Going back to our 2-0 victory over Swansea we can really see how the team has changed over a short period of time. The team that played all had relatively low squad numbers: 01 Duke 02 Zayatte 03 Dawson 06 Gardner 04 Ashbee 11 Kilbane 12 Bostock 14 Cairney 19 Atkinson 24 Solano 07 Garcia Subs: 13 Oxley 05 McShane 15 Olofinjana 18 Barmby 20 Devitt 21 Cullen 23 Cousin Injured? 08 Harper, 09 Folan, 10 ***an. Just prioritising numbers 1-11 hence no Bullard etc. Then compare it to the team that started against Ipswich: 34 Guzan 03 Dawson 16 Chester 25 Gerrard 30 Rosenior 22 Koren 28 Corry Evans 32 Stewart 37 Belaid 12 Fryatt 33 Mclean Only Dawson has a shirt number less than 11, this shows how much the team has evolved. I read on the BBC website that NP has used the most players out of any manager in the Championship. My question being, at the start of next season which numbers (1-11) would you like to see allocated to the players? (It doesn't have to be a full starting line up.) 01 - Mannone/Guzan (assuming we get one in the summer) 02 - Rosenior 03 - Dawson 04 - Hobbs/Cooper 05 - Gerrard/Mcshane (if we sign Gerrard, I think itll be him or Hobbs) 06 - Chester 07 - Stewart 08 - Harper 09 - Mclean 10 - Fryatt 11 - Koren
I think we'd have to see which players come in in the summer. Of the ones we have now I'd like to see 1. Mannone. 2.Rosy. 3.Dawson. 5.Gerrard. 6.Chester. 7.Koren. 4.Devitt. 11.Stewart. 9.Mclean. 10.Fryatt. 8.Barmby
Youve gotta give Fryatt number 9, then again I cant justify my decision apart from hes my favourite striker. How was Fryatt against Ipswich, any1 know? Havent heard his name mentioned that much recently.
Never really got enough service from midfield, so of course going to struggle but he'll have better days.
Yea lets hope so, Harpers back in training isnt he but im still not too sure about him. Why dont they think of switching Koren to CM during the game with Evans, then again Evans tracks back a little more but cant see it harmpering the game too much during play.
1 Mannone 2 Rosenior 3 Dawson 4 Evans (if he stays) 5 Gerrard (Assuming he stays and McShane leaves) 6 Chester (Assuming Gardner leaves) 7 Koren 8 will still be Harper 9 McLean 10 Fryatt 11 Stewart On top of that Belaid, Bullard (if he stays) and Guzan (if he stays) will probably deserve lower numbers than present. So to conclude we have absolutely no idea until we have an indication to whose loans will be made permanent.
Your forgetting olofinjana and mcshane who could also stay and would need numbers And gerrard will only stay if cardiff dont get promoted methinks.
Olofinjana currently has shirt 15 and I only went up to 11. I haven't forgotten McShane at all. I put on the number 5 shirt that it could only be Gerrard's if McShane leaves and Gerrard signs on a permanent. Silly.
You also said bullard should get a lower shirt number, I was only throwing in Olofinjanas name as a suggestion for a lower shirt number. Number 8 maybe?
