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  1. 1 hour ago, TASC_1878 said:

    387 Lichtie Apperances
    2 League Winners Medals
    36,000 header’s won
    An All Time Lichtie Legend

    Have a wonderful testimonial dinner tonight. You deserve it for your dedication to our club! 

    Sir Ricky Little 🇱🇻

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    Moved into 4th place on our appearances list on his own yesterday, club legend 👏👏👏

  2. 1 hour ago, keptie said:

    Not surprised Bird was hooked, he doesn't look interested and spends his time falling down for no reason looking for free kicks. He clearly doesn't want to be here. As for the game we were ok in the first half bar the Gaston gaff resulting in another lost soft goal but the defender didn't cover himself in glory either but we never really done much second half. McIntyre should be given a fair crack of the whip which he won't get till next season

    Have certain amount of sympathy for Bird, had to play every minute of nearly every game, during the injury crisis, playing up on his own, up against both centre halves, knowing he wasn’t going to get any support, then gets replaced by Kyle “fucking” Robinson, easily the worst centre forward I have ever seen, comes on against Raith changes the game, quite rightly gets back in the team, to play up on his own up against both centre halves, knowing he wasn’t going to get any support, you see the problem here, yes

    No, he he’s doesn’t deserve to take us into next season #McIntyreout

    21 minutes ago, Anotherlichtie said:

    I think I know who and what you are on about. And I seen it back I. November. Happy to name him as well if I’m not hammered by a backlash 

    name him

  3. 3 hours ago, ExiledLichtie said:

    I agree with this.  Fitness has seldom been an issue for us.  I mind Dick discussing how as he only had part time players, his focus was on getting the players as fit as possible and having a shape to follow.  On the other hand, with daily training, full time players will be able to watch videos of our past games, study our tactics, come up with a detailed game plan, and work on some match specific tactics, along with their usual fitness training.  On the day of a midweek match, they'll have the players all day, they'll be able to have a nice team meal, do some light work (if its felt necessary) or whatever it is that managers choose to do, to make sure they are fully prepared.  Meanwhile, our part time players may have just worked a shift and driven to the match after a full day.  Stuff like that makes a difference.

     

    We weren’t as fit this season as we’ve been, but our sports science guy moved to Dundee, leaving us with no one until it was too late

  4. 18 hours ago, moses1924 said:

    Havinf seen them all a few times think ICT are the least likely to get the wins they need so would think they will be 9th, I think they'll win the playoff though. 

    No to sure about that, think it depends on form going into them, none of the teams in the top 4 of L2, are going to be frightened of whoever finishes 9th, if they are on a poor run

  5. 1 hour ago, Tattie36 said:

    That’s a quite bizarre comparison.

    Look at the Scottish leagues - aside form Cove and Falkirk (who will be in the Championship next season) and us (who will be in L1 next season), all the full-time teams in Scotland are in the top 2 divisions, not sure if QOTS are still FT. That’s not by accident. Would Ross County and Livi for example be premiership teams if they were part-time? Not a chance in hell.

    Yes there will always be part-time teams that have a cameo in the Championship  (us, Stirling, Brechin, Cowden, Dumbarton, Alloa etc in recent years) but to stay there and be an established 1st/2nd tier club then you simply have to be full-time.

    Many clubs won’t want to be full-time and are happy to dot around the leagues but the days of part-time teams in the top tier are ancient history.

    If teams had remained part time, they’re would probably be part time teams in the top flight now, all these clubs who have become full time, you’re not convincing me they are any better for it

    If all we have is, our clubs being more professionally run and better pitches am no sure it’s been worth it

     

  6. 19 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:


    Maybe in your opinion it hasn’t but you cannot deny that the vast majority of players who are good enough to and want to play at this level want to be in a FT environment and live a FT lifestyle, that only is massively beneficial to everyone except us in the league

    100% agree, but my main point, I doubt that the money spent over the years on clubs being full time, has not brought a massive increase in success 

  7. 11 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said:

    Standards at FT now, especially in terms of player fitness and physicality, will be a million times higher than they were 50 years ago.

     

    Also it doesn’t really matter. Majority of players who are capable of and want to play at this level want to be in a FT environment, like I said earlier every other club in the division is at a huge advantage simply down to the fact they have a massive pool of players to pick from compared to us, who can only compete if we get a large amount of the best PT players in the country to the club 

    Levels of fitness is that it

     

    6 minutes ago, A Diamond For Me said:

    It's immeasurably better.   Even in the time Airdrie were in League 1 before this season you could see an immense improvement, never mind over the last twenty years or before then.  Coachins is much better, fitness and training are much better, the playing surfaces are much better, skillful players get protection from the old-school cloggers.  There's a lot to miss about football as it once was, but the idea that guys running up and down some sand dunes in between their 19th and 20th fags of the day, training without a ball because the manager thinks it'll make them hungrier for it on Saturday, getting booted from pillar to post while wading through the mud and nursing a hangover were playing a better standard of football than we have now is nonsense.   Even without the basic professionalism that is streets ahead at small clubs than it used to be at much bigger ones, things like specialist coaches for goalkeepers, video analysis of goals lost at the weekend, - all these things are new. 
    Like I say, there's a lot of things to miss about the guid auld days, but the general standard of play is surely not among them.

     

    It may be more professional off the the park, but I am not convinced the quality on the  field has improved 

  8. 2 hours ago, North Terrace Gazza said:

    If you are really serious about being a permanent fixture in the championship then FT football is a must. Tarting up the stadium just isn’t enough. I appreciate that you have energised the locals and increased your fan base but to go to that next level full time was required.

