Possible squad numbers next year..

[Restark19]

Very bored today so decided to look into this

The way I see it atm is we've got 23 numbers which are already taken for next season...

 

1. Davis

2. Clyne

3. Yoshida

4. Morgan

5. Hooiveld

6. Fonte

7. Lambert

8. Davis

9. Rodriguez

10. Ramirez

12. Gazzaniga

13. Fox

16. JWP

18. Cork

20. Lallana

21. Guly

23. Shaw

24. Mayuka

26. Stephens

28. Chambers

31. Boruc

39. Isgrove

42. Puncheon

 

We also have 7 which will definitely/very likely be vacated.

 

11. Sharp

14. Hammond

15. Forren

19. Lee

22. Richardson

27. Chaplow

33. De Ridder

 

and 2 players (for now) who will be in need of squad numbers in Wanyama and Lovren.

 

Wonder which numbers they'll take and whether we'll see any number swapping like Cork/Davis last year

 

Wanyama may well take 76 and I'd expect Lovren to take 15. If we brought in a new striker they would almost certainly take on number 11

[Batman]

Boruc - 1

wanyama wont take 76, dont think that is allowed in the prem. Looks daft anyway. Probablt get 14

can see shaw going to 3

Hooiveld maybe going to 15 and Lovren to 5

[Olallana]

According to Wiki Wanyama uses no 12 in the national team, but that´s usually a keepers number in League Football...??

[itchen_dan]

I don't know?

 

1. Boruc

2. Clyne

3. Shaw

4. Schneiderlin

5. Lovren

6. Yoshida

7. Lambert

8. Wanyama

9. Rodriguez

10. Gaston

11. FREE

12. Gazzaniga

13. Fox

14. Fonte

15. Hooiveld

16. JWP

17. S. Davis

18. Cork

19. FREE

20. Lallana

21: Guly

22: FREE

23: Isgrove

24: Mayuka

25: Turnbull

26: Stephens

27: Chambers

28: FREE

29: FREE

30: FREE

31: K. Davis

42: Puncheon

[pingwing]

^^ S. Davis will still be no.8 (preferred number like Lallana 20 and Punch 42)

[Window Cleaner]

we won't do squad numbers, just the players' initials on the back of the shirts and the front of the shorts, same as the training gear. We aren't sheep any more. We are not a number, we are free men. Plastics, refs and ignorant commentators can .... right off.

[Lighthouse]

Boruc - 1

wanyama wont take 76, dont think that is allowed in the prem. Looks daft anyway. Probablt get 14

can see shaw going to 3

Hooiveld maybe going to 15 and Lovren to 5

 

Is there an actual number we have to stay below? I thought it could be anything up to 99, after all Judy has #42

 

Shaw #3, Wanyama #14, Yoshi #15, Lovren #16, Isgrove #17, Mayuka #19 and Chambers #22 would all make sense. I'm guessing whichever striker we do eventually get will take #11.

[sentry]

Never liked squad numbers. Think it is negative, before the season even starting by dropping a player from say 3 to 15 straight away says ' you are not really in my plans'. I think it can be really negative and get the player down before they even set foot on the pitch. I would as a manager just pull them from the hat or something.

[VectisSaint]

Is there an actual number we have to stay below? I thought it could be anything up to 99, after all Judy has #42

 

Shaw #3, Wanyama #14, Yoshi #15, Lovren #16, Isgrove #17, Mayuka #19 and Chambers #22 would all make sense. I'm guessing whichever striker we do eventually get will take #11.

Apparently there is no limit, 62 has been used by Man City player I think, but the PL seem to have the option to say no to a number rather arbitrarily. Somehow I doubt that VDub will be wearing 76 though it would be a nice idea.

