[Archived] Squad Numbers

[Tom Pringle]

And now Lee is talking in the third person...oo er...

[Presty On Tour]

yeah but there is something special about the number 10!! look and past and present players!!

pele 10

maradona 10

lineker 10

prem players with number 10

bergkamp

van nistlerooy

owen

i know squad numbers don't mean much anymore but there is something special about wearing the number 10 and there always will be.

[Tom Pringle]

And thats why it's been taken off Jansen.

[greggyk]

and Jansen falls into that list does he?

[Presty On Tour]

i would play jansen ahead of dickov any (Please don't use that word again) day of the week!!

maybe one day he will fall into that list!!

[roversWASmylife]

And thats why it's been taken off Jansen.

Exactly.

jansenpresty10@wales – I think both club and the player have to move on, despite how much we regard of him. Yes, he was a great player but he will never regain that form again I’m afraid.

From last season’s games one game will always stick in my mind and that’s United away. He never looked comfortable with the ball and in the air, his passing was awful. Either he gave it away or over-hit it to team-mates.

The numbers are a bit strange in my opinion and who they have been given to.

Emerton getting number seven? Shame it’s not flight number seven to Australia.

[Lee]

And now Lee is talking in the third person...oo er...

If its good enough for a footballer, it is good enough for evil Lee Grooby

[est990]

From the official site

New skipper Barry Ferguson will sport the number 16 shirt whilst Michael Gray and Lorenzo Amoruso will wear numbers 3 and 4 respectively.

According to that list mickey is wearing 33

yeah but also according to the official site

all three of Greame Souness' new acquisitions have been handed shirts in the first eleven with Dominic Matteo given number 22, Paul Dickov number 10 and Javier De Pedro number 11

surelynumber22 is outside the first eleven?

Edited July 30, 2004 by est990

[Manchester Blue]

No. 22. Is presumably being left open for "Grumpy" Alan.

Who's Grumpy Alan?

[LeChuck]

Dickov 10?

I know it doesn't really matter, but they are very weird to say the least.

[Presty On Tour]

i think the thing which angers me the most about this (Please don't use that word again) jansen 10 thing is that he's lost his number to paul dickov!!!

i will apologise to the mods for my foul language.

if say fergy/stead/gallagher or de pedro had the number 10 shirt instead then maybe it would be a little bit easier to take.

but giving it to (Please don't use that word again) dickov!!!

not a happy bunny rite now!!!

[Scotty]

Good grief, the club can't even get the squad numbers right. No doubt that bloody Dean Saunders is behind this as well.

Saunders out.

[stuwilky]

What number is Sealdinho?

[bob fleming]

No. 22. Is presumably being left open for "Grumpy" Alan.

Who's Grumpy Alan?

The Mystery Trialist Dwarf. But he's not called Alan. Just "Grumpy". Apologies for any confusion.

[Scotty]

The Mystery Trialist Dwarf. But he's not called Alan. Just "Grumpy". Apologies for any confusion.

I'm sorry, I must have missed this. The mystery trialist was a dwarf?

No wonder the lads in Germany couldn't spot him.

[modes98]

i think the thing which angers me the most about this (Please don't use that word again) jansen 10 thing is that he's lost his number to paul dickov!!!

i will apologise to the mods for my foul language.

if say fergy/stead/gallagher or de pedro had the number 10 shirt instead then maybe it would be a little bit easier to take.

but giving it to (Please don't use that word again) dickov!!!

not a happy bunny rite now!!!

Whats up with dickov?

He scored more than jansen last season and the season before.... i'll stop there!

Dickov is a better striker at the moment than jansen! Jansen HAD more talent but he has not been able to get it back. The honeymoon period is over we and jansen are back in the real world. Jansen has 1 year to prove himself otherwise i lead to believe he will be out of contract nad a move outside of the premiership beckons! No offense to jano but dickov is our 2nd best striker and deserves fully our number 10 shirt, just as steady deserves the 9.

[Alan75]

darn and blast it. just been round me mams to get Grumpy, and 22 embroidered on to my shirt, and now I find out Matteo is 22.

My mam aint going to be to pleased with the lad, Grooby.

[Scotty]

darn and blast it. just been round me mams to get Grumpy, and 22 embroidered on to my shirt, and now I find out Matteo is 22.

My mam aint going to be to pleased with the lad, Grooby.

What the bloody hell are you doing disturbing your mum when she's got the kits and hats to do?!

[Presty On Tour]

Whats up with dickov?

He scored more than jansen last season and the season before.... i'll stop there!

thought you would

[Manchester Blue]

But modes98 makes a good point. He doesn't need to go back further because surely the last 2 years is more than enough. Whether you like Dickov or not he is clearly of more use to the team than Jansen at present. When Jansen cam on in games last year he couldn't even control the ball let alone hold it up or do anything with it. We'd all love it if he got back to his former self but there is no eveidence to suggest he will do.

[waggy]

No offense to jano but dickov is our 2nd best striker and deserves fully our number 10 shirt, just as steady deserves the 9.

s0 you rate the dwarf better than gally

[vinny]

flitty is number 5 must be trying to be like zidane

[Ricky]

I must admit I find it a bit odd that Flitty has lost the No. 7 shirt to Emerton.

[waggy]

happen the no7 shirt will make emo play like a winger,as the no 23 shirt did him no favours

[est990]

the original list says he was number 12 which is outside the first eleven, matteo was number 5, so maybe matteo requested number 22 which he is on the revised list, which freed number 5 and flitty thought hed have that so he can be in the first eleven numbers? maybe