Come in numbers 8, 14, 18 and 23, your time is up (24/6)

Post by **gooner.ed** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:06 am

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Usual thread starterâ€¦ Interesting that Vela is 12, but Merida has not been given a number. I donâ€™t think Fran will get his chance now. Heâ€™ll be played a little with a view to a sale, but his number is up.

If not, surely heâ€™d have been allocated a spot in the same way as Vela.

So much for youtube compilations of dribbling round Spanish schoolkids, eh?

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:56 pm

Merida, Gibbs, Randall, Lansbury, Gavin Hoyte,

Wot no numbers?

Randall looked very good against Sunderland, Gibbs excited pre season.

I am not expecting either to start many games, if any, but would have thought they would be on the bench occasionally.

I think a further set of squad numbers will be released prior to Champions Legaue registration.

AccidentofBirth · Post by **AccidentofBirth** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:09 pm

About Walcott: his number at Southampton was 32, so I think that the lad likes the number. I suppose like Sol with 23, Walcott just wants to wear 32.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:21 pm

i hate the fact Gallas wears 10. i also hate the fact our right back wears 3, and a midfield player wears the number 2.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:24 pm

QuartzGooner wrote:Merida, Gibbs, Randall, Lansbury, Gavin Hoyte,

Wot no numbers?

i thought the same thing, but maybe they will be out on loan alot next season?

Post by **g88ner** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:58 pm

G-Man wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Merida, Gibbs, Randall, Lansbury, Gavin Hoyte,

Wot no numbers?
i thought the same thing, but maybe they will be out on loan alot next season?

Yeah, I see it the same way.... the fact they haven't been allocated a squad number, to me, suggests they'll be loaned out next season.

Loaning out our young players is a natural progression, and a useful half-way house between reserve team and first team football; so, in that repsect, they're just following in the footsteps of Cashley, Bentley, Song, Djourou, Hoyte, etc.

With regards to Merida, this concerns me, as he has already spent time away from the club on loan. To be loaned out again would suggest to me that he might be surplus to requirements...especially if he is loaned out to another Spanish club.

gus ceasar is a legend · Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:35 pm

QuartzGooner wrote:Merida, Gibbs, Randall, Lansbury, Gavin Hoyte,

Wot no numbers?

Randall looked very good against Sunderland, Gibbs excited pre season.

I am not expecting either to start many games, if any, but would have thought they would be on the bench occasionally.

I think a further set of squad numbers will be released prior to Champions Legaue registration.

Randall also could not make the team at BURNLEY!

Cus Geezer · Post by **Cus Geezer** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:53 pm

Number 8 should be given to Eduardo to shake off the curse of the number 9 shirt.

Number 14 should be given to Theo Walcott

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:57 pm

gus ceasar is a legend wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Merida, Gibbs, Randall, Lansbury, Gavin Hoyte,

Wot no numbers?

Randall looked very good against Sunderland, Gibbs excited pre season.

I am not expecting either to start many games, if any, but would have thought they would be on the bench occasionally.

I think a further set of squad numbers will be released prior to Champions Legaue registration.
Randall also could not make the team at BURNLEY!

Yeah but Martin Keown was talking about loans, and how there is jealousy from the players at the Championship clubs who our players get loaned to. So sometimes the managers of those teams end up leaving the loanees on the bench so as to not upset the regular contracted players, and the whole loan becomes a waste of time for us.
Let us see how Randall does this season, I have only seen him play 11 minutes of so of first team football so I cannot say much about him.

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:02 pm

Does anyone think that Number 14 will be left for some time?

I think it will because the wearer would have loads of pressure with it.

Post by **g88ner** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:23 pm

khalid_red wrote:Does anyone think that Number 14 will be left for some time?

I think it will because the wearer would have loads of pressure with it.

Nah, I doubt that comes into it.

Number 6 and 10 were big shirts to fill after Adams and Bergkamp left, but I think we can all agree that Senderos and Gallas have filled them adequately enough

Reports seem to suggest that Nasri (if he ever signs) will take the number 8..so maybe 14 has been reserved for our new holding midfielder....if we ever sign one

26may1989 · Post by **26may1989** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:15 pm

gus ceasar is a legend wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:Merida, Gibbs, Randall, Lansbury, Gavin Hoyte,

Wot no numbers?

Randall looked very good against Sunderland, Gibbs excited pre season.

I am not expecting either to start many games, if any, but would have thought they would be on the bench occasionally.

I think a further set of squad numbers will be released prior to Champions Legaue registration.
Randall also could not make the team at BURNLEY!

Randall looked excellent in the Sunderland game, wrongly having his well taken debut goal chalked off. I also seem to remember Burnley saying a lot of good things about him and wanting to renew the loan for the coming season. But I'd like to see him with us, looks like he's got a lot of potential.

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:20 pm

Dunno why but he's always reminded me of Charlie George for some reason

26may1989 · Post by **26may1989** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:22 pm

khalid_red wrote:Dunno why but he's always reminded me of Charlie George for some reason :

Yeah, I don't know why either...

Charlie! Charlie! · Post by **Charlie! Charlie!** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:23 pm

khalid_red wrote:Dunno why but he's always reminded me of Charlie George for some reason

I dont know why either!!!