Doug Livingstone
1954-56
P99 W43 D20 L36
WIN% 43.43
Another Scotsman is up next and Livingstone who previously managed Belgium in the 1954 World Cup is that man. He won the FA Cup in 1955 with Newcastle but he was controlled by Stan Seymour as Livingstone wanted to drop Milburn but Seymour overruled him and Milburn duly scored in the final.
JANUARY
FA Cup 3rd Round
Lineup - Livakovic, Matheson (Jung), Stergiou (Pankov), Costa, Hickey, S.Longstaff,
Bellingham*, Dembele, Reyna, Everton (Bavis), Kaio Jorge
I have a horrendous fixture list coming up so I took the chance to rest my first XI and my backups won at a canter. Bellingham scored 2 and set up 2.
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Carabao Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg
Lineup - Livakovic, Mbabu, Lascelles, Nunez, Willems (Hickey), Tonali, Ceballos, Chiesa, Havertz, Saint-Maximin (Everton), Edouard (Kaio Jorge)
We are very fortunate to have won this as Liverpool were the dominant side however we got the goal when Havertz latched onto a long punt from Nunez and he fired home at the near post.
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Lineup - Livakovic, Mbabu (Matheson), Lascelles, Nunez (Stergiou), Hickey, Tonali, Ceballos, Chiesa, Havertz, Saint-Maximin (Everton),
Edouard*
Very nice. We got off to a perfect start with Havertz scoring in the 2nd minute and that set us on our way. Edouard notched a double and Stergiou came off the bench to get a rare goal.
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Lineup - Livakovic, Mbabu, Lascelles, Nunez, Willems, Tonali, Ceballos, Chiesa, Havertz (Bellingham), Saint-Maximin (Everton), Edouard (Kaio Jorge)
The top 2 went head to head here and with Liverpool failing to win I think thats the league sorted such is our lead. Their keeper, Alisson got the MOM award which shows that we did try and win it. I will take this result in the 2nd leg of our cup semi! This is our first draw in the league this season!
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Lineup - Livakovic, Mbabu, Lascelles, Nunez, Willems, Tonali, Ceballos (S.Longstaff), Chiesa, Havertz (Bellingham), Saint-Maximin (Everton), Edouard
Ouch. We fell behind early on and then when Tonali got sent-off I knew it was game over. At 3-0 down I was just hoping that we wouldnt get embarrassed and thanks to an Odsonne Edouard double we werent. A bad day at the office.
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Lineup - Livakovic, Matheson, Lascelles, Nunez, Willems, S.Longstaff (M.Longstaff), Ceballos (Bellingham), Chiesa (Dembele), Havertz, Saint-Maximin,
Edouard*
Back to winning ways and another 2 goals for Edouard - he is on fire!!! Thats 26 league goals so far this season for my striker.
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FA Cup 4th Round
Lineup - Livakovic, Mbabu, Lascelles (Stergiou), Nunez, Willems, Tonali, Ceballos (Reyna), Chiesa (Dembele), Havertz,
Saint-Maximin*, Edouard
We didnt quite manage to get revenge of our recent defeat to Chelsea but we are taking them back to SJP so I have to be happy with that. We took the lead through St.Max but a defensive error from Lascelles allowed Jorginho to run through and equalise. Chiesa got injured here and will be out for a couple of months but he has been pretty poor so isnt a huge miss.
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Carabao Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Lineup - Livakovic, Mbabu, Lascelles, Nunez, Willems, Tonali (S.Longstaff), Ceballos, Dembele, Reyna (Bellingham), Saint-Maximin, Edouard (Kaio Jorge)
I have no complaints here. We were poor and Liverpool were superb and we were fortunate to only lose by 2. Kaio Jorge went through in goal late on and missed and that was our chance gone.
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Lineup - Livakovic, Mbabu, Lascelles, Nunez,
Willems*, Tonali, Ceballos (Bellingham), Dembele, Havertz, Saint-Maximin (Everton), Edouard (Kaio Jorge)
We end the month with an easy win. I have decided to give Dembele a chance with Chiesa's absence and naturally I was happy to see him get the crucial 2nd goal.
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SUMMARY
will update later...
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ODSONNE EDOUARD
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PREMIER LEAGUE