Nomad Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 58 minutes ago, TheBigMan said: I was 16 when he made his debut and Christ it boiled my piss seeing that. As I've gotten older I just shrug myshoulders. However players wearing ridiculously high numbers (see clubs on the continent) like 77, 80, 99 etc baffle me Mostly are d.o.b related or a combination that makes their desired number : Ivan Zamorano: no. 1+8Inter had an envious and very expensive strike force in the late 90s, with Roberto Baggio joining Ronaldo and Ivan Zamorano in 1998, while Christian Vieri signed for £32m a year later. However, Baggio was given Ronaldo’s no.10 shirt and the great Brazilian was then assigned Zamorano’s favoured number nine. Taking exception to this, Chile international Zamorano opted for the bizarre choice of 1+8. Andriy Shevchenko, Mathieu Flamini and Ronaldinho: 76, 84 and 80At Milan there was a player fad for choosing their year of birth on the back of shirts. In 2008 when Shevchenko was loaned by Chelsea to the club he served so distinctly for seven years, young striker Alexandre Pato was occupying his iconic no.7 shirt, so he asked for 76. Similarly, Clarence Seedorf was the club’s number 10, so Ronaldinho wore 80 when he left Barcelona in 2008 and Flamini picked his year of birth, 84, when signing from Arsenal in the same year. Nicola Ventola, Inter's 78, had been doing this since the start of the previous decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted July 29, 2016 Report Share Posted July 29, 2016 Zerouali (or something like that) wore zero on his back at Aberdeen. SPL banned it a season later. The real reason professional footballers stick to a number is because of the hours they have spent on the team coach with pens and paper perfecting their signature with the digits incorporated into a flourish at the end. Keeping the same number also makes it easier for them to remember their password for online banking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Here you go. Now on OS SQUAD NUMBERS 2016/17 1 Frank Fielding 2 Mark Little 3 Joe Bryan 4 Aden Flint 5 Derrick Williams 6 Gary O'Neil 7 Korey Smith 8 Josh Brownhill 9 10 Lee Tomlin 11 Callum O'Dowda 12 Richard O'Donnell 13 Scott Golbourne 14 Bobby Reid 15 Luke Freeman 16 17 Kieran Agard 18 Aaron Wilbraham 19 Arnold Garita 20 Luke Ayling 21 Marlon Pack 22 Jonathan Kodjia 23 Hordur Magnusson 24 Max O'Leary 25 26 27 Adam Matthews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, Big C said: Here you go. Now on OS SQUAD NUMBERS 2016/17 1 Frank Fielding 2 Mark Little 3 Joe Bryan 4 Aden Flint 5 Derrick Williams 6 Gary O'Neil 7 Korey Smith 8 Josh Brownhill 9 10 Lee Tomlin 11 Callum O'Dowda 12 Richard O'Donnell 13 Scott Golbourne 14 Bobby Reid 15 Luke Freeman 16 17 Kieran Agard 18 Aaron Wilbraham 19 Arnold Garita 20 Luke Ayling 21 Marlon Pack 22 Jonathan Kodjia 23 Hordur Magnusson 24 Max O'Leary 25 26 27 Adam Matthews 9 free? striker incoming then............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Looks like Joe is being classed as Left Back and Williams as a Centre Half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetjef Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Agard and Ayling have taken a bit of a shunting into the big numbers (previously 10 and 5 respectively) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliesboots Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 15 minutes ago, Monkeh said: 9 free? striker incoming then............. Beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 15 minutes ago, Big C said: Looks like Joe is being classed as Left Back and Williams as a Centre Half Williams should never have been classed as a left back! 8 minutes ago, internetjef said: Agard and Ayling have taken a bit of a shunting into the big numbers (previously 10 and 5 respectively) Agard has taken a different number every season so far, hasn't he? Doesn't mean much anymore, superstition plays more of a role in it than actual position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITW Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 No squad number for Vyner then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, BITW said: No squad number for Vyner then. One for Garita though which is interesting. Mind you, we've only got 4 strikers so I suppose he kind of has to get one. Guess his physicality probably just puts him ahead of McCoulsky right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollywhyte Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 27 minutes ago, Big C said: Here you go. Now on OS SQUAD NUMBERS 2016/17 1 Frank Fielding 2 Mark Little 3 Joe Bryan 4 Aden Flint 5 Derrick Williams 6 Gary O'Neil 7 Korey Smith 8 Josh Brownhill 9 10 Lee Tomlin 11 Callum O'Dowda 12 Richard O'Donnell 13 Scott Golbourne 14 Bobby Reid 15 Luke Freeman 16 17 Kieran Agard 18 Aaron Wilbraham 19 Arnold Garita 20 Luke Ayling 21 Marlon Pack 22 Jonathan Kodjia 23 Hordur Magnusson 24 Max O'Leary 25 26 27 Adam Matthews Alex Pearce was number 16 when on loan here last season... He is also number 16 at Derby County... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 I believe the number 9 has been retired in homage to Baz Savage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Ashton Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 No Lucic; has a loan somewhere been confirmed for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 JB at 3 interesting - suggests he's seen predominantly as a left back, if old school squad number convention is believed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 8 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: JB at 3 interesting - suggests he's seen predominantly as a left back, if old school squad number convention is believed! johnson has said he think's joe will go on to be a prem style attacking fall back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 21 minutes ago, Monkeh said: johnson has said he think's joe will go on to be a prem style attacking fall back Excellent. Now we're inundated with them, hopefully we'll stop playing him as a central midfielder! I also think LB is his best position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Lewandowski , experienced and wears No.9, we have a space at No.9. Just sayin' could be coincidence but ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 12 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: Excellent. Now we're inundated with them, hopefully we'll stop playing him as a central midfielder! I also think LB is his best position. I think it's his worst position.......currently. Not saying he's poor there, just think he's better at Left Forward or Left Wingback (should we ever play them again). I also think he can play on left side of a flat midfield three. His attacking instincts, whilst great,let him down defensively. I'd rather start the season with Golbourne at LB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I think it's his worst position.......currently. Not saying he's poor there, just think he's better at Left Forward or Left Wingback (should we ever play them again). I also think he can play on left side of a flat midfield three. His attacking instincts, whilst great,let him down defensively. I'd rather start the season with Golbourne at LB. I think he's been a bit of a victim of his own versatility. Needs a good run in a fixed role! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 No Vyner, De Girolamo, Dowling or Smith. A little bit surprising as I thought most of them were going to be `first team squad` this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Red Right Hand said: No Vyner, De Girolamo, Dowling or Smith. A little bit surprising as I thought most of them were going to be `first team squad` this season. They'll get numbers if/when needed as per last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 7 minutes ago, Robin TBW said: They'll get numbers if/when needed as per last season. The one I am surprised about though is Smith. I had an idea he`d be on the bench fairly regularly at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 On 7/29/2016 at 11:12, BRISTOL86 said: Yep I think anything from 1-99 is allowed. I would like to see O'Donnell at 1 and Kodjia at 9. But it seems the in thing to hold onto a squad number for superstitious reasons. I remember even as a 14 year old being really annoyed to see Billy Mercer wearing number 2. On 7/29/2016 at 12:21, Woodsy said: Was an odd one seeing Mercer wearing 2 Remember the Argies wearing their WC numbers in 78 and possibly 82 (I think) in alphabetical order, Ossie Ardiles wore #1, only a certain youngster called Maradona refused and demanded 10..... Seems Sheffield Wednesday have gone rogue on their numbers, a nod to Mercer and the Argies in the bbc report on it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36968023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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