I have just read the report on Nathan Jones speech to the club this week. It is full of class and humility in line with his playing career and demeanor over the years.

Given his outstanding career and contribution to our club when combined with the incomparable Robbie's contribution is seems to me that the number 2 belongs in a special place.

Accordingly, number 2 should be retired permanently and elevated to legend status in the pantheon of our club's icons.

Hardly, are we going to retire number 9 and 31 retrospectively as well? Eventually we may then have to retire so many numbers (11, 13, 5, etc) all of our players will be wearing Ben Brown numbers 

You can see the number is special to me but don't agree with this idea 

let it shine on somebody else's back

But it has to go to Special players. Ie: as a reward for being - hard, tough, silky with great leadership skills. It will be hard to win.!!!

Never understood the concept of retiring numbers, I don't feel as though it actually helps build culture and even legacy for those individual players. 

I thought it was fantastic that last year, the club created story lines between past and present players and drew direction for those stories from past players numbers to current players, for example Fritsch & Barassi.

There are plenty of other ways to do it, retiring numbers isn't it. 

Just now, DeeZone said:

But it has to go to Special players. Ie: as a reward for being - hard, tough, silky with great leadership skills. It will be hard to win.!!!

Even harder to find.

Am I misremembering, thought No2 was retired for a few years after Robert Flower retired?  

No.

No, to retiring the number. A great servant of the club but Robbie Flower is a club legend and we didn't retire it after him. Jimmy Stynes is an icon of the club, Max has paid 11 even more respect with his career. I would only look at retiring a number if a player passed away whilst still being a member of the playing group (ie Troy Broadbridge).

The next player we get that we are convinced will be a future 200 gamer should be given no 2, or a currently player who Nate nominates can get it.

Edited June 7, 20222 yr by Pates

36 minutes ago, deegirl said:

Am I misremembering, thought No2 was retired for a few years after Robert Flower retired?  

It was retired from 87 and given to Stinga in 92.

Imagine Gawny not wearing the no. 11 

 

No.

 

37 minutes ago, deegirl said:

Am I misremembering, thought No2 was retired for a few years after Robert Flower retired?  

You're not misremembering. 

Robbie last wore it 1987 as we all know but it wasn't until 1992 that the number two was worn again by Stephen Tingay (who moved from 52 to 15 to 2).  After Stinga finished up in 1999, it wasn't seen again until Steven Armstrong in 2002.

3 minutes ago, tilly18 said:

It was retired from 87 and given to Stinga in 92.

Yep. Robbie wasn't comfortable with the number being out of action. He actually addressed the playing group & asked who wanted it. Stinga stuck his hand up & said "I do". So he went from 52 to 15 - the number of one of our greatest wingers in Stan Alves - to # 2 - the number of the greatest winger of all time

20 minutes ago, tilly18 said:

It was retired from 87 and given to Stinga in 92.

And I loved them both, exactly why the number should stay in circulation.