Post by Papa Shango on Jul 26, 2013 9:25:41 GMT 1
Woke up to the news that 'Jimmy' Scott has returned to Livi on a one-year-deal.
www.livingstonfc.co.uk/news/news_20130726_1.php
Another of our youth products who went on to play up the leagues and I'm quite happy to see him back here. We do seem to have a good number of centre midfield players now though - Beaumont, Docherty, Downie, Jacobs, O'Brien, Scougall, McDonald and now Scott. Danny Denholm is the only 'wide' player I see in our squad list.
In saying that, the tactic this season could be to have Talbot and Mampuya playing as wing backs and having an extra body in the middle - possibly playing a diamond type midfield with one holding, one behind the strikers and two normal central midfield men.
Maybe something like -
...............McNulty..........Burchill...................
.........................Scougall............................
Talbot.......Scott.............Jacobs........Mampuya
.........................O'Brien............................
..............Mensing.........Donaldson..................
........................Jamieson..........................
Maybe not those players as such but the idea being that Talbot and Mampuya do the donkey work up and down the wings with O'Brien sitting in behind so if the other team attack, we still have three men at the back if the wing backs are caught up field?
Anyway, welcome back Jimmy - here's to a successful season!
www.livingstonfc.co.uk/news/news_20130726_1.php
Another of our youth products who went on to play up the leagues and I'm quite happy to see him back here. We do seem to have a good number of centre midfield players now though - Beaumont, Docherty, Downie, Jacobs, O'Brien, Scougall, McDonald and now Scott. Danny Denholm is the only 'wide' player I see in our squad list.
In saying that, the tactic this season could be to have Talbot and Mampuya playing as wing backs and having an extra body in the middle - possibly playing a diamond type midfield with one holding, one behind the strikers and two normal central midfield men.
Maybe something like -
...............McNulty..........Burchill...................
.........................Scougall............................
Talbot.......Scott.............Jacobs........Mampuya
.........................O'Brien............................
..............Mensing.........Donaldson..................
........................Jamieson..........................
Maybe not those players as such but the idea being that Talbot and Mampuya do the donkey work up and down the wings with O'Brien sitting in behind so if the other team attack, we still have three men at the back if the wing backs are caught up field?
Anyway, welcome back Jimmy - here's to a successful season!
