The Red Arrows

[DD1903]

Where we ran in a line...

 

A boy I was working with last night brought this up. I had blanked this from my memory up until now... He was asking what manager it was that introduced it. I thought it was ebbe. Am I correct??

 

How stupit was it?!

[ollie1903]

Where we ran in a line...

 

A boy I was working with last night brought this up. I had blanked this from my memory up until now... He was asking what manager it was that introduced it. I thought it was ebbe. Am I correct??

 

How stupit was it?!

Definitely Ebbe, when he'd completely went off the rails.

 

A line led by Eugene "the dancin' dar..." Dadi and Derektion Whyte.

 

It was embarrassing

[Bamber]

Definitely Ebbe, when he'd completely went off the rails.

 

A line led by Eugene "the dancin' dar..." Dadi and Derektion Whyte.

 

It was embarrassing

 

 

It got a few goals - from memory 3 in one game against dundee

[DD1903]

Definitely Ebbe, when he'd completely went off the rails.

 

A line led by Eugene "the dancin' dar..." Dadi and Derektion Whyte.

 

It was embarrassing

 

It was deeks whyte's stupit face that I remembered as being in the front of the line for some reason. Brought back some horrendous memories this conversation !

[ollie1903]

It got a few goals - from memory 3 in one game against dundee

Did it? I must have had my head in my hands cringing at the time.

[sheepiekev]

Aye, it was definitely Skovdahl.

The "red arrows" routine was a bit like his management.....eccentric and pointless.

Don't remember us ever scoring from that particular piece of managerial genius.

[Redstar]

Aye, it was definitely Skovdahl.

The "red arrows" routine was a bit like his management.....eccentric and pointless.

Don't remember us ever scoring from that particular piece of managerial genius.

Hmmm...It still ranks as a better routine than the current Langfield (Jonesy from Dad's Army) "Don't Panic Don't Panic!" every cu*t back for corners BS

[Ke1t]

Ebbe's training ground trademark version of the 'Who's taking this free kick' routine of the Fergie era.

 

Except shit.

[dervish]

I mind it well. Was quite funny to watch and very mental.

[Ke1t]

I mind it well. Was quite funny to watch and very mental.

 

At the time I thought we'd sunk as low as we could get, being hammered by 6 or 7 as routine by the Old Scum, the fans conga-ing in the stands to the sound of our team being raped like a spina bifida victim in Jimmy Savile's camper van.

 

Later we would have Paterson and McGhee as managers, and I would realise that the sound of handicapped kids screaming in pain and terror was probably preferable to watching a Mark McGhee interview.

[Bamber]

Did it? I must have had my head in my hands cringing at the time.

 

 

from red web 9 Mar 2002. We were 2-0 down at half time and scored 3 second half goals

 

Darren Young goal

Anderson from the corner

Anderson then went close from a corner

Then MAckie from a corner

 

last three all from the follow my leader routine as redweb calls it - must admit though it was about the only game it really caused confusion in it did in some other but mainily in our ranks

 

If I remember correctly Dundee decided to defend it by letting us do the follow my leader and defed the six yard box, unfortuantly it meant out lot all arrived there at speed making the jumping easier

 

Not sure we dont do something quite similar at the moment actually with Vernon peeling from the front of the 6 yard box running around our main headers as they come in from the penalty sport with vernon then taking up a position at the back of the 6 yard area

 

Both were about getting the good headers of the ball free of Markers

[DandyDon KD]

It looked so stupid but it seemed to work

[Bebo]

 

Aye, i remember it. Folk in the merkland used to shout "CHOO CHOOOOO"

[Redstar]

It looked so stupid but it seemed to work

Bit like Peter Crouch then?

[DandyDon KD]

Haha yep

[dervish]

At the time I thought we'd sunk as low as we could get, being hammered by 6 or 7 as routine by the Old Scum, the fans conga-ing in the stands to the sound of our team being raped like a spina bifida victim in Jimmy Savile's camper van.

 

Later we would have Paterson and McGhee as managers, and I would realise that the sound of handicapped kids screaming in pain and terror was probably preferable to watching a Mark McGhee interview.

 

Just imagine Jimmy screaming "choo chooo" as he does as well now. Quite the mental image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RUL]

My old man used to claim that at our kick off everyone stood on one side of the park bar one player who's job it was to punt it up that side. Nobody else has verified this happened, sure he said it was porter field

[tightbreeks]

here i go

 

done properly, with a boy diagonally hoorin it off the corner wing to the near post and the rest of the group doing the same. got to be a goal there...

[Dandyesque]

It only ever worked in that Dundee game that I'm aware of.

 

The logic behind it seems good - get the ball in the right area at the right time and you have 5 or 6 different players who can attack it.

 

If the ball is in the right area at the right time.

 

"If" being the operative word.

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

I remember it working a few times to be fair. Not least for Leon Mike's goal on his debut!

 

Leon Mike Mike Mike

[RTYD]

Hmmm...It still ranks as a better routine than the current Langfield (Jonesy from Dad's Army) "Don't Panic Don't Panic!" every cu*t back for corners BS

 

Correct

 

I also used to like Ally's charge from kick off.

[RTYD]

My old man used to claim that at our kick off everyone stood on one side of the park bar one player who's job it was to punt it up that side. Nobody else has verified this happened, sure he said it was porter field

 

No, Ally