Arbroath's Next Permanent Manager 23/24 Edition

[tongue_tied_danny]

Barry Ferguson is the obvious choice.

Plenty of experience managing lower league sides and most Arbroath fans are **** without the bus fare, so he'd fit right in.

[Ivo den Bieman]

Come back John Brogan, all is forgiven!

[cb_diamond]

3 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said:

Barry Ferguson is the odious choice.

Another FTFY for the thread

[DiegoDiego]

The Championship is crying out for a Dougie Imrie vs Jamie Hamill dugout showdown. Make it happen Lichties.

[1320Lichtie]

Looking for actual bookmakers odds - if anyone sees any could they post them in here. 
 

Still a surreal feeling seeing this thread 

[Smokerson]

Please not Kevin Thomson, guy just seems like a egotistical fanny.

Callum Davidson seems a good fit for me 

[mo83]

Liam Craig? Helping out and all that with Malcolm he must fancy it.

[Moorie]

I’ve went with Billy Dodds. Experience managing in the championship. A bit like Campbell outstayed his time at ICT should went when they missed out on the play offs. 

[Bonnie Lichtie]

Milky Mackay with Simon Murray as player assistant manager

[tbsouth]

On 25/11/2023 at 21:38, Passionate said:

Stuart Malcolm sounds like he has been employed with this on the back burner, just waiting on Dick to fall.on his sword

The dream team can take you to the next level...

[Bonnie Lichtie]

7 minutes ago, tbsouth said:

The dream team can take you to the next level...

Aye, the Brechin City level

[1320Lichtie]

41 minutes ago, Smokerson said:

Please not Kevin Thomson, guy just seems like a egotistical fanny.

Callum Davidson seems a good fit for me 

On the contrary I find him extremely level headed 

 

If Callum Davidson is turning down the Dundee job then I’ve no idea why he’d be interested in the Arbroath one - guy is also a tedious bore 

[Bonnie Lichtie]

Stuart Malcolm should be nowhere near running our team, a worse record than Todd Lumsden. Fact.

[Richey Edwards]

Danny Drinkwater player/manager

[Richey Edwards]

21 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said:

Barry Ferguson is the obvious choice.

Plenty of experience managing lower league sides and most Arbroath fans are **** without the bus fare, so he'd fit right in.

He's too busy peddling batshit mental conspiracy theories online.

[Shadow Play]

Perhaps a bit left field but assuming Arbroath are not looking to spend big on a full time manager, what about ex Arbroath player Robbie Raeside as the next manager?  He’s done well at St Andrews United the last couple of seasons.   My mate goes to a few of their games each season and he says he’s got the team playing some attractive football. They were apparently unlucky to be knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Albion Rovers.

The above assumes Raeside left Arbroath on good terms last time.

 

[1320Lichtie]

24 minutes ago, Shadow Play said:

Perhaps a bit left field but assuming Arbroath are not looking to spend big on a full time manager, what about ex Arbroath player Robbie Raeside as the next manager?  He’s done well at St Andrews United the last couple of seasons.   My mate goes to a few of their games each season and he says he’s got the team playing some attractive football. They were apparently unlucky to be knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Albion Rovers.

The above assumes Raeside left Arbroath on good terms last time.

 

Love the shout mate but for me personally I think the biggest factor in being a success at this level and in the leagues is having a good contact list for recruiting players. Whether that’s with Premiership players on loan or just the guys doing the rounds. That plus being a decent / sound c**t would usually stand managers in good stead. If you have both of them and are a good man manager who has the respect of your players you’ll more than likely do well. 
 

Cannot see Raeside having the contacts required. Definitely a bit of a cult hero at Gayfield though, big hardy b*****d.
 

Mind me and my mates thought he was slow as f**k and after we got promoted to L1 (Division 2 then) in the play offs under McGlashan he was in Tutties and half cut, he raced a couple of us up to the top of the hill right beside Tutties and directly across from Gayfield.
 

He absolutely left us in dust. We were 15/16 year old and he would’ve been mid 30s, he also run with 2 bottles of beers in his hand. 
 

Good guy but too big a jump for me personally.

Edited November 27, 2023 by 1320Lichtie

[parsforlife]

8 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:

Mind me and my mates thought he was slow as f**k and after we got promoted to L1 (Division 2 then) in the play offs under McGlashan he was in Tutties and half cut, he raced a couple of us up to the top of the hill right beside Tutties and directly across from Gayfield.
 

He absolutely left us in dust. We were 15/16 year old and he would’ve been mid 30s, he also run with 2 bottles of beers in his hand. 

I think we forget at times just how much better even guys you would consider mediocre are than Joe Public. 

[Lichtielegend]

I thought Raeside did leave under a bit of a cloud?

 

From what I remember, he took a couple of games as caretaker after John McGlashan left and when he didn't get given it, threw the toys out of the pram. Never played for us again.

Edited November 27, 2023 by Lichtielegend

[ExiledLichtie]

I like the idea of Raeside, and if we were a league 2 club, then fine, but I think we're a bigger club at the moment, with a bigger coaching team, recruiting teams, scouts, a community trust, corporate etc.  Maybe a spell at a league 2 club first.

That's a cracking story 1320, I also mind Raeside being slower than a week in the jail!