Selred Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said: Or that he really wanted to bag the 9 shirt now Fammy has gone... I just feel it wasn't his decision by the wording, the number 9 shirt held previously by Famara Diédhiou will be worn by Chris Martin who gives up number 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 14 minutes ago, Gazred said: 1 GK 2 RB 3 LB 4 CM 5 CB 6 CB 7 RW 8 CM 9 CF 10 CF 11 LW 12+ Subs Anything else is just too modern and means we have to play something other than 442, gone are the days! I still prefer this number arrangement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonYate Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 I think King has always played number 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi the Robin Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Imagine the speculation on here if number 9 was vacant, defo a few extra pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolisredd Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Club numbers mean nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, Bristolisredd said: Club numbers mean nothing And yet players like specific numbers. This means we get to play a fun game called conjecture to see if we can read something into something that means nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, TBW said: 7 isn't a striker number. It's almost like it's not the 1970s anymore. Cantona, Ronaldo, Owen (at Man Utd). Chris Martin last season... Numbers don't really mean much these days, but to say 7 isn't a strikers number..... 1 hour ago, redsquirrel said: isnt it normally lucky 7s, seeing as we have a 13, perhaps we binned 7 as the unlucky one. who was 7 before?? maybe a new deal possible?? Chris Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 I'd hope that leaving the 7 shirt free means we're getting a winger in, but the past few years I believe it's gone Marvin Elliott, Korey Smith then Chris Martin. At the very least I think it means we'll have 1 more first teamer joining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the1stknowle Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 I know everyone is a bit doom and gloom about this season coming but, looking at that squad, it’s actually a really decent group of players with not too many gaps and no passengers now. Even if we didn’t manage to get a striker of quality in, then I wouldn’t be too upset going into season with that group. If a few key players find form, we could be very decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Head Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Gazred said: 1 GK 2 RB 3 LB 4 CM 5 CB 6 CB 7 RW 8 CM 9 CF 10 CF 11 LW 12+ Subs Anything else is just too modern and means we have to play something other than 442, gone are the days! Or even 235 with no subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhhshauntaylor Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Northern Red said: 20 retired in tribute to the departing Pato. Who wore 10 last season…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Gazred said: 1 GK 2 RB 3 LB 4 CM 5 CB 6 CB 7 RW 8 CM 9 CF 10 CF 11 LW 12+ Subs Anything else is just too modern and means we have to play something other than 442, gone are the days! Don't you mean: 1 GK 2 RB 3 LB 4 RH 5 CH 6 LH 7 RW 8 IR 9 CF 10 IL 11 LW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Gazred said: 1 GK 2 RB 3 LB 4 CM 5 CB 6 CB 7 RW 8 CM 9 CF 10 CF 11 LW 12+ Subs Anything else is just too modern and means we have to play something other than 442, gone are the days! Good to see Atkinson as 5, not 77 or whatever. Implies a good strong no nonsense central defender. Or it could mean the square root of jack ****! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider hoss rules Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 hours ago, CheddarReds said: Ronaldo!!!! If Lansdown has ANY ambition for this club he'd get this one done!!! be about right...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 32 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: Don't you mean: 1 GK 2 RB 3 LB 4 RH 5 CH 6 LH 7 RW 8 IR 9 CF 10 IL 11 LW I don't go quite that far back personally DP but it's a fair comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Taz said: Cantona, Ronaldo, Owen (at Man Utd). Chris Martin last season... Numbers don't really mean much these days, but to say 7 isn't a strikers number..... Ronaldo went to United as a winger and Beckham replacement. Owen took 7 as it's what was left. Berbatov was 9 and Rooney, 10. Martin took 7 as it's what was left and changed it at the first chance he's gotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, TBW said: Ronaldo went to United as a winger and Beckham replacement. Owen took 7 as it's what was left. Berbatov was 9 and Rooney, 10. Martin took 7 as it's what was left and changed it at the first chance he's gotten. Shevchenko. Mbappe. Granted it's not a "traditional" strikers number, but it's used a fair bit. My original (slightly tongue in cheek) point, was that we're after a striker that can score goals - not be a target man, or make assists - one who scores. We have 7 vacant, the only lower end number. If there was a goalscoring striker out there who wore the number 7, then perhaps that could be a smaller pool to start a rumour from. It wasn't meant as a hugely serious post, but seeing as you put so much effort into it, you forgot to respond about