Edited 21 July, 2013 by VectisSaint

[Over land and sea]

For what it's worth, many of the players were wearing last season's squad numbers in the latest friendly:

 

31 Boruc, 2 Chambers, 5 Lovren, 6 Fonte, 13 Fox, 4 Schneiderlin, 18 Cork, 11 Puncheon, 10 Isgrove, 20 Lallana, 7 Lambert

 

12 Gazza, 17 Clyne, 6 Fonte (? Stephens), 14 Hooiveld, 15 Shaw, 4 Schneiderlin (10 Isgrove, ? Turnbull), 3 Wanyama, 16 Ward-Prowse, 8 Davis, 21 Guly, 9 Rodrigues

Edited 22 July, 2013 by Over land and sea

[Over land and sea]

And tonight in Austria it was:

 

1 K Davis (12 Gazza)

2 Chambers (21 Clyne)

15 Lovren

5 Hooiveld (6 Fonte)

4 Shaw (13 Fox)

11 Puncheon

3 Wanyama (18 Cork)

8 S Davis (16 Schneiderlin)

10 Isgrove (20 Lallana)

9 Rodriguez (19 Mayuka)

7 Lambert (17 Ward-Prowse)

 

Unused subs: 31 Boruc and (presumably) 14 Turnbull

[alpine_saint]

And tonight in Austria it was:

 

1 K Davis (12 Gazza)

2 Chambers (21 Clyne)

15 Lovren

5 Hooiveld (6 Fonte)

4 Shaw (13 Fox)

11 Puncheon

3 Wanyama (18 Cork)

8 S Davis (16 Schneiderlin)

10 Isgrove (20 Lallana)

9 Rodriguez (19 Mayuka)

7 Lambert (17 Ward-Prowse)

 

Unused subs: 31 Boruc and (presumably) 14 Turnbull

 

Was thinking last night the numbering was a bit odd. Some you'd expect, some odd.

 

Cant see Morgan at 16, and Chambers before Clyne. I would be surprised if Jos and Jose keep their numbers too.

[The9]

Is there an actual number we have to stay below? I thought it could be anything up to 99, after all Judy has #42

 

Shaw #3, Wanyama #14, Yoshi #15, Lovren #16, Isgrove #17, Mayuka #19 and Chambers #22 would all make sense. I'm guessing whichever striker we do eventually get will take #11.

 

Provided you can have predominantly consecutive numbers you can have any number you like - I recall Bendtner reverting to 52 with Arsenal/Sunderland but Arsenal have long had players in the 50s playing in the League Cup due to picking their youth team and reserves and them needing to have a squad number.

 

Unlikely however that we'd have 25 squad members plus allocate squad numbers to an additional 50 under 21s in order to get Wanyama to wear a daft high number.

 

Re : 12, it's not always a GK number, UK sides often prefer 13 for keepers due to the bad luck thing meaning others don't want it and 12 historically being "first sub" and therefore an outfielder, but 12 is a popular GK number internationally and that's becoming more prevalent in the UK recently (viz Gazzaniga last year when Butterfield had 12 the season before).

 

I usually start this kind of thread, but it's pretty futile, and with both kits changing every season there's not much long termism to consider like there used to be when clubs were only changing shirts every two seasons in alternate years, and there was a need to maintain numbers year on year so fans didn't get narky about having the right kit but wrong number in the second year of use.

Edited 25 July, 2013 by The9

[The9]

And tonight in Austria it was:

 

1 K Davis (12 Gazza)

2 Chambers (21 Clyne)

15 Lovren

5 Hooiveld (6 Fonte)

4 Shaw (13 Fox)

11 Puncheon

3 Wanyama (18 Cork)

8 S Davis (16 Schneiderlin)

10 Isgrove (20 Lallana)

9 Rodriguez (19 Mayuka)

7 Lambert (17 Ward-Prowse)

 

Unused subs: 31 Boruc and (presumably) 14 Turnbull

 

Obvious issues there are Chambers/Clyne, Wanyama/Yoshida, Isgrove/Ramirez, Shaw/Schneiderlin/Ward-Prowse.

 

I can see Mayuka getting 19 instead of 24 this season.

[Lighthouse]

Scott, if we signed Thomas Oar from Utrecht it's really going to screw with your OCD.

 

[The9]

Scott, if we signed Thomas Oar from Utrecht it's really going to screw with your OCD.

 

 

Yeah but that's only because he plays for Australia and they've been using the 100+ numbers for their domestic-based squad when they play matches in Australia, as opposed to the normal squad who play in the other games all over the world and have the proper numbers. I can cope with that.