Team for 2018-19

I think i'm going to have to celebrate this with a wee dram of my bottle of Macallan whisky, superb news. Between this, Halkett and Byrne signing back up we're going to be flying, can't wait for the season to start.

Hmmm...

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/ryan-hardie-returns-livingston-season-12787294

Official now, back up on our website.

Bring on the Celtic.

Terrific news about Ryan coming back to us especially when you can probably bet your bottom dollar that there were a few clubs who would have courted his services for a whole season so welcome back Ryan the support have been waiting on this news.Slightly off topic but hopefully with the impending and imminant anouncement of Mr Miller as the new manager he takes time to watch some reruns from last season to get a feel of this squad and our style of play which was so succsesfull for us.Would hate to think that considering 95% of this squad know one another inside out he started fannying about with it.The old adage if it aint broken etc will hopefully come into play here.Anyway welcome back Ryan and i sincerely hope your injury clears up for the start of the season.Maybe not a surgical boot youl be wearing but a golden one.Lol.

Delighted to get Hardie back. Not so delighted at the prospect of a player manager, especially if he is demanding to be first choice. No room for egos in our dressing room

I can't believe we've kept Byrne, Halkett and Hardie for next season. Magnificent work behind the scenes it has to be said.

Sceptical about the choice of new manager but he's obviously come through the process as the strongest candidate. A few signings, particularly up front and out wide and we'll be looking good.

Looking forward to seeing how we measure up against all the Premiership teams, reckon we could surprise everyone again and comfortably stay up, maybe even in with a chance of top 6, really wouldn't surprise me with this group of players.

Just checked the club website again when I got up this morning, yep i wasn't dreaming last night, we did sign Ryan Hardie for a whole season on loan.

Noticed on the Sevco OS they've put Hardie on loan till January, but we have him as a season long loan deal. https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/hardie-heads-to-livi/

RANGERS can today confirm striker Ryan Hardie has joined Premiership outfit Livingston on-loan until January.

Read another article where they noticed this and reckon it is perhaps a break clause where they can recall him if he isn't getting enough games, so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem and we do have him for the full season.

Wouldn’t be the first time our paperwork team got something wrong tho.

Just noticed Hardie isn’t listed in the 1st team squad yet...but Miller is.

Bertie Bassett wrote:Just noticed Hardie isn’t listed in the 1st team squad yet...but Miller is.

And worryingly that's still the case.

Hopefully this is just an admin thing

Anyone notice if Hardie's pic was up before Miller signed?

Liviforever wrote:Anyone notice if Hardie's pic was up before Miller signed?

Wasn't when I last checked, his player page still exists though: http://livingstonfc.co.uk/team/playing-squad/ryan-hardie/

Heard a rumour that we are trying to get Andy Halliday on loan

Bertie Bassett wrote:Heard a rumour that we are trying to get Andy Halliday on loan

Don't think we can if we already have Hardie

Bertie Bassett wrote:Heard a rumour that we are trying to get Andy Halliday on loan

I said on P&B that lazy journalism would see him linked to us, but as hooch has said we're only allowed 1 loan player from a club.

Not sure where the rumour came from, just someone at work who mentioned it.

He had also said we were getting Miller but not Hardie... so if Hardie’s non-appearance on the squad page is an indication of us making an error or counting our chickens before crossing the bridge, well it might just all pan out the way he told me.

But if we end up with Halliday instead of Hardie, I’ll be raging.

If the Hardie loan deal was off we'd have seen something about it by now, media would've been all over it.

Yep the media are just throwing Sevco players at us now, Myles Beerman and Andy Halliday linked to us. Hardie is already on loan from them and we are only allowed one loan signing from any of the clubs in the same league as us.

Liam Kelly reckons he's a much better keeper now than when he was here 2 seasons ago, certainly hope so. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/livingston-goalkeeper-liam-kelly-insists-12844455

Think the substitute goalkeeper could be Louis Gray although I'm no expert:

Yeah sure that's Louis Gray.

#18 looks like a rough Steven Lawless. Could be Sean Welsh though, midfielder who was at Falkirk last season.

Anyone remember Matthew Knox

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/7-scottish-premiership-youngsters-who-12836760

Miller wearing 9.... which was Hardie’s number... or am I reading too much into it?


To be fair, just had a glance at Hardie’s twitter - he is still showing himself as a Rangers player on loan at Livi.