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I'll kick off proceedings.

With Corey Maynard retiring and Adam Tomlinson joining the club it's a no-brainer that he takes the vacant number 20 jumper.

Vacant Numbers:

6

20

36

38

43

45

47

Sam Frost (17) is on the trade table, Billy Stretch (15) & Jay Kennedy-Harris (24) have not yet re-signed for 2020.

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Posted
16 hours ago, Gunna’s said:

Max Gawn to change to no. 2 jumper......

1 + 1  =   11      You can't count.

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11 hours ago, nosoupforme said:

1 + 1  =   11      You can't count.

So you don’t want him to be captain?

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12 hours ago, Gunna’s said:

So you don’t want him to be captain?

How did you deduce that?  If you read my previous posts l have supported Gawny all the way for captain.

Why should he give up the number 11 that Jimmy Stynes  wore ? Max has a personal attachment  to it.

End of explanation.

 

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14 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Yes Tomlinson to get jumper #20

Langdon should take number 6

Pick #3  jumper #15

Pick #8 jumper #17 

Pick #97 jumper #36

Bennell jumper # 38 next to Nev Jetta  

Murray or other DFA get jumper # 24

 

Young should have 17 it's what he had at the championships

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On 11/7/2019 at 9:03 PM, spirit of norm smith said:

Yes Tomlinson to get jumper #20

Langdon should take number 6

Luke Jackson 15

Trent Rivers 17 

kyle Dunkley move from 48 to 36

* Bennell 24 

* Mitch brown 43

Pickett 38 - next to Nev Jetta  

 

 

 

 

On 11/7/2019 at 9:03 PM, spirit of norm smith said:
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On 10/9/2019 at 9:28 AM, nosoupforme said:

1 + 1  =   11      You can't count.

I don't think Max would give up Jimmy's No. if he was offered to be captain or be the best paid player in the league.

Loyalty and honour still matter to some people - Big Max and Big Jimmy were cut from the same cloth when it comes to that and I will revere them always for it.

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I'd be thinking Pickett gets 36, close enough to Nev's locker but after a certain great former indigenous small forward in Flash. Would love to see Aaron present him with his guernsey!

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21 hours ago, Pates said:

I'd be thinking Pickett gets 36, close enough to Nev's locker but after a certain great former indigenous small forward in Flash. Would love to see Aaron present him with his guernsey!

I do love this nonsense 

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3 minutes ago, rpfc said:

I do love this nonsense

Hahah me too, I could think of nothing worse than trying to play in someone else's shadow.

 

I grew up in the same town as a young man who was drafted to the Hawks last year by the name of Matthew Walker. Fantastic young indigenous man who has worked his [censored] off and sacrificed an enormous amount compared to other young men from the country and he was given Cyril Rioli's number 33.

I've always felt that was the the biggest vote of confidence you can be given as a player, given the number of a newly retired champion, but you can't sense it comes with a certain amount of pressure?

I guess at the end of the day every number has a history when your club goes back over 150 years, but I would certainly prefer to make my own number famous.

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47 minutes ago, Josh said:

Hahah me too, I could think of nothing worse than trying to play in someone else's shadow.

 

I grew up in the same town as a young man who was drafted to the Hawks last year by the name of Matthew Walker. Fantastic young indigenous man who has worked his [censored] off and sacrificed an enormous amount compared to other young men from the country and he was given Cyril Rioli's number 33.

I've always felt that was the the biggest vote of confidence you can be given as a player, given the number of a newly retired champion, but you can't sense it comes with a certain amount of pressure?

I guess at the end of the day every number has a history when your club goes back over 150 years, but I would certainly prefer to make my own number famous.

I get what you're saying but he's a top 10 pick, pressure is going to be there whether he likes it or not and as you've said pick just about any number and there'll be history to it. I feel there are some guernsey numbers that have special association to the indigenous players we've had at the club and if nothing else it would be an absolute kicker to see Flash around the club again. (Although if Kozzie gets a first round call up his first game will be in Perth ?‍♂️)

Besides Flash hasn't played for 7 years, it's not like it's super recent history unlike giving a player Cyril Rioli's number. 

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6 minutes ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

33 for Pickett if it isnt taken

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