Squad Numbers

[S6 Blade]

Here they are then
https://www.sufc.co.uk/news/2017/august/squad-numbers-confirmed/

Squad numbers in full...
1 Simon Moore
2 George Baldock
3 Enda Stevens
4 John Fleck
5 Jack O'Connell
6 Chris Basham
7 John Lundstram
8 Nathan Thomas
9 Leon Clarke
10 Billy Sharp
13 Jake Wright
15 Paul Coutts
17 James Hanson
18 Kieron Freeman
19 Richard Stearman
21 Mark Duffy
22 Caolan Lavery
24 Daniel Lafferty
27 Jamal Blackman
31 Jake Eastwood
32 Ched Evans
36 David Brooks
44 Samir Carruthers

 

[Sean Thornton]

No Brayford.

 

[mattbianco1]

No Brayford.

Or Done

 

[mattbianco1]

More interesting though. No No.11

 

[CarlingBlade]

11. Ryan Leonard

 

[Torrix1889]

Wonder what the deal was with Clarke taking 9 from Lavs.....can't see Caolan wanting to give it up....seniority thing or maybe a bet....who finished last season as highest scorer gets the 9 shirt....could explain Leon's form towards the end of the campaign!

 

[Balham]

Generally good but my OCD is offended by:

• Thomas wearing 8 while Lundstram wears 7. Should be the other way around (or Thomas shouldn't have a first XI number - he's not going to be first choice)
  
  
• Stearman wearing 19. Don't ask me why but that should be a reserve midfielder/forward
  
  
• Blackman wearing 27 when 12 (European sub keeper), 23 (international third keeper) and 25 (United's third keeper number as worn by Moore and Long) are available
  
  
• Brooks still wearing 36; I'd have thought he warranted a number higher up
  
  
• Carruthers wearing 44. What's that about?

 

[bromtom]

Carruthers is probably a personal preference thing but I can't see Wilder being down for that as a rule.

And if I was Eastwood I'd be a bit miffed at Blackman coming in, seemingly taking number 2 spot and getting a higher number (unless it was requested of course)

Brayford and Done is odd, unless there's been some interest? What numbers did they have in pre season?

I'd have given Brooks 7 or 8 if he wanted it.

 

[Slim Man]

Thomas might have been offered number 8 in negotations to get him to sign for us over Boro.
Think he's strictly a development player while January myself.

Carruthers has always worn 44 since his Villa days.

11 and 12 both missing, probably for our new forward and defender.

 

[Slim Man]

Carruthers is probably a personal preference thing but I can't see Wilder being down for that as a rule.

And if I was Eastwood I'd be a bit miffed at Blackman coming in, seemingly taking number 2 spot and getting a higher number (unless it was requested of course)

Brayford and Done is odd, unless there's been some interest? What numbers did they have in pre season?

I'd have given Brooks 7 or 8 if he wanted it.

Eastwood will have wanted that for the 1, 31. It's a keeper thing. Don't think theres much preference from 31 to 27.

 

[DifferentClass]

• Carruthers wearing 44. What's that about?

Because number 1 was taken.

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Because number 1 was taken.

Carruthers requested no. 44 when he signed.

 

[Balham]

Carruthers has always worn 44 since his Villa days.

Except for his years at MK Dons, when he wore 22 then 7...

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Does it matter what number players are?

 

[Slim Man]

Except for his years at MK Dons, when he wore 22 then 7...

Ok, but I could've swore to god he was 40 odd at Villa

 

[Balham]

Ok, but I could've swore to god he was 40 odd at Villa

Yep, wore 40 at Villa. Probably wanted 4 here but that was in use.

Looks like he also wore 14 at MK Dons...

 

[Mickey Jupp]

I agree - but footballers are notoriously superstitious. No way will Baldock be first choice right back - I guess Freeman didn't want to ruin his luck. The other problem is with three at the back and wing backs the traditional numbering doesn't apply. For example where do 7 and 11 play?

 

[stringer]

Generally good but my OCD is offended by:

• Thomas wearing 8 while Lundstram wears 7. Should be the other way around (or Thomas shouldn't have a first XI number - he's not going to be first choice)
  
  
• Stearman wearing 19. Don't ask me why but that should be a reserve midfielder/forward
  
  
• Blackman wearing 27 when 12 (European sub keeper), 23 (international third keeper) and 25 (United's third keeper number as worn by Moore and Long) are available
  
  
• Brooks still wearing 36; I'd have thought he warranted a number higher up
  
  
• Carruthers wearing 44. What's that about?

