LIVIFOREVER Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 4th v 5th, tough looking game for both teams, usually tight affairs too. Looking forward to going through to this, hopefully it'll be a good game with a few goals, and us coming away with all 3 pts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) Good time for Livvy to get us, with so many of our international stars having been away with their countries. 8-0 Saints… Aussie international, Aussie international, Kiwi international, Scottish international, Cypriot international, Curtis Main hat-trick. Edited September 28, 2022 by pozbaird 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I'd imagine we'll stay with the 4-3-3 and the only possible personnel changes I can think of would be Fitzwater coming back in but Kelly hasn't done anything to warrant being dropped. Shamal Devlin Kelly Ayo Montano Holt Pittman Omeonga Moyo Guthrie Nouble Anderson should be nearing fitness too which hopefully means we'll start to see more of him being reintroduced. Games against St Mirren are always tight affairs and we seem to be quite keen on winning 1-0...so i'll go for that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 11 hours ago, Cptn Hooch said: Anderson should be nearing fitness too which hopefully means we'll start to see more of him being reintroduced. Games against St Mirren are always tight affairs and we seem to be quite keen on winning 1-0...so i'll go for that Yeah, can't see there being much in this either way. Hardly a revelatory opinion, but I've been impressed with what I've seen of Nouble. So far this season we've seen that we do better against teams that come at us (Aberdeen game when down to 10 men for 60 mins the exception). Livi in the same mould as us - not so big on possession, but effective when they've got it. Hoping that doesn't mean we struggle as we did against St Johnstone and (10-man) Motherwell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZingaliMan Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 This game should be a good indicator to where we are as a team . Livie yet again look a big strong physical team who look like they can score. Best start to a season we have had in a very long time the Livie games are the type we need to win if top six ambitions are to be had. No trains Saturday : ( however I have been promised a lift to Paisley and back so fingers crossed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 I think it’s interesting that we are perceived as a “big strong physical team”. I haven’t looked at all the numbers but our everpresents Holt, Omeonga and Pittman are shorties.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, crispy said: I think it’s interesting that we are perceived as a “big strong physical team”. I haven’t looked at all the numbers but our everpresents Holt, Omeonga and Pittman are shorties.. It's just typical laziness from Scottish fans/pundits. We've been a "big strong physical team" since we came up purely because our players aren't massive shitebags. At least this season we can have a front 3 of Nouble, Guthrie, and Bahamboula to give it some merit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wrong Car Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 I'd say it's a fair comment this season. Defensively we've got Fitzwater, Obileye, and Montano, and in attack Moyo, Nouble and Guthrie. Midfield may be smaller but all three are fairly physical players. Last season I'd say it was lazy. A front three of Shinnie, Bailey and Forrest with the same midfield doesn't really carry the same threat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, The Wrong Car said: I'd say it's a fair comment this season. Defensively we've got Fitzwater, Obileye, and Montano, and in attack Moyo, Nouble and Guthrie. Midfield may be smaller but all three are fairly physical players. Last season I'd say it was lazy. A front three of Shinnie, Bailey and Forrest with the same midfield doesn't really carry the same threat Yeah our harrying short arses in midfield got us the big physical team tag, Gallagher and Halkett added a great threat from set pieces which prob helped with the big physical team perception, but every team has big CB's, and one of them is now with St Mirren. Ironically our short arses are still the most aggressive players in our team, Holt and Omeonga in particular. Nouble & Bahamboula are tall, but pretty nimble with the ball at their feet, and Nouble's physical strength is being able to drive forward with players hanging onto him rather than barging them out of the way. Guthrie has finally given us a threat from set pieces, particularly long throw ins, which we've been missing since his namesake left us, Montano is looking pretty handy from corners too, might start marking him better as i think Nouble, Guthrie & Obileye have taken most of the opposition defenders attention. Really good having so many tall players now though, wont be easy to mark them all at set pieces. