Ludo*1 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 I've always wondered - Is it the fact the DABs wear that colour that makes me hate that colour or is it just that it's a dreadful colour? I usually land on the latter. It's a true chicken or the egg tale though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 I would just dismiss this as wishful thinking on our part, but then I read this part. Nothing to get excited about there really, just fun to think about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 35 minutes ago, RossBFaeDundee said: I would just dismiss this as wishful thinking on our part, but then I read this part. Nothing to get excited about there really, just fun to think about. See ya later Kane. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locheedee Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Interview with Raeside in the courier https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-fc/1447661/gilles-rousset-rab-douglas-robbie-raeside-tynecastle-hearts-fuelled-season-dundee/ 'Gilles Rousset started trying to slam a couple of our boys until big Rab Douglas set about things': Robbie Raeside reveals how a Tynecastle set-to with Hearts fuelled an entire season for Dundee - The Courier Boxing with assistant manager Jimmy Bone and rammies at Tynecastle – it’s fair to say Robbie Raeside’s time at Dundee has rarely been dull. Since joining the club from the successful Raith Rovers team of the 1990s in ‘96, the 48-year-old has spent 12 years at Dens Park as player, on the staff and now as U15s coach. He played under Jim Duffy, John McCormack and Jocky Scott before working for the club during the time of the Bonettis and now learns from Stephen Wright and Gordon Strachan as a youth coach. With a First Division title and a highest top-flight finish since the 70s in his locker, there is plenty to cover in Raeside’s Dens adventure – not least in recent months when he has taken Zoom sessions for the Dundee academy kids and offered his services for free to help the club through the financial strain of the coronavirus shutdown. But let’s start at the beginning. After gaining two league winner’s medals at Raith, Raeside stepped down from the top flight in search of regular football and joined a Dundee side looking for promotion under Duffy in 1996. Raeside was a regular in his first season, playing 44 times, but fell out of favour under McCormack after Duffy had left for Hibs and was even transfer listed. Jocky Scott, though, returned for his third spell as manager the following season and re-instated the defender. That spell that would prove fruitful – with a league title and a promotion followed by a fifth-placed Premier League finish. “Cowboy (McCormack) came in and I didn’t play a great deal,” Raeside said. “Every manager has their own thoughts and it was just one of those things. When Jocky Scott came in I started playing again. I think he wanted to play football a bit more and wanted me in for that. “The team that won the league was just so hard to beat. We had a good goalie in big Rab Douglas and Eddie Annand to score the goals. I’d say we were a good solid team, we won games in both boxes without playing much flair football. We had experienced players like Jim McInally and there was a good mix. “Dariusz Adamczuk had real quality, there was Barry Smith, the experience of Billy Thomson and younger guys like Paul Tosh and Jim Hamilton. Then there was Chic Charnley, a quality player and a real character.” Another real character was Jocky’s assistant, former Scotland striker Jimmy Bone. “Jocky was a very good coach, a great tactician,” explained Raeside. “He had Jimmy as his assistant and there were plenty fun and games with him, he was a larger than life character. “If you fell out with Jimmy, it would be a boxing glove each, the other arm tied behind the back and you sorted it out. It was fun and games and done in the right spirit, I must say. “The following season we had pretty much the same spine of the team with a few faces like Willie Falconer and Shaun McSkimming added. I think Gavin Rae was just coming through that year, too. “I think that helped and we ended up with the club’s highest-ever SPL finish. There were no big names or anything, it was all about having a good spirit. “I look back on that and see it as a really good achievement.” A chance meeting with a triumphant Hearts side celebrating their 1998 Scottish Cup win in Spain gave the Dark Blues all the motivation they needed to take the top flight by storm after a jubilant Gary Locke compared the First Division champions to a pub team.That rivalry saw Dundee take all 12 points off the Jambos the following season, finishing four points ahead of the Edinburgh side. It eventually boiled over in the tunnel after a 2-0 win at Tynecastle. Raeside said: “We were celebrating our league win in Magaluf the summer before and they’d just won the Scottish Cup. Gary Locke was running around in his full strip – think he had the home and away with Locke on the back – all week giving it big licks, saying the next season we’d be the Dog and Duck and it would be an easy 12 points for them against us. “Every game we played them that was brought up! And we’d struggled at the start, we only had one point from the first four league games before we went to Tynecastle and won 2-0. “In the tunnel there was a bit of: ‘Get it up you,’ and it all kicked off. Their keeper Gilles Rousset started trying to slam a couple of our boys until big Rab Douglas set about things! “I think that showed the spirit we had in that team. “There was real unity and it showed when we finished fifth – just think about the huge money