Livingston - all the threads merged

[EdinburghLivi]

Fair play to the guy banging on about Nouble being best as a striker. I was very much of that opinion before I saw him playing for us and subsequently agreed he was better on the wing. 

Not sure if it's the way we are playing or if he has moved up a gear but he is looking unbelievable in that position so far this season. Anderson has a tough job getting the #9 spot back.

[Durnford]

40 minutes ago, EdinburghLivi said:

Fair play to the guy banging on about Nouble being best as a striker. I was very much of that opinion before I saw him playing for us and subsequently agreed he was better on the wing. 

Not sure if it's the way we are playing or if he has moved up a gear but he is looking unbelievable in that position so far this season. Anderson has a tough job getting the #9 spot back.

When we tried him as a striker before it patently didn't work but then he was generally up there with someone else and he seemed to settle into more of a support role rather as the main focus of the attack. 

Just recently he's been the main focus for the forward ball; previously I would have said that wouldn't have worked as he'd get crowded out but he seems to thrive on it. So far we've seen sides trying to man mark him with one or two defenders and he seems to shrug them all off.

I'd never have seen that as working - patently I was wrong.

 

Its really difficult not to draw a comparison with Harry Panayiotou; who was his teammate at Aldershot. Panayiotou was apparently always unfit and didn't seem to improve; eventually leaving the club calling the atmosphere "toxic". 

[LIVIFOREVER]

Nouble is always having to shrug players off, no matter where he plays, there is at least 2 on him and one holding onto his arm/shirt. He's the closest thing to Fernandez i've seen the way he can have 3 or 4 players around him and still come out with the ball, great at making runs into the box along the byeline too. I still think Anderson is our best No9, and will score a barrowload of goals if Martindale actually plays him, he's a great finisher and gets his shots off so quick. Trouble is fitting both of them into the team now, if Nouble isn't going to be playing either side in a front 3.

Hoping it's just away games against perceived top 6 teams, or the erse cheeks home and away, that we're having Nouble in the sole striker role, flooding our midfield and relying on someone to bang in the goal(s) in narrow wins, and we'll at least be more attacking at home, or it'll be like watching St Johnstone grinding out results the season they won the double, hard to score against and nicking the odd goal. Effective but not great to watch every game.

[Durnford]

Yes; its going to be very much a "horses-for-courses" sort of season I think.

On Saturday it was largely a 4-5-1 format although some might argue that it was really a 4-4-1-1 as Pittman played an advanced role for about an hour. Feasibly we could go to 3-5-2 against more defensively focused teams but we have enough skillsets to make up a convincing string of other formats; plenty of strength on the wings; some attacking options; good cover in defence. 

Previously we've had a plethora of guys to fit in one or two positions but precious little cover elsewhere; this is almost unknown territory for us.

Edited August 9, 2022 by Durnford

[Guest]

6 hours ago, LIVIFOREVER said:

He's the closest thing to Fernandez i've seen the way he can have 3 or 4 players around him and still come out with the ball

Great shout, he is reminiscent of Fernandez that way.

[EdinburghLivi]

Some performance from Konovalov. 4 penalty saves and countless great saves in normal time in what was one of the most one sided games I've seen. 

Number 7 and 9 looked good in the first half but it was all about the defence and some horrendous finishing in the second half. Well done to the centre backs for putting in a brave performance against two big pros in Kevin Smith and McGachie.

Edited August 9, 2022 by EdinburghLivi

[LIVIFOREVER]

12 hours ago, EdinburghLivi said:

Some performance from Konovalov. 4 penalty saves and countless great saves in normal time in what was one of the most one sided games I've seen. 

Number 7 and 9 looked good in the first half but it was all about the defence and some horrendous finishing in the second half. Well done to the centre backs for putting in a brave performance against two big pros in Kevin Smith and McGachie.

Could be useful bringing him on in cup games going to pen kicks. Was it Holland that did that in a big tourney once, can remember a keeper coming on specifically for the pens, as he was that good at saving them.

[LIVIFOREVER]

On 02/08/2022 at 23:10, Durnford said:

We probably got about £38k extra than we would have otherwise.

