turrabuddie

11/4 very generous for a one off game against a team we've beaten twice for no reply this season. Wee token bet for me. Be nice to collect and get to the final.

We will see.Hope I'm wrong .

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belatedly, I notice a stutter on your definite articles...

Big pitch?

Hampden is 115 x 75 yards
SMISA is 110 X 70 yards
Livi is 110 x 76 yards

Not a huge difference.

We have been well.off the pace for our last three games.

Play like that and we will be toyed with!

We need to be snapping at their heels and closing them down instantly.

Play hard and fair(ish) and beat them.at their own game.

I trust Jim to come up with the right tactics... Just hope the players play as instructed and play to their strengths.

That's the stuff Elvis now your talking   Brophy 2 and Jamie 1 pen.   
3-0 after 30mins

Livingston play a very high intensity game, so playing at a big pitch like Hampden will help us if we pass the ball well and keep possession. we will miss Jake for sure but young Cammy is a able replacement, a very similar type player, for me the reason Jim doesn't play them together very often 
We'll need to bring a Rangers type performance on Sunday, anything less probably wont be good enough, 
Brophy up front on his own,  with Jamie in behind, Durmas Erhahon MacPherson Connolly 
Big Jon Dennis and McAllister on the bench.
Erwin to sit this one out,   2-1 Saints 
 

We will have a two game masterplan.
Stick to that and the League Cup is ours, again.

Just about everyone thought the same after we drew The Ran**** in the previous round. 
Livi will lose at some point, and Sunday's as good a day as any.
 
 
 

Well they said Dave King was.

Test event went well. Looking forward to the real thing tomorrow.

Got  you a wee pressie for the Semi and Final,hope you enjoy the games.
 

The more we get written off the better.
Remember the 2013 Semi Final.
 

I know there always a chance of winning but in all honesty it's a very very slim one. We haven't played well since beating the **** and we are weaker now team wise where as they have got better and better. Don't even see us scoring. 3-0 Livingston. 

If it goes to penalties, we're winning. 

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Please don’t misinterpret my post as being optimistic. I’m saying you just never know.

I actually think Livi will win 2 or 3 nil, but there is always a chance, albeit a very slim one, that the cards may fall our way on the day and we end defying the odds to win. Highly unlikely, but possible.

I think Fakes will beat Hibs but lose to Livi in the final.

Correct, if irritatingly so

To true, our form in 2013 was pretty poor before and after winning the cup. We ended up finishing 2nd bottom. 

Much ado about nothing. 

The club probably had to wait until HMRC had given them the all clear.

On current form, Livi should win this comfortably, however, fortunately form goes out the window in this one off semi.

Just as likely Livi will have a wee dip in form or suffer a bout of overconfidence - and surely we’re due a performance.

There’s no doubt our players need to play better than they have in recent weeks, individually and collectively, and JG needs to find a better formation, otherwise we will lose. Even if Livi don’t turn up.

Think JG will go for 4-4-1-1.

Defence picks itself
One up top (Brophy?) with McGrath just behind.
But I struggle to see who to start in midfield:
Connolly and Durmus out wide ?
Erhahon and Flynn/Foley central ?

Livi have looked very good recently, but their form has to end sometime and no reason that can’t be Sunday.

COYS !!

(Yes, I know - it’s the hope that kills you)

I’m with Lenziebud on this one.
It’s one thing spouting about fanciful European slots after a couple of decent performances, but Jesus Christ if we can’t go into a one off game against Livi thinking we will win, then we might as well chuck it. 
Sometimes Faraway, your level headed/devil’s advocate style definitely strays into glass half enpty territory. 

With any luck, our dip in form won't be long lasting. We've already showed that we can compete with the best teams in the country and come out on top. Unfortunately one of our main problem this season has been consistency. 

Goal line technology to be used for first time during these semi finals.

HawkEye the noo!

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