Caley Stan

You might have just hit the nail on the head there Alex. Simplicity and consistency. Brewster tinkers too much - maybe we could start calling him the tinkerman.

75% want him out at the moment. The last poll in this subject (which ran for a couple of weeks and attracted pretty high numbers) returned similar figures. I think the poll in good - it allows us to see what the general opinion is without trawling through all the threads that are dominated by a few vociferous Brew haters/lovers.

I've not been to a home game for a while, but is not the case that when we play 1 up at TCS that the attacking midfielders aren't supporting the stiker effectively. Does the striker ever get any balls into his feet? Do Cowie and Imrie get close to him to pick up knock-downs? Do they drive at full-backs and get crosses into the box? Home teams have to put opposing defences under pressure if they want to score the first goal, and it seems that our midfield is set-up to avoid conceding above all else - and even that's not working. Brewster's arrogance in that interview is astounding. How the hell can he think he's in a position to be lecturing fans about his tactics when they're failing so spectacularly?

Is anyone happy for Dennis? I know it's pretty cut-throat in the nether regions of the SPL at the moment, but i couldn't help but smile for him when he knocked in the winner yesterday. And boy will he be up for it next week.......

Barrowman's record in the 1st Division is 1 goal in 24 games. I met some QOS fans recently who were having a right laugh about us signing the lazy *******.

Looks like the British public were too one dimensional for her Don.

Did Andy win nothing in the air again today then? I'm not opposed to playing 4-5-1 at home, but if you're going to do it then the striker must be able to win balls in the air and put himself about a bit. Andy ain't that.

A big centre-half and an experienced striker - we've only been waiting for 18 months. I'd have Dods and Dargo back in a minute.

East Fife @ 1.60 please

Games off so far: Ross County v Dunfermline Livingston v Dundee Cowdenbeath v Dumbarton

I'll say this again. Perhaps the recent quotes from Ian Black refer to the fact that the club have not returned to him with an improved offer, rather than not having offered him one at all. No lies. No defamation. No histrionics. Just a simple explanation for what was, prior to Grassa's interview this week, a confusing scenario. I have to wonder, given the virulence with which Caley D and stevico are pursuing this matter; do you know for a fact that Ian Black was not offered a contract at the start of the season?

Perhaps the recent quotes from Ian Black refer to the fact that the club have not returned to him with an improved offer, rather than not having offered him one at all. Fair play to Charles for coming on here and stating Grassa's position clearly. This is after all a thread that has been operating on the basis of pure speculation for some time. All facts, impartial or otherwise, should surely be welcomed.

In an interview with Brew on BBC Sport, Charles Bannerman says that Ian Black was offered a new contract along with Cowie and Fraser at the start of the season. Brew says this is "old news". In that context some of the recent quotes from Blackie have been a bit misleading. Maybe we should cut Bennet some slack over this. It sounds like he's trying to keep these players at the club.

4-5-1 at home!!! The home crowd won't be happy if we they see us start in that shape, but i think that Brewster should stick with the team and formation that has served us so well on the road recently. The key is making sure that Cowie and Imrie get forward to support the lone striker - and with Proctor playing right-back we should be more solid at the back to allow them to do that. The lone striker should be Wood. He's the only one capable of giving Dods and Wilkie a run for their money in the air. Anyone who saw Barrowman play at Tannadice will know that he's definitely not the man to do that.

We were 3-0 down at half-time and came back to draw 3-3. Russell had a fight with James Grady and they both got sent off. The amazing thing about the team that Pele put together is how many of them actually did go on to become SPL players. Anyway, if we're going for an all time best team again then SMEE's takes some beating.

This was the squad for Pele's last game: Brown, Mann, Munro, Golabek, Tokely, Hart, McBain, Duncan, Robson, Wyness, Ritchie. Subs: Christie, McCaffray, Low, Keogh, Ridgers

Well i'm laughing even harder after a visit to to the Livilions forum. Imaginitive suggestion for a new manager include most of their former managers along with Graham Rix and Rowan Alexander. One guy has this has signature: "Jim Leishman (2003), Marcio Maximo Barcellos (2003), David Hay (2003?2004), Allan Preston (2004) Richard Gough (2004?2005), Paul Lambert (2005?2006), Alec Cleland (2006), John Robertson (2006?2007) Dave Bowman (2007), Mark Proctor (2007?2008), Roberto Landi (2008) 5 years, 11 managers.. who's next?" Anyone else laughing yet?

If that?s the case then you must know something about the financial situation at the club that the rest of us don?t. I thought we were debt free with one of the lowest wage bills in the SPL. Haven?t ICT become an established SPL club by being a bit thrifty? Marius aside, we appear to have operated on the basis of sustainability in recent times - something that Livingston have never been able to do. They splurged on players and managers they couldn?t afford and now they?re paying the price. Sorry if that seems like gloating but i still haven't got over some of the old grudges.

Call me bitter, but i never tire of laughing at the misfortunes of this serially mismanaged franchise. This week has been especially prolific for laughter material: Being sued for over 300 grand by Pearse Flynn. Out of the cup to East Stirling. Now they've sacked yet another manager - Landi Sacked

I've got a bad feeling about this.

.....or mentioning it to Ian Black. Come on Don. This is the second time in recent weeks that Blackie has seen fit to say to reporters that neither he nor his agent have heard anything from the club regarding a new contract.

Just what exactly is Bennet doing?! Unbelievable. On the 1st of January, Balckie will be able to speak to other clubs with a view to leaving for free in the summer. Will someone else make him an offer before we do? To those suggesting that a lack of finances may be the stumbling block - Ian Black, in the from that he's currently showing, is one of biggest financial assets the club has. To risk losing him for nothing makes no financial or footballing sense. What the **** is going on?

We were really good today. We took the game to Killie in the first half and passed them off the park in their own half. The midfield five were excellent, especially Vigurs who sat deep and pulled the strings - i don't think he gave the ball away once. Kilmarnock changed things after an hour, started to get on top of us and Esson had to make a couple of good saves. But even then we were just as dangerous on the break - Wood had a header saved from an Imrie cross and Roy should've sealed it at the end. I'm very happy. Think i'll lay off Brewster for while.

Pars @ 1.60 Cheers

Wasn't in the Canada team which lost 3-0 in Jamaica this week. He wasn't on the bench either. Does anyone know if Hastings was in the squad for this game? Also, the (frequently wrong) BBC Sport squad list for tomorrows game doesn't have Djebi-Zadi in it. Something's up - i think Hastings will be benched tomorrow.