It's also from an era when subs weren't allowed [unless there was a bad injury] and also names weren't on shirts. You were given the shirt number of the position you played so for example if you were 9 and out injured, a sub played in 'your' shirt, you got it back when you returned to the team. So nowadays with all the injuries and squad rotations and players playing out of position, and named shirts, it just wouldn't work.
Which is how it tends to work with youth players but you usually want to please potential signings rather than piss them off
which is a perfract example of the lunatics out there who'd need saving from themselves.
My view is NEW players should be made wear a high number for a year and earn thier 1-11 shirt.
Start messi off on no 44 and then move him to no 7 after a year if he meets our needs.[/QUOTE]
Every new signing has to prove their worth to the club
Because he is not sure if he would be a tiger next season.
I think with some of them it must be written into the contract. Would Torres have gone to Chelsea if the 9 wasn't available??
Yes, because Gerrard encouraged him to go. !
He'd not get enough games at either club. He should go somewhere he'll be a starter every week, but I think he's had his head turned and he's about to do a "Sinclair" and sign somewhere that's a step too far for him at this point in his career and he'll end up an underused sub and rot, until he ends up going out on loan.
In their side he'd surely only get the chance to play as the lone striker though? As they've got a number of options @ No.10.
He's a left back silly boy.
Yeah wish we had a [HASHTAG]#legend[/HASHTAG] like Oviedo
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