New Albion Rovers boss Sandy Clark admits people told him he was "off his head" to take on the top job at a club sitting bottom of League Two.
But he insists he has returned to Cliftonhill because he believes the squad is good enough to claw themselves away from potentially falling through the SPFL trap door.
The Wee Rovers are fighting to avoid facing a play-off for their SPFL survival at the end of the season and currently sit a point behind ninth place Bonnyrigg Rose, after a 1-0 defeat to their rivals last week saw Brian Reid sacked as manager with just six games remaining of the campaign.
And, ironically, Clark has joined from East Stirlingshire who are currently in the Lowland League, which is exactly where Rovers are trying to avoid being next term.
The 66-year-old is back at the club he helped guide to Second Division title glory in 2014/15 alongside Darren Young and although he says many folk think he is crazy to be taking on the role with the club in such dire straits, he believes he is the man to haul them out of the mire.
He told the club media: "A lot of people have said to me I am off my head, but it is a challenge for me.
"I am not getting any younger and I have got ambitions to move up the leagues and do well - I hope the players at the club are the same.
"There's an opportunity to move up the league a bit, make sure we consolidate that and go from there.
"It's a good opportunity and one I am looking forward to.
"It's been a long time since I have been here and a lot has happened in that time, but we've got a challenge coming up and it is one I am looking forward to, otherwise I wouldn't be here.
"There's no doubt this group is good enough but you've got to look at the other side of it as well.
"There's a reason why we are bottom of the league and that is the thing we need to address. We can't hide from it.
"You can beat Dumbarton 5-1, you can go and wins games 4-0, so you are capable of picking up points and winning matches, so we have to get on to that trend and make sure we stop losing 1-0 games at home, to give us a chance to be safe this year and then build on that.
"I don't know our lads that well yet but we'll find that out quickly.
"But it's great to be here.
"I'm sure the supporters are worried about the situation we are in but it is about building.
"We've got six weeks to build something here and we will give it our best shot to everyone; the fans, the club, everyone around the place and hopefully do well."
Clark is joined by George Paterson, who assisted him at The Shire and whom he also worked with at Queen of the South a couple of years ago.
He added: "I have worked with George for a while. We worked together at Queen of the South with Allan Johnston and I got to know him very well.
"He is an A licence coach and a very good one, so I am comfortable with him taking training if I am not there.
"He does chunks of what we do in training sessions, he's a good planner, he's very good with players individually and collectively so he is a very strong ally of mine.
"At East Stirling we did well together and that is one of the reasons he is here so hopefully we can be successful here."
Clark's first test as manager comes this afternoon when Rovers visit Forfar.
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