Sub 'keepers are traditionally 13, Jake Wright has no particular attachment to that number.
Carruthers wanted 44 because of his Mum's birthday (assuming it's April 4, can't remember from memory)

 

[Balham]

Sub 'keepers are traditionally 13, Jake Wright has no particular attachment to that number.
Carruthers wanted 44 because of his Mum's birthday (assuming it's April 4, can't remember from memory)

Sweeping generalisation there Danny...different countries have different sub keeper numbers. Wright probably chose 13 because he fancied something different.

Germany: 12 (makes better sense to me: 12-22 should mirror 1-11)
UK, Spain: 13
France: 16
Italy: no traditional numbers
Netherlands: 12, 16 or 22

Good insight on Carruthers though!

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Beast of a number 9. Reckon he's gonna have a fine season.

 

[mancunianblade]

Wonder what the deal was with Clarke taking 9 from Lavs.....can't see Caolan wanting to give it up....seniority thing or maybe a bet....who finished last season as highest scorer gets the 9 shirt....could explain Leon's form towards the end of the campaign!

If we are honest Clarke is a No9 and Alavert really isn't one so I'm happy with the switch.

 

[Ginger Gnome]

So as expected they're exactly what they've been wearing since they came back for training, same as happened last year, even though people kept saying that training numbers mean nothing.

Brayford and Done will get numbers if they're ever involved in a matchday squad, which might not take long depending on how seriously we take the League Cup. Last season we announced the first team numbers at the start of August, but by the time the first game arrived less than a week later, Kieran Wallace was already added as 17, which he'd been wearing in pre-season. Others like Eastwood and Brooks just got their current numbers tagged on the end later when they actually featured in a first-team squad.

 

[Newbury Blade]

Does it matter what number players are?

Yes.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Numbers mean bollocks now. The days of 2=right back, 3=left back, 5=centre half are finished. The number merely identifies the player and has no other relevance.

 

[shorehamview]

Numbers mean bollocks now. The days of 2=right back, 3=left back, 5=centre half are finished. The number merely identifies the player and has no other relevance.

When I watch a game of football I always check to see how many of the players on the pitch are numbered 1-11. I find it strange that first choice players are happy to have numbers outside that range, for example John Terry being 26 throughout his Chelsea career.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Yes.

Why?

 

[itsinyerblood]

Numbers mean bollocks now. The days of 2=right back, 3=left back, 5=centre half are finished. The number merely identifies the player and has no other relevance.

It all went wrong with the introduction of rainbow coloured boots! What the fuck was wrong with a pair of good old black leather boots?

 

[10-0 win]

They old numbering 1-11 goes back to the days of 2-3-5 line ups in the 20's and 30's.

1

2 – 3

4 – 5 – 6

7 -8 -9 -10 -11

this is history,

as we played last year it should be
1
2-3-4
5-6-7-8-9
10-11
if it wasn't for the old line ups beeing frozen in time, and certain numbers beeing iconic, like a no. 5 and a no. 9, and the classic rightwinger at no. 7.

 

[Punk Blade]

They old numbering 1-11 goes back to the days of 2-3-5 line ups in the 20's and 30's.

1

2 – 3

4 – 5 – 6

7 -8 -9 -10 -11

this is history,

as we played last year it should be
1
2-3-4
5-6-7-8-9
10-11
if it wasn't for the old line ups beeing frozen in time, and certain numbers beeing iconic, like a no. 5 and a no. 9, and the classic rightwinger at no. 7.

Imagine Lafferty wearing #9!

The Wikipedia article on squad numbers shows some insight into numbering used by other nations, particularly Brazil and Argentina, which shows how players would bring the preferred number for their position with them when they moved to Europe. I recall Javier Zanetti wearing #4 at right back for Inter for many years.

 

[stringer]

Sweeping generalisation there Danny...different countries have different sub keeper numbers. Wright probably chose 13 because he fancied something different.

Germany: 12 (makes better sense to me: 12-22 should mirror 1-11)
UK, Spain: 13
France: 16
Italy: no traditional numbers
Netherlands: 12, 16 or 22

Good insight on Carruthers though!

And what county do we play in?