liferlichtie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 On 21/04/2024 at 18:14, lichtiekev said: Surely been signed as a centre half? Maybe it's Little and ToB who will be at East Fife, Really can't see Mckenna being at East Fife Heard from a good source Mckenna for Falkirk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFC360PUNK1320 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 2 hours ago, liferlichtie said: Heard from a good source Mckenna for Falkirk Heard that also but hopefully that does not happen. Mikey McKenna is ONE player i would hope we would push the boat out for even at 33 years old, he is a massive player for the Red Lichties and yes he has not had a great season but which (apart from Scottie Stewart) AFC player has had a good season? Anybody that read his article in yesterday's Courier could feel his love for Arbroath FC and everybody connected with the club. McKenna would be a stand out in a decent team in Division 1 and good be the difference of us having a good season or a great season that is how much i would be pushing to get him re-signed at Gayfield. I would be amazed if at 33 years old he would sign a part-time contract to go to full-time Falkirk, i have no doubt he could hold his own with any of their players but it must be strange if your fellow full-time team mates get dropped for a part-time player so not sure how that would work or might cause hassle in the dressing room?? AND if he ends up at East Fife i will just shake my head in disbelief. Smokies & Wine 36-0. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 25 minutes ago, AFC360PUNK1320 said: Heard that also but hopefully that does not happen. Mikey McKenna is ONE player i would hope we would push the boat out for even at 33 years old, he is a massive player for the Red Lichties and yes he has not had a great season but which (apart from Scottie Stewart) AFC player has had a good season? Anybody that read his article in yesterday's Courier could feel his love for Arbroath FC and everybody connected with the club. McKenna would be a stand out in a decent team in Division 1 and good be the difference of us having a good season or a great season that is how much i would be pushing to get him re-signed at Gayfield. I would be amazed if at 33 years old he would sign a part-time contract to go to full-time Falkirk, i have no doubt he could hold his own with any of their players but it must be strange if your fellow full-time team mates get dropped for a part-time player so not sure how that would work or might cause hassle in the dressing room?? AND if he ends up at East Fife i will just shake my head in disbelief. Smokies & Wine 36-0. I think he would see it as one last chance to maybe play in the Premiership, Falkirk a big club too - it would be appealing but like you I would love to see him stay another couple years. Also the Courier seem to have stopped putting articles online, cannot find this one either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timlichtie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 The same information in the Sun (it was on the bar, I didn’t buy the Sun). Saying that he had offers and would decide in the Summer. It’s very hard to see him getting a better part time offer particularly with training now in Edinburgh. East Fife would need to stretch their pay structure and we know how badly that can affect the dressing room atmosphere. It could only be someone like Alloa of Falkirk and again, it’s hard to see how he would be better off. A huge favourite at Gayfield, would he risk a move at 33? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattie36 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 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? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Tattie36 said: 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? I had these fears But Hamilton staying has made me change my mind I don’t think it’s anything to do with money either it seems a bit far fetched for me to think EF couldn’t match or atleast get very close to the wages we could give certain players especially with the Campbells there I feel like a lot of them probably feel similarly to us, love the guy but he had turned into an absolute gobshite and had seriously lost the plot by the end The Bobby comments never sat well with me at all and can’t imagine the players would’ve been too fond of them either. The fact that the fans singing a players name was ‘getting on the managers tits’ is just a bizarre thing to say It’ll be interesting to see how he gets on next year Edited April 23 by 1320Lichtie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonLichtie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 First installment is here! Replay tomorrow, some other 1993 Scottish Cup related material on the Thursday, a wee bit on our game v Bon Accord in 1996 on Friday and on Sunday, the 23rd anniversary of our promotion winning game against Berwick Rangers I'll stuck up a 30 minute video of the highlights and celebrations I think is pretty much completely unseen footage Unfortunately on the Saturday there will be no historical highlights of good times, and we will get to see the bad times live in the flesh at Gayfield. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Housecaptain Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 If I remember, both games were delayed at the kick off to allow the crowd to get into the match. Over 3k at both games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 46 minutes ago, SimonLichtie said: a wee bit on our game v Bon Accord in 1996 on Friday Is it the Sky footage with a weel kent face doing a solo version of The Northern Lights? Please make it so, especially the moment when he realises he can't sing "sweet f*ck all" on TV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/highland-league/6442330/grady-mcgrath-looks-set-to-depart-highland-league-brechin/ Be a good 3rd choice 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonLichtie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 32 minutes ago, lichtgilphead said: Is it the Sky footage with a weel kent face doing a solo version of The Northern Lights? Please make it so, especially the moment when he realises he can't sing "sweet f*ck all" on TV 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledLichtie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, 1320Lichtie said: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/highland-league/6442330/grady-mcgrath-looks-set-to-depart-highland-league-brechin/ Be a good 3rd choice I reckon that rather than "taking a punt" on a highland league goalscorer, we should be looking at a young striker who scored goals by the hatful in the highland league, but who has also shown he can also score goals reliably in league 2. There's some guy called Kieran Shanks at Peterhead who fits the profile nicely. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, 1320Lichtie said: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/highland-league/6442330/grady-mcgrath-looks-set-to-depart-highland-league-brechin/ Be a good 3rd choice Somebody has to give him a go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyJoe Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Sure we chose shanks over Grady when he signed shanks at first 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFC360PUNK1320 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 We SHOULD have just put Shanks out on loan to Peterhead and never sold him as there is a good player in there. I would take Grady in a minute, someone that scores that amount of goals is worth a chance at 1st Division level, if it does not work out i am sure there would be loads of 2nd Division clubs ready to pay money to take him off your hands but i hope we take a chance on him. Smokies & Wine 36-0. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 On 23/04/2024 at 08:59, 1320Lichtie said: I think he would see it as one last chance to maybe play in the Premiership, Falkirk a big club too - it would be appealing but like you I would love to see him stay another couple years. Also the Courier seem to have stopped putting articles online, cannot find this one either. McKenna is really good pals with Liam Henderson as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterlichtie Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 19 hours ago, 1320Lichtie said: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/highland-league/6442330/grady-mcgrath-looks-set-to-depart-highland-league-brechin/ Be a good 3rd choice Been keeping tabs on him once I'd seen the amount of goals he's scored. Could be useful if we can develop him using Gallagher and McIntosh experience. We should only attempt bring in youth (not loans) if we have the capacity to be able to improve them. That seemed something we probably weren't able to do with Shanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonLichtie Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 There's a man over there On his chin there is hair And he's climbing the stairway to Hampden! Highlights from the East Fife replay now on Youtube, includes some good footage of the bearded army and some interviews around the town prior to the Rangers Quarter Final tie. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattie36 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 11 minutes ago, SimonLichtie said: There's a man over there On his chin there is hair And he's climbing the stairway to Hampden! Highlights from the East Fife replay now on Youtube, includes some good footage of the bearded army and some interviews around the town prior to the Rangers Quarter Final tie. 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Housecaptain Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 19 minutes ago, SimonLichtie said: There's a man over there On his chin there is hair And he's climbing the stairway to Hampden! Highlights from the East Fife replay now on Youtube, includes some good footage of the bearded army and some interviews around the town prior to the Rangers Quarter Final tie. Remember being at the game with my friend who twice went to the toilet and on both occasions missed 2 of the Arbroath goals. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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