Squad Numbers Confirmed

[Stanley]

If you look at Hughes team for the first game of last season and the team he put out in his last game - barring a couple they are all still at the club - aside from Remy Harry has hardly changed the first team at all - so much for all his big talk after the Liverpool game and early in the summer about making changes - lots of bit part players have gone - but the first team is the same old faces that played over and over last year and won just 4 games.

Zeb, do you think it's that easy shifting players on long contracts and big salaries? It's what they've been trying to do since the end of the season, but unfortunately you can't just undo all the damage Hughes, Rigg and Joorabchian did overnight. We could be lumbered with a few of these a while longer yet.

[maverick69]

Incorrect. They load themselves up with food when the sun goes down and then go to bed, not burning off the massive calories intake. They then usually get up again when the suns still down and eat more to see them throughout the day while the suns out (as far as I am aware?).

I know. It was a tongue in cheek comment.

Lots of binge eating plus broken sleep and not a lot of exercise is never gonna be a good thing!

[zeberdee]

1. Robert GREEN
2. Danny SIMPSON
3. Armand TRAORE
4. Shaun DERRY
5. Richard DUNNE
6. Clint HILL
7. Ji-Sung PARK
8. Andy JOHNSON
10. Adel TAARABT
11. Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS
12. Jamie MACKIE
13. Yun SUK-YOUNG
14. Esteban GRANERO
15. Nedum ONUOHA
16. Jermaine JENAS
17. Joey BARTON
18. Loic REMY
19. Jose BOSINGWA
20. Karl HENRY
21. Luke YOUNG
22. Hogan EPHRAIM
23. Junior HOILETT
24. Samba DIAKITE
25. Bobby ZAMORA
26. Brian MURPHY
27. Michael HARRIMAN
28. Max EHMER
30. Frankie SUTHERLAND
31. Ray JONES (shirt retired)
32. Alejandro FAURLIN
33. Julio CESAR
35. Anton FERDINAND
40. Stephane MBIA

If you look at Hughes team for the first game of last season and the team he put out in his last game - barring a couple they are all still at the club - aside from Remy Harry has hardly changed the first team at all - so much for all his big talk after the Liverpool game and early in the summer about making changes - lots of bit part players have gone - but the first team is the same old faces that played over and over last year and won just 4 games.

[klonk]

Even if we really really want him gone we should not show everyone that we want him gone at all costs. It will limit the negotiations in a bad way like when we booed him.

this... plus given how we seem to like changing managers every five minutes, it could be that if arry goes and someone else comes in, they may fancy a player who arry has frozen out. in any case, makes no real sense to not give a squad number (i'm surprised none of the players who weren't given a number last season attempted to sue the club for constructive dismissal).

[Norths]

Mbia given no.40. Is that to force him out, seems weird.

That was his number last season

[Dazzer1977]

Well. He's fasting at the moment..... So at least he wont have too many pounds on him.

Incorrect. They load themselves up with food when the sun goes down and then go to bed, not burning off the massive calories intake. They then usually get up again when the suns still down and eat more to see them throughout the day while the suns out (as far as I am aware?).

[madara]

Why bother giving the likes of Bosingwa a squad number?

Even if we really really want him gone we should not show everyone that we want him gone at all costs. It will limit the negotiations in a bad way like when we booed him.

[stainrod10]

Why bother giving the likes of Bosingwa a squad number?

[mork]

Mbia given no.40. Is that to force him out, seems weird.

[MYU]

We have so many to get rid of... how many of those will actually be gone?

[Stanley]

32 players - that is some squad - a few have to go - starting with bosingwa, Barton and Ferdinand

Agree, its very bloated. There's 3 teams in there!

[Ginger Ninja]

Whose number 88??

thats a good point, hooper usually wears 88.

would it be greedy to suggest austin is our number 9?

[Felt]

Well. He's fasting at the moment..... So at least he wont have too many pounds on him.

I wouldn't be so sure: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/worl...-of-ramad.html

[MYU]

I know squad numbers mean naff all, but interesting to see Tarbs still given the 10 shirt after we made a big deal of what it meant to give it to him. He has a future here after all?

Exactly... why give players that are going to leave a number?

Especially from 1 to 11?

[suttonranger]

Whose number 88??