spent in later years and the Bonettis only finished sixth.” Raeside’s playing days at Dens ended when he left along with Jocky Scott at the end of that season but he would be back before long. “I broke my ankle in my final season and it was tough,” he said. “There were some quality players to displace, Javier Artero had come in and I drifted out of things and went to Arbroath on loan. I left when my contract ended. “I wasn’t away long, though, and came back to work on the staff as a sports therapist and as a youth coach. It was interesting times under the Bonettis but there was a real lack of connection between the first team and youth team, it was like two separate clubs. “I was still there when Duff (Jim Duffy) came back for his second spell and I’m back again so between playing and coaching I’ve probably been at Dundee 12 years and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 You'd honestly never tire of punching holes in Gary Locke. What an absolute helmet of a man. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 14 hours ago, Shadow Play said: Makes total sense. I’ve got a watch that I bought on an orange rubber strap. Happy with it until someone remarked it looked like tangerine. Within weeks and £70 lighter I had it on a black rubber strap. Can’t take any chances. It’s just not worth the risk of being mistaken for a United fan! I'm just concerned you needed somebody else to point out the error of your ways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locheedee Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: You'd honestly never tire of punching holes in Gary Locke. What an absolute helmet of a man. Absolutely no surprises he's a full kit w****r! Would have loved to see footage of Big Rab 'set about things' too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapothehullDee Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Charlie for Dens, what a finale to his career. Could be his last chance to play for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Jamie MacDonald signs for Raith. We are gonna need to go into this season with Hamilton as number one, aren't we? Time for Ferrie to step up if that's the case. Edited July 16, 2020 by Ludo*1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Jamie MacDonald signs for Raith. We are gonna need to go into this season with Hamilton as number one, aren't we? Time for Ferrie to step up if that's the case. That's scary. Still holding hope on Hazard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikethedee Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, RossBFaeDundee said: That's scary. Still holding hope on Hazard. To mis-quote some comedian, that's kind of like getting beaten up by the police and hope some skinheads turn up to help you.... Edited July 16, 2020 by Spikethedee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Spikethedee said: To mis-quote some comedian, that's kind of like getting beaten up by the police and hope some skinheads turn up to help you.... If you don't think Hazard is easily a better choice than the other two, idk what to tell you dude. He's bang average, but that's better than shite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 2 hours ago, RossBFaeDundee said: That's scary. Still holding hope on Hazard. Hazard is apparently set to stay with Celtic as 3rd choice, according to their fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Hamilton to save last min pen against Hearts last day of the season for us to pip them to it. Nap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Bliss Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Hazard is apparently set to stay with Celtic as 3rd choice, according to their fans. Ach well if Celtic fans are saying that it must be true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 How long have we been complaining about the keeper now? Two years? Soul destroying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, RossBFaeDundee said: If you don't think Hazard is easily a better choice than the other two, idk what to tell you dude. He's bang average, but that's better than shite. Harsh on Ferrie. Never had a chance to prove himself. His only season as a regular keeper, he won PotY at Stirling. 22 now - Sink or swim time for him now. One appearance last season in which Sean Mackie delivered a sucidal pass back and ultimately landed Ferrie with a red. He can't be worse than Hamilton surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Harsh on Ferrie. Never had a chance to prove himself. His only season as a regular keeper, he won PotY at Stirling. 22 now - Sink or swim time for him now. One appearance last season in which Sean Mackie delivered a sucidal pass back and ultimately landed Ferrie with a red. He can't be worse than Hamilton surely? Ferrie has far more wiggle room imo, but from what I've seen of him (the Elgin game and a reserves game vs. Celtic) I definitely do not think he is starting GK material. As for the other goalie under contract, I wonder if Harrison Sharp has any chance of pushing further up the pecking order. Would hopefully at least get a loan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Bliss Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: How long have we been complaining about the keeper now? Two years? Soul destroying. Since Scott Bain got chased out the club by some. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Yenitit said: Since Scott Bain got chased out the club by some. Since Scott Bain got chased out the club by Neil McCann for telling him to f**k off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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