Tattie36

You can have if all if you like.

There was a different type of excitement back then though. I found out that Danny McGrain was our new manager while backpacking through Morocco. Phoned my mum from a payphone in Agadir just to say that I was fine and she told me just before the “pips”.

Even over 30 years later I’m still gutted that I missed that East Fife game. My brother’s flatmate’s broken down car meant we spent the evening in the pub in Aberdeen instead. Can’t remember how we found out the result but it probably involved calling my mum from the pub payphone and getting her to check the score on ceefax. Young folk don’t realise how easy things are now. Used to be quite a pain to get full time scores if you weren’t in-front of the tv. As a kid it used to involve running from Gayfield to the DER tv shop in the high street where there was always a crowd watching the results come in on the tv left on in the window display. Later it was the tiny tv in Tutties, now it’s in your pocket 24/7.

After many years of utter crap that was an exciting time to be a Lichtie. It was magic to be in the news and on the tv. McGrain wasn’t a particularly successful manager but the boost in profile it gave the club was brilliant. Don’t know what ever happened to my beard, made from a repurposed gorilla suit I believe. Still got my Danny McGrain t-shirt though as per my avatar.

One thing that’s never sat comfortably with me is this idea that half of our squad are chomping at the bit to go and join the Campbells at East Fife. I got the impression that the players were just as scunnered with Dick as the fans were towards the end. Pretty common knowledge (isn’t it?) that he was a big part of Bobby and others leaving?

Again, I completely agree with you. We have to give him more time because there is, unfortunately no other option. All I was saying was that I understood Exile’s sentiment - that “some” of our fans seem to think all is rosy because some players have re-signed and we’ve made a positive signing. Doesn’t and shouldn’t take away from the fact that McIntyre has the worst management record I’ve ever seen at Arbroath…. By a long long way. No one has ever survived anything like this and I don’t understand why he has.

I don’t think he meant literally. Probably not the best choice of words from him granted, but there definitely seems to be an “everything will be fine now” vibe after the last week. Maybe I should stop reading our social media.

I agree with every single word you say. However all Exile did was express an opinion that many of us probably share.

Easy to laugh but I kind of agree with the sentiment. A decent signing and some players re-signing and suddenly everyone seems to be happy to give McIntyre more time. Even if all of our out of contract players re-sign and we bring in a few more players that doesn’t take away from the fact that McIntyre has been a disaster for us with not one iota of noticeable improvement. He’s been incapable of getting anything out of a squad containing (allegedly) some of the best part time players in Scotland and a load of his own signings, and I fail to see how that will change. I’ve never seen a manager, any manager, turn this kind of situation around in all my years of watching football and I’d be astonished if McIntyre was the one to buck that trend.

Looking forward to a Saturday when we actually win a game. Imagine if we didn’t have that purple patch in September? Would barely have been in double figures. Sorry but I’m still very much in the McIntyre out camp.

Excellent signing. The kind of player we should have been targeting for the last couple of seasons. Mind you we need to remember that there are no Scottish players good enough for us.

I, like many of our fans, really wanted to see Petrie as our new boss when Campbell left. However, he’s ridiculously hot and cold - that result tonight and the 0-7 v Falkirk would, quite rightly, cause heads to explode in our support.

I quite like Dow. Ok, he’s no world beater but he’s solid enough. I think he’ll do well for us in L1.

Full time players aren’t exactly training 40 hours a week. I’m self employed and the type of work I do I would definitely still be able to run my business and play full-time football, age and lack of ability aside. No reason McKenna couldn’t train 15-20 hours a week and still keep his business ticking over. Does he have staff? He might just fancy a crack at full-time football before the end of his career.

I’ve seen some terrible managers in my time but nothing comes close to this. It really is mind boggling that he’s still at the club. Yes he inherited a mess but things have arguably got worse the longer he’s been in place, even with all his signings and a full squad to pick from. He came in when we were on our knees with a very clear aim - to stabilise and fight for survival and he’s failed completely. We have gone down with a whimper.