    50 years ago they’re was barely a full time team in Scotland, part time teams including yourselves competed at the highest level of the Scottish game, is the quality better now, than it was then, absolutely not, we’re the attendances higher, yes probably, so am not convinced that being full time, has a jot of difference

  9. 4 minutes ago, kentish said:

    I'd just like one win, fact is literally three wins  isn't it in 6 months. By any standards and yardstick that is grim. Let's re group I for one would rather have a decent campaign in div 1 than this.

    Than the last two campaigns, surely 

    I thought it would be unlikely we got less points than last season, now it highly likely 

  10. 2 minutes ago, RedLichtie86 said:

    Damage was done in the summer 2022 transfer window onwards.

    The club failed to build upon a strong squad with the prizemoney we had earned for finishing 2nd (+£400k).

    Brought players such as Corfe, Fosu, Isiaka in that all will agree were nowhere remotely good enough.

    Brought in more in the January. Some ok. Some more of the same shite. Just survived by the skin of our teeth.

    And then start of this season we go in with no LB, 3 fit defenders, No DM's, No creative players and more signings that are clearly not up to the task.

    Jim McIntyre has had the 1 transfer window to fix 3 windows worth of squad regression. But went into that window with a huge injury crisis, a tired team that had played 5 games in 4 weeks and only been in the job a month.

    Hardly any time to prep or evaluate the team fully having just played United with 1 defender who has a broken toe and with outfield subs.... Obviously his main priority was getting defensive players in. Plus the loss of Hylton reduced our attacking options. He ends up bringing in some players who are not fully fit and having to throw them straight in only to have more injuries in the first game or 2 of the window opening. Back to square one. And club budget didnt allow for wholesale changes to the squad with players not wanting to leave or join. We were left to piss with the cock we got.

    Now he has had the time to get players back from injury and training but its clear to see the squad still has the same issues as at the start of this season. Lack of creativity. No capable defensive midfielders. Defence not up to the task with experienced players such as ToB and Little nowhere near their 21/22 high.

    Jim has had very bad results. And thats not good enough under normal circumstances. But the squad he has is clearly not up the task of performing week in week out.

    I do feel he has to be given the chance to make wholesale changes in the summer. We have 6/7 players signed for next season so he will have a big task to rebuild it the way he wants anyways. And the club needs to back him to get it right. There has probably been players identified/contacted about playing for us next season already when their contracts end but not knowing what division that is nothing is set in stone yet.

    Another new manager would have to start all that again which could be a bigger clusterfuck than the summer 22 transfer window.

    This season has been a clusterfuck with poor recruitment, injury after injury, tactical mistakes and shite performances.. Doubt sacking Jim will change any of that.

    You cannot trust McIntyre with the rebuild, absolutely not, would like to think, he will be sacked before the weekend is out, we have got this wrong, we move on #Mcintyreout 

  11. Just now, ellichtie said:

    McIntyre out.

    I think his appointment was on the back of the doing we got in Malcolm’s one in charge, recruitment has been, not of the desired quality, it was obvious to everyone we needed a “b*****d” in centre mid, and he didn’t sign one, it appears the obsessed Dundee supporters, were 100% right about him

  12. 7 hours ago, lichtie23 said:

    I think TOB has 3 years left on his current deal.

    Iv heard from a few folk Hammy away at the end of the season and Bayview his likely destination. A cracking servant but hasn’t been the same player since coming back from injury this season. 

    Wouldn’t be surprised if McKenna, Stewart, Hammy and Goldie end up at Methil, they love a bit of Dick 

  13. 6 hours ago, timlichtie said:

    The win on Friday was more about the mind game than the physical performance. It was the attitude from Ricky, Gats and Mikey McKenna that picked us up and kept the youngsters going. If we’re playing League 1 next season then these are the guys you want at the core of your team.

    When we got back into the game, it was almost vintage Ricky

  14. On 02/03/2024 at 12:46, HoBNob said:

    I think this must play into some Arbroath fans minds when they get so defensive about people pointing out the weather. For Gayfield, last night wasn't at all severe, they'll be able to think of multiple games where it has been more windy. 

     

    That doesn't mean it wasn't windy though. 

    The wind thing annoys me, we don’t train there, but we do play there 25 times a season at least, but no matter the who has been manager, we never make an advantage of it

    Also the wind rarely blows in off the sea, we get the same direction of wind, they get at the golf at Carnoustie, blow’s kinda from the south over pleasureland, we on occasions get it blowing from the north, from the town, but what we had on Friday was blowing in over the main stand, can probably count on the fingers of one hand, how often that’s occurred in the last 50yrs

    it was windy on Friday, but too often managers in the past of used the conditions as an excuse to cover up a poor performance by their team

    the reason we get touchy about everyone making a thing about the wind is, it’s just plain lazy, the way they constantly bang on about, makes you believe, it’s the only place in Scotland to get wind, when we knows that’s not true, the amount of wind turbines we have, confirms that

  15. 1 hour ago, ExiledLichtie said:

    It is interesting that some of the same fans who were insisting that we stop taking unproven punts and sign proven players from the lower leagues (no argument from me) are in favour of taking a punt on an inexperienced loan player.

    We signed laddies, when we needed men

  16. 2 hours ago, RedLichtie86 said:

    Anyone travelling to the game allow for plenty of time. The road works on the main road coming in are a long wait. especially if there is a big influx of cars at the same time.

    Either wait in the traffic, turn off for Arbirlot or take the Carnoustie/Muridrum turn off and take the back roads in via Carmylie and/or Redford (A little bit out the way but better than being late to the game). Also trying to get back via the main road will be a nightmare so again back roads to Carnoustie is much easier and quicker. 

    Lights on East Muirlands Rd and Arbirlot Rd West, it’s a no great coming in from that side

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