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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 10, 2021 18:22:49 GMT -5
Talking about weird squad numbers I vaguely remember watching Ossie Ardiles wearing #1 for Argentina. Turns out it was because they would go alphabetically by surname. What was worse was exceptions were usually made for certain players, so you'd have a squad where everybody's number was allocated in alphabetical order and then there'd be one or two players who weren't. Maradona, for example. Then there was the Scottish squad at Euro '92, where it seems numbers were drawn out of a hat. Midfielder Paul McStay wearing 3, strikers Ally McCoist and Brian McClair wearing 5 and 6, defenders David McPherson and Stewart McKimmie wearing 8 and 9... turns out squad numbers were partially allocated based on the number of caps each player had. Daft system.
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Post by eJm on Aug 11, 2021 4:13:25 GMT -5
This seriously feels like a Tweet from Earth 2 or something. This whole thing gets weirder now it’s just up front like this. Also, the press conference is happening as we speak.
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Post by The Lach is very tired on Aug 11, 2021 4:56:57 GMT -5
I'm very fussy about numbers and showing my age. To me 1, 13, and 30 are goalkeeper numbers. 2 and 3 are right and left full backs, 4 is a defensive midfield number and 6 is a centre back. And don't even get me started about players wearing 9 and not playing as strikers. Not crazy about first-team regulars wearing numbers in the 40s and above beyond their first season, either. As a Liverpool fan TAA still wearing 66 keeps me awake at night.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 11, 2021 10:51:30 GMT -5
I'm very fussy about numbers and showing my age. To me 1, 13, and 30 are goalkeeper numbers. 2 and 3 are right and left full backs, 4 is a defensive midfield number and 6 is a centre back. And don't even get me started about players wearing 9 and not playing as strikers. Not crazy about first-team regulars wearing numbers in the 40s and above beyond their first season, either. As a Liverpool fan TAA still wearing 66 keeps me awake at night. That was one of the ones I was thinking about. Especially since 2 has been vacant for over a year. Apparently he wants to normalise the wearing of high numbers to take pressure off other young players or some such bollocks. Foden at City and Rice at West Ham are two more.
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Post by Fundertaker on Aug 11, 2021 10:55:52 GMT -5
At one time the goalkeepers at FC Porto were numbers 1 (Hilário), 44 (Pedro Espinha), 55 (Sergei Ovchinnikov) and 99 (Vitor Baia). And all of those were at their peak or were veterans at the time.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 12, 2021 6:13:59 GMT -5
Numbers should be 1-11
1 for the GK, 2 and 3 for CBs, 4 and 5 for FBs, 6 for DMs, 7 and 8 for SMs, 11 for AMs, and 9 and 10 for FWs
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Aug 12, 2021 14:53:31 GMT -5
wonderful applause for st johnstone, as they head into the conference playoff beaten FOUR TWO in the second leg at home against galatasaray, and 3-5 aggregate
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Aug 12, 2021 15:56:36 GMT -5
bad night for the brits in europe ...
CELTIC (europa league), SHAMROCK ROVERS and ABERDEEN (europa conference) are the only ones through
heartbreak for THE NEW SAINTS who lost to victoria plzen on penalties, after being THREE goals up!
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Post by eJm on Aug 12, 2021 18:20:39 GMT -5
As of right now, Lukaku is a Chelsea player again.
And Inter are either saved from debt or about to spend that money ridiculously unwisely. No in between with them.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 13, 2021 9:40:32 GMT -5
I'm very fussy about numbers and showing my age. To me 1, 13, and 30 are goalkeeper numbers. 2 and 3 are right and left full backs, 4 is a defensive midfield number and 6 is a centre back. And don't even get me started about players wearing 9 and not playing as strikers. Not crazy about first-team regulars wearing numbers in the 40s and above beyond their first season, either. 1 and 13 I obviously knew about (as well as 22 being the old third goalie number in the old 22 man squad days) but I genuinely didn’t know about 30 being associated with goalies. The very first football video game I ever played, World Cup 98 on the PS1, I’d end up arranging all the teams in numerical order. I didn’t know who anyone was, how was I supposed to know I was playing a defender up front just because they happened to wear #9? Not my issue, I had an OCD thing to do.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 13, 2021 16:01:02 GMT -5
New season, same old Arsenal.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Aug 13, 2021 16:58:09 GMT -5
Numbers should be 1-11 1 for the GK, 2 and 3 for CBs, 4 and 5 for FBs, 6 for DMs, 7 and 8 for SMs, 11 for AMs, and 9 and 10 for FWs I agree with the premise but disagree with the allocation. It should always be: 1 GK 2 RB 3 LB 4 DM 5 CB 6 CB 7 RM 8 AM 9 ST 10 ST 11 LM
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 13, 2021 17:01:43 GMT -5
I agree with the premise but disagree with the allocation. It should always be: 1 GK 2 RB 3 LB 4 DM 5 CB 6 CB 7 RM 8 AM 9 ST 10 ST 11 LM A man after my own heart.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 13, 2021 17:08:39 GMT -5
Brentford top of the Premier League.
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Post by 4real on Aug 14, 2021 3:35:00 GMT -5
Decided not to pay for Sky Sports this season and last nights result hasn’t changed that. Only Man City and Chelsea next so Arsenal are just fine!
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Aug 14, 2021 6:28:59 GMT -5
THE classic rivalry of the Premier League goes back in front of a crowd for the first time in 19 years, as Leeds face Manchester United in today's early start.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 14, 2021 11:09:18 GMT -5
THE classic rivalry of the Premier League goes back in front of a crowd for the first time in 19 years, as Leeds face Manchester United in today's early start. Having just woken up from my night shift I can see why you didn't follow up on this post. Bloody hell.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Aug 14, 2021 12:16:34 GMT -5
THE classic rivalry of the Premier League goes back in front of a crowd for the first time in 19 years, as Leeds face Manchester United in today's early start. Having just woken up from my night shift I can see why you didn't follow up on this post. Bloody hell. Yeah... was to be expected really. Phillips was still burnt out from carrying England to the Euros, Alioski swanned off to try and get in I Will Literally Never Let This Go FC, and half our team is still the same from the Championship, against a team that could easily tip half a billion on the transfer market. We were NOT in a position to be winning that match. At least Ayling got the first entrant into the Goal of the Season conversation though.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 14, 2021 12:57:43 GMT -5
Having just woken up from my night shift I can see why you didn't follow up on this post. Bloody hell. Yeah... was to be expected really. Phillips was still burnt out from carrying England to the Euros, Alioski swanned off to try and get in I Will Literally Never Let This Go FC, and half our team is still the same from the Championship, against a team that could easily tip half a billion on the transfer market. We were NOT in a position to be winning that match. I didn't expect an easy win for us, but three of our goals were essentially carbon copies of each other, slotting passes between the gap between your FBs and CBs. Bielsa definitely needs to get that ironed out. That was a peach. One of those strikes where you knew it would hit the back of the net from the moment it left his foot.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Aug 14, 2021 14:03:43 GMT -5
Oh and seeing as we were talking about weirdly placed player numbers the other day, here's the time David James got moved up front in a little bit of confusion tactics:
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