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There seems to be a few traditionalists on here who can't understand why player X has this number or player Y has that number. So I ask why do you believe Clarke has got 8 and Mackie got 12? Traditionally numbers 1-11 are given to players who will be in the starting 11 and number 8 is usually a centre midfielder. Gerrard has the number 8 shirt for Liverpool and Lampard has the number 8 shirt for Chelsea. So why have we given it to a centre forward? Why has one striker been given a number between 1-11 but another has been given 12? Do you or we expect Clarke to start and Mackie not to?
Neither Chelsea nor Liverpool currently have a number 7 in their squad but Michael Owen has been given it at Manchester United - a player unlikely to start and not a right winger which traditionally the shirt is worn by - but he is a striker nonetheless. Therefore why do you believe Mackie will wear 12 instead of either number 7 or number 8? After all he signed before Clarke so shouldn't he have first pick? If Manchester United and even Barcelona have a striker occupying the number 7 shirt than why can't we or is that Mackie isn't deemed a striker but surely he is more likely to start and should wear a number between 1-11 and not 12?
Some people believe the numbers players wear have more significance than I do but considering number 7 is still available do we believe the players have chosen the numbers they will wear next season? Or have the been given these numbers? Or as some might suggest are certain numbers being held onto for new signings. We'd assume Orr will get the number 2 shirt which is why Ramage no longer will wear the number 2 shirt but why has Clarke got the 8 shirt and Mackie not? Unless the person who has given them the number feels that Mackie is not worthy of a shirt in the first 11 numbers?
If we don't sign a number 7 between now and the start of the season then someone from outside of the core numbers will have to start anyway. David James was given the number 1 shirt in South Africa but didn't start against USA. Stephen Ireland has been given the 7 shirt but is likely to be sold or not even selected as part of City's 25 man squad.After all do we really expect Kaboul, Bentley and Hutton to start ahead of King, Corluka and Modric just because they've been given shirts between 1-11 or will Diaby play right back and Sagna left back because they've been given the numbers 2&3? Or will Cahill, Pienaar and Neville not start because none of them have a shirt between 1-11. Does James Beattie expect to start because he's been given the 9 shirt again or they'll start without a goalkeeper, their captain and a right back because none of them have numbers between 1-11? Or am I talking jibberish?
Neither Chelsea nor Liverpool currently have a number 7 in their squad but Michael Owen has been given it at Manchester United - a player unlikely to start and not a right winger which traditionally the shirt is worn by - but he is a striker nonetheless. Therefore why do you believe Mackie will wear 12 instead of either number 7 or number 8? After all he signed before Clarke so shouldn't he have first pick? If Manchester United and even Barcelona have a striker occupying the number 7 shirt than why can't we or is that Mackie isn't deemed a striker but surely he is more likely to start and should wear a number between 1-11 and not 12?
Some people believe the numbers players wear have more significance than I do but considering number 7 is still available do we believe the players have chosen the numbers they will wear next season? Or have the been given these numbers? Or as some might suggest are certain numbers being held onto for new signings. We'd assume Orr will get the number 2 shirt which is why Ramage no longer will wear the number 2 shirt but why has Clarke got the 8 shirt and Mackie not? Unless the person who has given them the number feels that Mackie is not worthy of a shirt in the first 11 numbers?
If we don't sign a number 7 between now and the start of the season then someone from outside of the core numbers will have to start anyway. David James was given the number 1 shirt in South Africa but didn't start against USA. Stephen Ireland has been given the 7 shirt but is likely to be sold or not even selected as part of City's 25 man squad.After all do we really expect Kaboul, Bentley and Hutton to start ahead of King, Corluka and Modric just because they've been given shirts between 1-11 or will Diaby play right back and Sagna left back because they've been given the numbers 2&3? Or will Cahill, Pienaar and Neville not start because none of them have a shirt between 1-11. Does James Beattie expect to start because he's been given the 9 shirt again or they'll start without a goalkeeper, their captain and a right back because none of them have numbers between 1-11? Or am I talking jibberish?
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