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[andyram]

Interesting to see what numbers the players have been given for the new season,i'm sure Tom will be putting on all the information later,but what do people think about seeing Austin at 21,Akaidere at 2,Jy-Mel at 7,Spaven at 23,then Makali Aizue at number 32! Would be interesting to see if Glenn thinks the squad numbers are important or just numbers.

[grumpyoldram]

Interesting to see what numbers the players have been given for the new season,i'm sure Tom will be putting on all the information later,but what do people think about seeing Austin at 21,Akaidere at 2,Jy-Mel at 7,Spaven at 23,then Makali Aizue at number 32! Would be interesting to see if Glenn thinks the squad numbers are important or just numbers.

I'm surpirised GM sees hales as a centre - thought he was a back rower who could play centre at a pinch.

[Rammo23]

Have these numbers been given out to the players or have they been picked by the players themselves does anybody know ?.

[Blind side johnny]

The link to the allocation of squad numbers gives a fairly comprehensive explanation behind them, if you would care to read it.

My main concern is the youthfulness of our half-back partnership and front row - it's going to be a steep learning curve for some of these lads and I do hope they're up to it.

In GM we trust.

Edited by Blind side johnny, 14 December 2012 - 08:31 PM.

[Crown Flatter]

Makes me wonder if those players with the higher numbers are the ''also-rans'' and will be drafted into the squad only when necessary. If GM sees them as merely numbers, then what's the point? Number 21 as a winger and 23 for a scrum half/hooker is ridiculous, but then so is the whole squad number system.

So James Craven gets the no.1 shirt as he was the first player signed for the coming season (and not that it is the number for a full back) and Spaven gets 23 in memory of some former football player! If Aizue is 42 then give him that number instead of trying to take ten years off his age (although I understand he is really 35).

It's all so unnecessary.

[Wakefield Ram]

The squad numbers are just that - numbers. No one is going to get picked because they have a particular number.

[dogga]

i see tebby gets 14 is that his height

[Ackroman]

i see tebby gets 14 is that his height

Don't know unless you use units.

[Crown Flatter]

The squad numbers are just that - numbers. No one is going to get picked because they have a particular number.

If that's the case, I will ask the question again - what's the point of them? The numbers should be used to indicate position, not someone's ideal age or the first to be signed.

[Blind side johnny]

If that's the case, I will ask the question again - what's the point of them? The numbers should be used to indicate position, not someone's ideal age or the first to be signed.

I think it has all been explained previously CF that it is to do with the cut and fit of modern shirts, which are bespoke for each individual player. One right wingman may be quite a different size to another for example so it could be unreasonable to expect the same shirt to fit both.

[Crown Flatter]

I know it's been explained, but I will never agree with it.

[Griff]

Squad numbers are here to stay. There's no going back this time, We only changed last year because of promised financial savings that didn't materialise.

[Crown Flatter]

Squad numbers are here to stay. There's no going back this time, We only changed last year because of promised financial savings that didn't materialise.

What promised financial savings were these?
As you seem to be in the know about such things, kindly inform the wider audience - well me, anyway.

[Griff]

What promised financial savings were these?
As you seem to be in the know about such things, kindly inform the wider audience - well me, anyway.

The "fact" that we'd use less jerseys. Which turned out not to be a fact at all.

All this is old ground.

[Blind side johnny]

I know it's been explained, but I will never agree with it.

Oh. Like the scrummaging rules I guess!

[Kelsey The Ram]

To be honest a number is a number.

[Doc M]

To be honest a number is a number.

Or is it. According to Wiki,
A notational symbol that represents a number is called a numeral. In addition to their use in counting and measuring, numerals are often used for labels (telephone numbers), for ordering (serial numbers), and for codes (e.g., ISBNs).
In common use, the word number can mean the abstract object, the symbol, or the word for the number.

[distantdog]

To be honest a number is a number.

Clearly not. You yourself stated in an earlier post that it would be interesting to see what number players were given.

For us older members of the forum, numbers have very specific positional meanings and it has been hard getting used to a prop playing with the number 4 or a winger with the number 16, though in reality it made no difference.

Personally I used to be dead against squad numbers, but am now for them, and understand how they make sense.

[Griff]

8 Dominic Brambani - now there's a number that made no sense.

[Blind side johnny]

Clearly not. You yourself stated in an earlier post that it would be interesting to see what number players were given.

For us older members of the forum, numbers have very specific positional meanings and it has been hard getting used to a prop playing with the number 4 or a winger with the number 16, though in reality it made no difference.

Personally I used to be dead against squad numbers, but am now for them, and understand how they make sense.

I think you're right. After all at one time they didn't necessarily all wear the same shirts (so GOR tells me anyway).