Retire the number 2 shirt.

[Zero dark thirty]

I might get some pelters here but here goes. I hope the club retire his shirt number in honour of a good pro and a brilliant lad by all accounts

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I don't agree with retiring the shirt.

It's a better tribute to him to let it remain so future Blades can wear the same number 2 that Baldock wore.

 

[Zero dark thirty]

I don't agree with retiring the shirt.

It's a better tribute to him to let it remain so future Blades can wear the same number 2 that Baldock wore.

No problem mate was just something I thought off..

 

[Demblayards]

We can’t actually retire it till the end of the season cause of Alfie Gilchrist

 

[William Carey]

I think maybe if he wore a random squad number like 45 for example then I would say yes. But with it being number 2 which is the natural number for a right back I think we shouldn’t. Still, he’s been fantastic for us and if the club did retire the number 2 shirt then I would fully understand why and would support it.

 

[Gavlar]

I hear the sentiment, but would rather not do that due to the reasons already given above.

It's hard to work out what a decent tribute could be to GB but hopefully someone will come up with one.

 

[ThatJa]

George Baldock fan park.

 

[CambridgeBlade]

I hear the sentiment, but would rather not do that due to the reasons already given above.

It's hard to work out what a decent tribute could be to GB but hopefully someone will come up with one.

A sea of Greece flags in his honor in the away end next Friday would be good start before something bigger

 

[Bladey_blade]

Would be nice to see some form of tribute on the shirt if we could, like the 2 in a heart the Lakers had after Kobe and Gianna Bryants death to recognise a legend. Maybe even a permanent fixture on the number two shirt

 

[Berkshire Blade]

We didn't with Maddy and she was still at the club when she died and so it would be pretty disrespectful to do it now even if the men's side is far more watched and focused on.

 

[FinchleyBlade]

If he wore the no.32 shirt or something I would agree, but you can't retire no.2. Put up a permanent memorial for him in or outside of the ground instead.

 

[Jak]

Tribute from the fans could be instead of singing GCB song at kick-off against stoke. Sing the star man song instead

 

[PokerBlade]

I appreciate the sentiment but retiring shirts isn't something that feels right to me and isn't really a thing in football the way it has been in other sports. To me you pass the shirt on and have the next crop of players honour those who came before. Everyone who pulls on the number 2 (or any other number) should know the standards in attitude and dedication set for them by those who came before. Baldock is a part of that heritage.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Tribute from the fans could be instead of singing GCB song at kick-off against stoke. Sing the star man song instead

Greecey Chip Buttie

 

[BerksBlade]

As brilliant as George was, you can't go down that road. We would have no numbers left for one thing.

 

[Ginger Gnome]

We shouldn't permanantly retire it but if we were allowed, I'd change Gilchrist's number to 5 for the rest of the season so George can have 2 as a symbolic gesture on the programmes.

 

[jono_t2000]

I don't agree with retiring the shirt but maybe a giant sized number 2 Baldock shirt hanging from the rafters.

I would like a bi-annual friendly played with Panathinaikos "The George Baldock Memorial" (with a portion of gate receipts possibly going to his fiancee and son)

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Retiring shirt numbers, especially one as prominent as 2, is not the right way to go

 

[DronnieBlade]

No.

 

[CrookesBlade]

Let’s not start making demands of the club. Trust the people at the club who knew him personally to organise a fitting tribute.

 

[Half Bond Jls]

We can’t actually retire it till the end of the season cause of Alfie Gilchrist

Imagine trying to pinch Alfies shirt . He looks a reyt psychopath

 

[Constantly Optimistic...]

I just hope the team play fully in his honour next Friday and beat the pants off the Weeds. That'll do for me, with the away support singing his name all match. Furious was a true blade hero. Massively underrated by many. He kept Mbappe, Grealish and many others in his pocket. Probably only KW better at RB than him for the Blades in recent times.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

An alternate tribute might be for the club to hang a giant red and white striped flag from a stand with BALDOCK 2 printed on it, as a permanent fixture inside the ground.

A bit like what they do when they retire jerseys in the NHL.