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Div Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Think this should be a decent game with both teams in good form. As usual though you'd imagine it will be really tight. The last 9 meetings in all competitions have either been drawn or settled by a single goal, and neither team has scored more than once in any of them. I'll go 1-1 again here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doonhame Buddie Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Div said: Think this should be a decent game with both teams in good form. As usual though you'd imagine it will be really tight. The last 9 meetings in all competitions have either been drawn or settled by a single goal, and neither team has scored more than once in any of them. I'll go 1-1 again here. Makes perfect sense. St Mirren 5 - 2 Livingston 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 We've got nothing to fear here, pretty much a free hit. Would like to see Fitzwater come back into the team but if Montano is keeping the same form he had he'll be impossible to keep quiet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 I think to call Livi a 'big strong physical team' is a bit rich, particularly as we have Dunne, Gallagher, Gogic, Erhahon, Main and Ayunga in the spine of the side who all fit that description and are reliant on mixing it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLIS Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 46 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: I think to call Livi a 'big strong physical team' is a bit rich, particularly as we have Dunne, Gallagher, Gogic, Erhahon, Main and Ayunga in the spine of the side who all fit that description and are reliant on mixing it up. Pretty fair comment. Both teams might actually be fairly similar, not that I've seen St Mirren this season. We've got big guys that are phenomenal with the ball at their feet in Nouble and Moyo. A physical team that can play good to decent football is pretty much the blueprint for success outside of Hearts/Hibs/Celtic/Rangers/Aberdeen where those finances can afford more in the quality side of things 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 54 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: I think to call Livi a 'big strong physical team' is a bit rich, particularly as we have Dunne, Gallagher, Gogic, Erhahon, Main and Ayunga in the spine of the side who all fit that description and are reliant on mixing it up. It's just something that got used the season we won the play offs, and it has stuck ever since. By the play off final some pundits realized there was a bit more to us though. Back then it was all about getting the ball as quickly as possible up the pitch, then winning 2nd balls to get it down and play it in the opposition's half. Martindale has changed it the last couple of seasons, particularly this one, trying to play it more out from the back. We've got some really good ball players in Nouble and Bahamboula, that like taking players on and opening up space in the final third. As always with Livi though, it's all about work rate and team work, no room for prima donnas with Martindale, anyone that doesn't pull their weight is out of the team, and booted into touch if they don't change their attitude. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy.1995 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Hope the Buddies have good drainage on their pitch.Chucking it down all day and apparently carrying on into tomorrow. Two teams on decent form,albeit Saints will still be on a high from their previous game.But Livi will be up for this as well which means a cracker in store.Good odds for a 1_1.Worth a punt.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Game will be on I’m sure, but it is a bit wild out there. A wet and windy game against Livingston doesn’t have all the makings of a classic…The way Robinson set the team up it suits us to have between 20-30% possession. We don’t want the ball, as we can’t counter attack when we have it. Sit deep against us and we will struggle, push up against us and we will create chances.We had 30% possessions against United, won 3-0, 30% against Hibs won 1-0, 20% against Celtic won 2-0. We had 55% possession against St Johnstone and lost 3-0.I’m expecting Livingston to set up more like St Johnstone than any of the teams we beat, so this will be a tougher test for us than any of those city sides we papped easy.A draw would be okay I think. We haven’t drawn a single game in all competitions this season and I’m kind of missing grinding out a point. Today is the day, the ugliest 0-0 you have ever seen. Back row of the stand getting soaked with horizontal rain. Glorious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZingaliMan Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 On 29/09/2022 at 20:44, djchapsticks said: I think to call Livi a 'big strong physical team' is a bit rich, particularly as we have Dunne, Gallagher, Gogic, Erhahon, Main and Ayunga in the spine of the side who all fit that description and are reliant on mixing it up. Livie are in the top three clubs with most fouls committed . Livie have two red cards so far top the red card chart. If you go through stats Livie are a physical team. Saints are more physical this season but that's not the point I was making. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoobahabba Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, ZingaliMan said: Livie are in the top three clubs with most fouls committed . Livie have two red cards so far top the red card chart. If you go through stats Livie are a physical team. Saints are more physical this season but that's not the point I was making. Agreed. Livie and Saintes have to be physical to survive in this league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 No Main or Brophy in the squad, Strain on the bench . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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