbet, but he's signed for the Pars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylivi1 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) Dykes is better than Hardie, does much more for the team, bursts a gut when we don’t have the ball, at the turn of the year playing Hardie was like having a man short. Edited August 19, 2019 by andylivi1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livilion28 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Hardie was still one of our top scorers. Surely you have to replace that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Livilion28 said: Hardie was still one of our top scorers. Surely you have to replace that? Yeah almost all in the same month and even then it didn't get us many points to say he was a greater asset than Dykes. Dykes and Souda have already 4 goals between them this season. Also reckon Pittman will continue to be played as an attacking midfielder and will score more goals this season than last. Hardie got 1 goal in our 3-1 win over St Mirren, 2 in our 5-0 win over Hearts, a goal in our 1-1 draw with Hibs, and a goal in our 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen. Out of that i'd say possiblly got us 4 points, arguably could've beaten St Mirren anyway but his goal put us ahead before Sibbald made sure of the win with our 3rd. We had Hearts beat with or without Hardie that game and Aberdeen beat us even with Hardie's goal so no benefit in that game. The rest of the season he made no difference at all to us, and as andylivi said, at times he was a passenger. *edit to add. Halkett is the biggest loss for us this season, both in defence and as a main source of goals from set pieces (plus that thunderfuck from about 9,000 yards away), but that took several seasons of him playing in the team to get him to where he was last season so it's impossible to find a straight replacement in one season. Edited August 19, 2019 by LIVIFOREVER 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durnford Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Seems we've signed Jack Stobbs from Sheffield Wednesday on an extendable loan. A right footed winger / striker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Sounds like a Dolly Menga type player, is quick and likes to run at defenders, is very direct, only he's more likely to get a ball across into the box and not keep running till he losses it. Another source to feed Pittman the hitman along the 6 yard box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durnford Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Reserve match I believe The again it may be some completely different guy called Jack Stobbs that plays for Sheffield Wednesday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 A new signing is always exciting Wylde and/or Erskine to go? Otherwise, Tiffoney with more competition? Switching to 2 up front when we have a better foothold in games? Just posing absolute filler questions here because the games aren’t coming fast enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durnford Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 The fact that everyone says he's so fast brings an interesting addition. One of the criticisms of Souda (not by me) was that he was left in an advanced position whenever Forfar had a corner, but failed to capitalise on it. In that position I'd prefer the attacking player to get as close the the halfway line as possible so that, in the event of a break, the attacking player can use his speed to break ahead of the defender(s). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 3 hours ago, crispy said: Wylde and/or Erskine to go? Think Wylde is definitely gone; if no one wants him I can see it being a mutual termination on deadline day. Erskine is a weird one, I do think he's a good player but this probably pushes him a bit further down the pecking order, and at 32 does he want to be sitting in the reserves or will he be pushing for a move elsewhere to get more game time? 3 hours ago, crispy said: Otherwise, Tiffoney with more competition? I might be wrong but hasn't Tiffoney mainly come on to play on the left? Either way competition can only be a good thing; Souda, Lawless, Tiffoney, Sibbald, Stobbs, and Erskine all trying to get themselves in the team. 3 hours ago, crispy said: Switching to 2 up front when we have a better foothold in games? Not exactly a striker like we've been looking for but another option to chuck up there like the Robinsons of the world who might be able to do well out of position. Would also expect him to be able to play Pittman's role quite well, and even if it's one of the CMs coming off Pittman can drop back and Stobbs can play in behind Dykes. Wonder if this is them realising they should have kept Rafa, so have brought in another winger until January when he's due back 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Think Erskine would be good in the Pittman role. He doesn't have the pace to play wide anymore but has a great footballing brain and would like to see him behind the striker. He's shown he can comfortably carry the ball and find the net so play to his strengths 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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