It wouldn't be retiring the shirt, but a fitting permanent tribute.

 

[dexter101]

I appreciate the sentiment but retiring shirts isn't something that feels right to me and isn't really a thing in football the way it has been in other sports. To me you pass the shirt on and have the next crop of players honour those who came before. Everyone who pulls on the number 2 (or any other number) should know the standards in attitude and dedication set for them by those who came before. Baldock is a part of that heritage.

I agree with you, although when you also put it like that it currently feels like no one would ever live up to the dedication and standards that George has set.

But yes, I think he would want to watch and see future blades doing his number proud. He never put himself above the club.

 

[CambridgeBlade]

Or a giant flag of starman on the side wall of the kop where the billy sharp scores goals flag was. (Bring that back too while theyre at it)

 

[Sheffsteel]

An alternate tribute might be for the club to hang a giant red and white striped flag from a stand with BALDOCK 2 printed on it, as a permanent fixture inside the ground.

A bit like what they do when they retire jerseys in the NHL.

It wouldn't be retiring the shirt, but a fitting permanent tribute.

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Great idea.

Don't think retiring a number 2 shirt is that big a tribute.

The best tribute is to either use his name for something permanent so it's regularly mentioned, like the George Baldock fan park
or have a big flag at the back of the Kop. It could be the start of something like in your pic
where extra special ex players are honoured by having there flag with their number and picture at the back of the Kop.

I'm surprised there isn't more large flags on match day.....remember the Billy Sharp flag that was down the side of the Kop
makes me wonder if there are restrictions due to safety.

Regards Baldock he was the nearest player to Billy Sharp regards his passion for the club and the badge.
Those 2 could have poor games but they never received any stick because they always gave 100% and when we lost hurt as much as us fans.

 

[Mansfield_Blade]

My view is that the numbers from 1-11 should never be retired, but these numbers should only be given out when a player has earned it For example the number ten shirt, Billy Sharp wore the number 10 shirt, not because he was a number 10, he was obviously a 9, but because of the heritage, this was the number of Brian Deane and Tony Currie, he chose the number 10, I don't want to see, for example, a loan player given the No.2 because this was the first free number, I would prefer that all new players have a number higher than 11, and when they have earned the right, they are given a number between 1 to 11

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

My view is that the numbers from 1-11 should never be retired, but these numbers should only be given out when a player has earned it For example the number ten shirt, Billy Sharp wore the number 10 shirt, not because he was a number 10, he was obviously a 9, but because of the heritage, this was the number of Brian Deane and Tony Currie, he chose the number 10, I don't want to see, for example, a loan player given the No.2 because this was the first free number, I would prefer that all new players have a number higher than 11, and when they have earned the right, they are given a number between 1 to 11

If all new players were given a number higher than 11 then Sharp wouldn't have been number 10 and Baldock wouldn't have been number 2.

 

[crazyblade1889]

My view is that the numbers from 1-11 should never be retired, but these numbers should only be given out when a player has earned it For example the number ten shirt, Billy Sharp wore the number 10 shirt, not because he was a number 10, he was obviously a 9, but because of the heritage, this was the number of Brian Deane and Tony Currie, he chose the number 10, I don't want to see, for example, a loan player given the No.2 because this was the first free number, I would prefer that all new players have a number higher than 11, and when they have earned the right, they are given a number between 1 to 11

This makes a lot of sense. I like that Arblaster has got 4 this season and taken the number over from Fleck. It feels symbolic somehow. I think if he had worn it sooner it might have felt a bit premature. Similarly how Ndiaye was going to have 10. I think certainly numbers need to be earned.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

This makes a lot of sense. I like that Arblaster has got 4 this season and taken the number over from Fleck. It feels symbolic somehow. I think if he had worn it sooner it might have felt a bit premature. Similarly how Ndiaye was going to have 10. I think certainly numbers need to be earned.

It makes no sense.

If we applied this rule then the only players we'd have this season with numbers 1-11 would be Arblaster (4), Brewster (7) and Hamer (8).

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 would be vacant.