Cantona, and I never mentioned Berbatov or Rooney because they never wore the number 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 4 hours ago, TBW said: 4 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: Anyone slightly surprised that King has taken 10? Is that a thing for him? Didn't think he played the 10 role? 7 isn't a striker number. It's almost like it's not the 1970s anymore. Alan Skirton wore 7 and scored a few as well. To us old 'uns, 10 was Bobby Kellard and then Gerry Gow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everreddy Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Massengo 42. Worrying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, everreddy said: Massengo 42. Worrying? yeah he's aged a bit in a few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Head Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Wolf Island said: Kenneth Dalglish Which he took over from Kevin Keegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cov 77 Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 4 hours ago, LondonBristolian said: Even with our mass departures, that's still a squad of 34 by my count. Obviously some will go on loan. Know the 13 shirt was vacant but still wonder if fact Wiles-Richards has it means he is sticking around as 3rd choice (guess someone needs to!) Similarly guessing Bakinson and Pring are very much part of our plans next year. Cundy part of the squad too, I reckon. To be honest 34 may be the number , but at a stretch it’s 23 senior pros and 11 kids , so even with one more in only 24 seniors and kids who are to all intentions under 23’’s , can see at least 6 or more going out on loan , regardless of having a number, so the rest back up the squad , Pearson will think that’s about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Some players attach themselves to numbers as part of their "brand"/superstition/schoolboy number etc. Some players genuinely don't care. When I played (albeit MUCH lower level) there where genuine punch ups over numbers and money exchanged in certain instances. I'd normally take what was left in the bag - I remember playing a Hampshire cup game at CF with the number 2 shirt because the RB wanted 10 and was the hardest bloke in the team. Upset the ref and the opposition a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 42 minutes ago, everreddy said: Massengo 42. Worrying? Why? He chose that number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 5 hours ago, VT05763 said: It is planned for most of the younger and/or Academy products to be staying with the First Team squad, less of them being loaned out than perhaps many think. More likely higher earning senior squad players going on season long loans - IMO. I tend to agree, less going out on loan, if Nige wants to run a trimmer first team squad, then no point carting Bell and / or Conway out on loan if you need them to cover Wells for example. Who of the senior squad players do you see going out on loan? 5 hours ago, GrahamC said: Would expect Wiles-Richards to play for the U23s when he can, so makes a lot of sense for him to do so with Wollacott now gone. It is a large number but does effectively include the majority of our U23 squad, around a dozen of these can be classed as that, leaving us with a logical 22 or so. Yep, backed up in the u23s by Will Buse and Luca Smith if fixtures are too close / coincide with travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waconda Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I tend to agree, less going out on loan, if Nige wants to run a trimmer first team squad, then no point carting Bell and / or Conway out on loan if you need them to cover Wells for example. Who of the senior squad players do you see going out on loan? Palmer , Nagy and Moore would be candidates IMO. (if not sold) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 joe bryan once told me he had to give up 15 because luke freeman wanted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 6 hours ago, frenchred said: Just emphasizes what a bloated squad (low on quality) we have Was thinking the same still plenty of names on that list who aren’t good enough and I would like to see leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Taz said: Shevchenko. Mbappe. Granted it's not a "traditional" strikers number, but it's used a fair bit. My original (slightly tongue in cheek) point, was that we're after a striker that can score goals - not be a target man, or make assists - one who scores. We have 7 vacant, the only lower end number. If there was a goalscoring striker out there who wore the number 7, then perhaps that could be a smaller pool to start a rumour from. It wasn't meant as a hugely serious post, but seeing as you put so much effort into it, you forgot to respond about Cantona, and I never mentioned Berbatov or Rooney because they never wore the number 7. I never mentioned Cantona because obviously there are odd cases but if you want to be pedantic then Eto'o for Everton and Baros for Liverpool wore #5 so that's as much a striker number in the Premier League than #7 is from your examples so far. My point is, to see #7 empty and think "ooooh striker incoming", is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWSM Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Opi Edwards, has he left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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