That's more than five years worth of player sponsorship.

Wonder what the cost of renewing the 330 seats we've taken out the away stands, i think we used them for replacing broken seats, but against the erse cheeks that's about 24-32K a season lost revenue, and also 330 away tickets in the proper place for them not having to try sneaking in the home end.

Edited August 11, 2022 by LIVIFOREVER

[LIVIFOREVER]

Looks like we're going to be signing a striker. Livingston closing in on forward as final new signing of transfer window | Edinburgh News (scotsman.com)

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Livingston closing in on forward as final new signing of transfer window

Livingston manager David Martindale believes he is close to completing his summer recruitment with the addition of a new attacking player.

 

[ATLIS]

Snodgrass out of contract at Luton. Surely not? Even as one of the back up options he spoke about, surely not?

[JD and associates]

7 hours ago, LIVIFOREVER said:

Looks like we're going to be signing a striker. Livingston closing in on forward as final new signing of transfer window | Edinburgh News (scotsman.com)

 

Could this finally be the arrival of saido berahino to Livingston? Martindale has been after him for over a year. 

[DavideFernandezLoveChild]

48 minutes ago, JD and associates said:

Could this finally be the arrival of saido berahino to Livingston? Martindale has been after him for over a year. 

Davie's quote states it is not a free agent he is looking to bring in before the window shuts... 

[Durnford]

TBH it does really read like a combination of two separate interviews Davie previously gave including some almost exactly the same wordings.

A wee bit of update on the Montano scoring at the weekend but it does read a bit like its a journo hash job.

Of course I'll eat my words when a 20 goals a season arrives on Monday.

[LIVIFOREVER]

5 minutes ago, Durnford said:

TBH it does really read like a combination of two separate interviews Davie previously gave including some almost exactly the same wordings.

A wee bit of update on the Montano scoring at the weekend but it does read a bit like its a journo hash job.

Of course I'll eat my words when a 20 goals a season arrives on Monday.

Aye but will he get a game, Anderson could be a 20 goal a season striker but he's getting bench sores from sitting on his arse.

[Durnford]

4 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said:

Aye but will he get a game, Anderson could be a 20 goal a season striker but he's getting bench sores from sitting on his arse.

Of course he will - on loan to Arbroath

[Durnford]

On 20/07/2022 at 15:06, LiviLion said:

I think Nouble is destined to be a cracking player for us who just never scores.

Ahem

Well half right anyway.

[LiviLion]

9 minutes ago, Durnford said:

Ahem

Well half right anyway.

There's a reason bookies love me. 

You're all welcome. 

[LIVIFOREVER]

Think he's surprised the f**k out of all of us. Still want to see Anderson starting games and playing alongside Nouble though, you saw today the first touch and how quickly Anderson got his shot off, Marshall got lucky with the save, hitting his hand/arm behind him. He'd thrive playing alongside Nouble. Think we'd have to sacrifice Shinnie for that to happen though.

[ExiledLichtie]

I'm sure I'm not the only Arbroath fan who feels weirdly like a proud dad.  Scoring was always the weakest part of his game, even for us, and it feels like he's stepped up a level this season.  Looks a bit more composed in front of goal, has a harder shot, but without sacrificing other attributes of his game.

I imagine a couple of goals and being the main man will do him the world of good too. 

 

 

[ATLIS]

15 hours ago, ExiledLichtie said:

I'm sure I'm not the only Arbroath fan who feels weirdly like a proud dad.  Scoring was always the weakest part of his game, even for us, and it feels like he's stepped up a level this season.  Looks a bit more composed in front of goal, has a harder shot, but without sacrificing other attributes of his game.

I imagine a couple of goals and being the main man will do him the world of good too. 

 

 

Apparently he's spent the whole summer working on his finishing. Sort of feels like the last part of the puzzle for him in becoming a real star for us. He's some boy. 

Another one that's surprising is Sean Kelly, he went from being written off and being a joke at the club when played at CB, then LB. He's somehow turned that into being a starter at CM which is astounding. He's so technically good and is a real physical presence in the middle. Absolutely mental that transformation but credit to him and Martindale for nurturing that inside of him.