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brazilianGOONER wrote:i really think we should've retired the number 10 shirt for good.
Agreed 100%.
Disagree 100%!
Retiring numbers is silly.
What happens after the number is retired? - is that the end of it... do we only get to see it in old footage? or gathering dust in a glass case at the museum?? - and how exactly is that showing respect??
I WANT to see the famous number 10 shirt on the football pitch where it belongs!... creating history! not banished from the football field forever.
Thanks to Dennis, the famous number 10 shirt now carries extra weight and importance - instead of banning future players from wearing it, let them try and live up to the great man. Hell, one day we might have another great number 10, and then the wealth of history and importance of the number will be even more impressive.
In any case, I'd imagine most kids in Argentina dream of pulling on the number 10 shirt for their country because it means so, so much. Why ban them from that possibility??
Football moves on, and although I'm all for respecting our history, I think we should be embracing our future just as much. In other words, the number 10 shirt stays!
