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[Nefertiti2]

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Harry Truscott wrote: I presumed he meant the sub numbers boards.

I don't think anyone is demanding absolute accuracy from WBA, tee rex was just pinpointing where the visual spell was broken.

will you be wearing the piss-stained shorts?

Still waiting for an apology.

[denishurley]

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The subs were 12 and 14-18, the reserve GK shirt, like Myhill's, was blank. They were of course 1 and 13 on the teamsheet.

Interestingly (to me anyway), two players with squad numbers in the first 11 wore different ones - Claudio Yacob switched from 5 to 4 and Brown Ideye, normally 9, was 10.

[3 Colours Red]

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You forgot Brunt switching from 11 to 3. That one did make a bit more sense though with him playing at left back.

[denishurley]

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Apols, missed that. Yacob's was acceptable to me too as he was playing in midfield

[Patrick Thistle]

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I completely got the Exeter goalie's name wrong because the squad list started with number 2 in the programme. No number 1 - I presume he's been sold or something - but I just read the player at the top of the list and presumed he was the goalie.

I really liked West Brom's 1-11 numbering and would welcome that coming back. If I ever become the mad billionaire despot I was born to be I would sponsor the football league and make 1-11 numbering one of the rules.

[3 Colours Red]

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denishurley wrote: Apols, missed that. Yacob's was acceptable to me too as he was playing in midfield

But if he'd worn the 5 as usual that wouldn't exactly have been "wrong", what with him being Argentinian and that being their number of choice for a player in his position.

If it meant a centre-back wearing 4, then that's not too bad.

[denishurley]

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No, it's not too bad at all - I was taking the starting point that any 1-11 players starting should keep them and everyone else fit in, but if the change was positionally-appropriate then that was fine too.

In other news, I always kind of knew my magnum opus would be on Liverpool's numerical evolution in the glory years - https://squadnumbers.wordpress.com/

[Ray de Galles]

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Wycombe finished the game today with an 8 and an 11 in defence, another factor which made them incredibly annoying.

[denishurley]

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That's just awful. Apologies, thought I'd put link to Liverpool blog post but I've added it to previous post now

[ursus arctos]

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Inter are retiring Javier Zanetti's number 4, which strikes me as an excellent choice unless one is steadfastly against the concept of retired numbers.

[Gangster Octopus]

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One is.

[1974ddr]

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Two are. Or eventually we'd end up with teams of players all wearing three figure shirts.

Harry Truscott wrote:
The Astle thing is nice as a one off but no sensible person wants to go back to 1-11 in the league now, surely. Where would be the fun in that?

Sorry Harry, but speaking as no sensible person myself, I'm all in favour of going back to 1 - 11. Squad numbers are for the World Cup and other international tournaments.

[ursus arctos]

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Or eventually we'd end up with teams of players all wearing three figure shirts.

Too late



They've been a thing in Mexico for a while.

[3 Colours Red]

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^ I saw a video of a Liga MX game a few months back - there was a goal scored by a No. 243!

[ursus arctos]

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Public Service Announcement for Mr Truscott

Should you find yourself looking for a game to watch in Buenos Aires, do NOT under any circumstances pick one involving Deportivo Riestra (fourth tier)

[3 Colours Red]

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I sincerely hope that's just the graphics department having a really bad day...

[ursus arctos]

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It's not.

It's Ragazzo's new "strategy".

[Ray de Galles]

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Oh, I feel quite nauseous now.

[ursus arctos]

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Don't send the battle flotilla quite yet.

[denishurley]

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He should really have gone the whole hog and had the goalkeeper wear 11 with 1 as a striker.

It annoys my OCD that the central defenders and central midfielders are shown in that order too.

[3 Colours Red]

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Peralta and Moreyra, yesterday:

[Ray de Galles]

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I'm a bit disappointed that no Wimbledon local lad has adopted shirt number 88 yet. Any concerns about its neo-Nazi connotations could surely be allayed.

[KGR]

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So, a new season and a whole lot of numberwang to get excited by.

Preston have revealed their squad numbers.

No. 1 is vacant.
No. 2 is vacant.
No. 3 is vacant.
No. 4 is vacant.

Just relegate them now please.

[3 Colours Red]

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I never knew Paolo di Canio had that much influence at Deepdale...

[ursus arctos]

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This is just wrong on so many levels



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