#14: A total farce

[ItsAllGoodes]

I agree its time to pass on the jumper
But there is no comparison between the No 14 and the No 4.

Plugger was a great player...but he was a great player at two clubs

Kelly and Skilts were champions at our club, long serving captains of our club, multiple B&Fs, brownlow winners, etc. and played at our club only.

If someone offered me No 4 or No 14...which one would I be most honored by? No question...14!!!

I would like to see it as the captains jumper

[timthefish]

Originally posted by albrotha
the wearing of premeriership winning Jason Ball's jumper #27 in season 2006 should be carefully selected. Also "captain" Stuart Maxfield's #11 is likely to be a prime target for any new player .

no, just give them to young players and be done with it. the significance of the number is completely irrelevent compared to the significance of the player that wears it.

[timthefish]

Originally posted by ItsAllGoodes

I would like to see it as the captains jumper

that i could go with actually. as long as we avoid the dreadful sentimentality and rhetoric of selecting a "worthy" player for that or any other number of a former great player.

[Plugger46]

Originally posted by albrotha
In looking at who should and who should not receive coveted jumpers of "champion" players the wearing of premeriership winning Jason Ball's jumper #27 in season 2006 should be carefully selected. Also "captain" Stuart Maxfield's #11 is likely to be a prime target for any new player .

Oh rubbish. Jason Ball's #27? Not a bad player, but don't get too carried away. He's not a retiring champion or anything.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by Plugger46
Oh rubbish. Jason Ball's #27? Not a bad player, but don't get too carried away. He's not a retiring champion or anything.

Lots of guys win two Premierships in two different clubs.

[OldE]

Give 27 to Earl Shaw. Keep it with the ruckmen.

[ScottH]

Originally posted by albrotha
Monty would be a worthy recipient of Kell's #14 but he may want to keep his premiership winning #.

At the start of every season numbers need to be re-allocated otherwise we would be up to the thousands which would look pretty silly.
In looking at who should and who should not receive coveted jumpers of "champion" players the wearing of premeriership winning Jason Ball's jumper #27 in season 2006 should be carefully selected. Also "captain" Stuart Maxfield's #11 is likely to be a prime target for any new player .

Is that why they gave 8 to Spriggs?

[hammo]

Give #14 to one of the guys we draft this year and let him make his own name in the jumper.

One Swans jumper should not have any higher value placed on it than the others.

[ScottH]

Originally posted by hammo
Give #14 to one of the guys we draft this year and let him make his own name in the jumper.

One Swans jumper should not have any higher value placed on it than the others.

I agree, It's only a number.

[desredandwhite]

I think the number has spent long enough on the sidelines and should be out there on the paddock. Give it to a kid and see if he can make a name for himself in it.

Kel and Skilts are legends of the club of course, but if you retire the jumper, you start falling into the trap of believing that a player is greater than the team. Neither of them were legends when they first started wearing the number, so let someone else have a go. Some will be duds and some might actually turn out pretty good!

[ItsAllGoodes]

Has anyone ever heard anything from the players themselves as to whether "its only a number"?

I wouldnt mind hearing from some of them as to what players think....I would think that it has to be more than just a number, but thats my opinion, not something I know for a fact

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by ItsAllGoodes
Has anyone ever heard anything from the players themselves as to whether "its only a number"?

I wouldnt mind hearing from some of them as to what players think....I would think that it has to be more than just a number, but thats my opinion, not something I know for a fact

IMHO, I think they would be more concerned about the jumper than the number.

[ScottH]

Collingwood retired 42 after Millane's death, and recently decided to keep it retired, so it will always be remembered as 42, Drink Drive, Bloody Idiot.

[Charlie]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Lots of guys win two Premierships in two different clubs.

Not really. There's only been about 20.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by Charlie
Not really. There's only been about 20.

This is why the rolleyes emoticon needs to be back in action.