The Numbers Game

[ItsAllGoodes]

New numbers have been allocated - 11 and 14 are in moth balls:

http://sydneyswans.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=241130

9. Nick Malceski (was 40) (ex-Fixter)
18. Andrew Ericksen (was 41) (ex Heath James)
22. Matthew Laidlaw (ex-Saddo)
23. Paul Chambers (ex-Nicks)
25. Ted Richards (ex Schaubs)
27. Kristin Thornton (ex-Ball)
29. Jonathan Simpkin
34. Ryan Brabazon
35. James Wall
40. Paul Currie
41. Ed Barlow
46. Sam Rowe
47. Simon Phillips
48. Kieran Jack
49. Adam Prior

[ROK Lobster]

Re: The Numbers Game

Originally posted by ItsAllGoodes
25. Ted Richards (ex Schaubs)

Should been rested.

[stellation]

Re: Re: The Numbers Game

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
Should been rested.

I believe Roos took care of that last year

[ScottH]

Re: The Numbers Game

Originally posted by ItsAllGoodes
23. Paul Chambers (ex-Nicks)

Pity Matera retired, Would have been an interesting match up.

Originally posted by ItsAllGoodes
48. Kieran Jack

Can't wait for Commetti to say "he's got the Jack", after being tackled.

[Charlie]

Re: The Numbers Game

Originally posted by ItsAllGoodes
New numbers have been allocated - 11 and 14 are in moth balls:

http://sydneyswans.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=241130

9. Nick Malceski (was 40) (ex-Fixter)
18. Andrew Ericksen (was 41) (ex Heath James)
22. Matthew Laidlaw (ex-Saddo)
23. Paul Chambers (ex-Nicks)
25. Ted Richards (ex Schaubs)
27. Kristin Thornton (ex-Ball)
29. Jonathan Simpkin
34. Ryan Brabazon
35. James Wall
40. Paul Currie
41. Ed Barlow
46. Sam Rowe
47. Simon Phillips
48. Kieran Jack
49. Adam Prior

Malceski got the right number. I thought 18 was a better fit for Richards, and give Erickson 27. Disappointing that Vogels didn't get bumped up, I had hoped he would get 22. 23 for Chambers is good. I had thought Grundy was a chance at 25.

Surprising that they put Simpkin ahead of Brabazon, too. Hopefully Brabazon actually gets a game - it's 98 games since Luffy last wore 34 in an AFL match.

It's also disappointing that Buchanan didn't get 14.

[j s]

Interesting that a few of the youngsters stuck with their rookie numbers....

42. Paul Bevan
43. Stefan Garrubba
44. Matthew Davis
45. Earl Shaw

I can understand Bevan hanging on to his PREMIERSHIP number but the others are unlikely to have any particular attachment to a high number.

[Edit: Checked the list more closely - some new rookies were given low numbers so there are no free numbers under 40 - apart from 11 & 14.]

[Sanecow]

I heard that 14 has OP and is unlikely to play again.

[Lucky Knickers]

Originally posted by Sanecow
I heard that 14 has OP and is unlikely to play again.

LOL.

Don't some players say I'd like "25" if it's available?

Is the guernsey nbr really related to the opinion of the club about that player? Does the number position indicate the players importance?

I don't know much about how they allocate these and the significance of it. Can someone explain?

[hammo]

I presume current players had first crack at lower numbers but none (apart from Malceski) were interested.

I would like to know whether 14 is officially in retirement or whether no-one is willing to take it on.

[Northern_Swan]

I would have hung up 18- I think it's jinxed

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
Don't some players say I'd like "25" if it's available?

#25 and #27 could perhaps have gone to a ruckman, but they gave #18 to Ericksen and Earl stayed with #45.

[Tuesday]

Re: Re: The Numbers Game

Originally posted by Charlie
Disappointing that Vogels didn't get bumped up, I had hoped he would get 22.

How on earth is that disappointing? He probably didn't want it. I see nothing wrong with the 38. Why would he want the 22?

[stellation]

Re: Re: Re: The Numbers Game

Originally posted by Tuesday
How on earth is that disappointing? He probably didn't want it. I see nothing wrong with the 38. Why would he want the 22?

I agree. I quite like 38 on Vogels.

[SimonH]

Bodes very well for Malceski's chances of selection. When was the last time a # in the top 10 struggled to get a game?

Well, alright, there's the guy who last had #9. And there's McVeigh. And Spriggs. And when on earth did Willoughby get #7 without me noticing? But y'know, on average...

Actually, looking at the list, mid-20s to early-30s appears to now have one of the highest proportions of automatic selections, in JBolt, Dempster, Crouch, LRT, Kirk and Bucky. Super Ted, Thornton and Simpkin could be on a good thing by slipping into #s 25, 27 and 29.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
LOL.

Don't some players say I'd like "25" if it's available?

Is the guernsey nbr really related to the opinion of the club about that player? Does the number position indicate the players importance?

I don't know much about how they allocate these and the significance of it. Can someone explain?

There's no significance to the allocation of numbers. It doesn't mean a thing, unless your dad or uncla maybe played wearing a certain number. but I guess this thread helps fill in the no football season.