2024 Jumper Numbers

[Demonstone 20,563]

At the moment, quite a few numbers are vacant for next year, including some low numbers which have historically been more desirable.

So far, we are looking for new players in numbers 4, 6, 14, 23, 27 and 34 with a possibility of others (#10?).

I wonder if any of the higher-numbered players will seek a lower number.  (eg James Harmes started in 43 before taking Jack Watts' old #4.)

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,417]

16 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

At the moment, quite a few numbers are vacant for next year, including some low numbers which have historically been more desirable.

So far, we are looking for new players in numbers 4, 6, 14, 23, 27 and 34 with a possibility of others (#10?).

I wonder if any of the higher-numbered players will seek a lower number.  (eg James Harmes started in 43 before taking Jack Watts' old #4.)

Hold 34 till 2025!

[Supreme_Demon 3,065]

If we end up getting him in a trade, you would think Shane McAdam may want jumper number #23? Which is the same number he has worn at the Adelaide Crows.

[The_Wrecker_45 88]

Judd needs an upgrade. Perhaps flip the numbers and keep #14 in the backline.

Edited October 10, 2023 by The_Wrecker_45

[titan_uranus 23,611]

4 hours ago, Demonstone said:

At the moment, quite a few numbers are vacant for next year, including some low numbers which have historically been more desirable.

So far, we are looking for new players in numbers 4, 6, 14, 23, 27 and 34 with a possibility of others (#10?).

I wonder if any of the higher-numbered players will seek a lower number.  (eg James Harmes started in 43 before taking Jack Watts' old #4.)

I sure as [censored] hope not. 

I bang on about this every year - make your own history in your own number. I wish we’d do away with the whole “lower numbers are more desirable” thing. 

[Demonstone 20,563]

3 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

I wish we’d do away with the whole “lower numbers are more desirable” thing. 

I know what you're saying, but it seems to apply to footy clubs at all levels and has always been the case.

Pretty sure that @Supermercado is an advocate for a player running out in #100 or a similar very high number!

[Dee Zephyr 18,682]

#4 - Harley Reid 

[Supermercado 2,715]

13 hours ago, Demonstone said:

I know what you're saying, but it seems to apply to footy clubs at all levels and has always been the case.

Pretty sure that @Supermercado is an advocate for a player running out in #100 or a similar very high number!

I'm happy to be conservative and pull up in the late 60s.

[WalkingCivilWar 36,476]

15 hours ago, The_Wrecker_45 said:

Judd needs an upgrade. Perhaps flip the numbers and keep #14 in the backline.

Nooooo! 

We’ve come to know and love him in the #41

Besides, #41 is as good a number as #14 or indeed any other number.

Let’s not discriminate against the higher numbers (boo to numberism!) 😁

[Guest]

We've cleared the decks and there are some choice numbers available already. Numbers 4, 6, 14, 23, 27 & 34. Some of our existing players may look to shift lockers and are deserving probably no more so than Tom Sparrow and certainly Judd McVee.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,417]

2 minutes ago, WesternDee said:

We've cleared the decks and there are some choice numbers available already. Numbers 4, 6, 14, 23, 27 & 34. Some of our existing players may look to shift lockers and are deserving probably no more so than Tom Sparrow and certainly Judd McVee.

Move it over to the thread already created for that, WD 🙂

[adonski 9,745]

Package them all up for number 1 

[Nascent 8,091]

1 minute ago, adonski said:

Package them all up for number 1 

[adonski 9,745]

Just now, Nascent said:

Oh yeah 

[Fanatique Demon 2,495]

On 10/10/2023 at 22:20, Demonstone said:

I know what you're saying, but it seems to apply to footy clubs at all levels and has always been the case.

Pretty sure that @Supermercado is an advocate for a player running out in #100 or a similar very high number!

There’s something to be said for having and sticking with a high number. When BBB took 50, it only took him a month or so to hold the jumper-number games and goals records. 😄

[WalkingCivilWar 36,476]

This isn’t about jumper numbers but I didn’t know where else to post it.

I’m guessing one day in the future there’ll be a similar streak for names such as Lachie, Bailey, Rory, Darcy, Luke, Brodie and Jack, among others.

Incidentally, a few years ago I watched a match where at one point there was six St Kilda players named Jack on the ground. That’s a third of the side. Did I work this out myself? No, I didn’t. But I didn’t need to since BT mentioned it EVERY [censored] FIVE MINUTES.

 

edit: sadly it’s also the end of us having a player with the initials JH. 😢

Edited October 13, 2023 by WalkingCivilWar

[Go the Biff 3,271]

4 hours ago, WesternDee said:

We've cleared the decks and there are some choice numbers available already. Numbers 4, 6, 14, 23, 27 & 34. Some of our existing players may look to shift lockers and are deserving probably no more so than Tom Sparrow and certainly Judd McVee.

I think Sparrow is pretty attached to No. 32. Wore it in his junior days 

[WalkingCivilWar 36,476]

20 minutes ago, Go the Biff said:

I think Sparrow is pretty attached to No. 32. Wore it in his junior days 

… and as a premiership player ❤️💙

[Bystander 894]

4 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

This isn’t about jumper numbers but I didn’t know where else to post it.

I’m guessing one day in the future there’ll be a similar streak for names such as Lachie, Bailey, Rory, Darcy, Luke, Brodie and Jack, among others.

Incidentally, a few years ago I watched a match where at one point there was six St Kilda players named Jack on the ground. That’s a third of the side. Did I work this out myself? No, I didn’t. But I didn’t need to since BT mentioned it EVERY [censored] FIVE MINUTES.

 

edit: sadly it’s also the end of us having a player with the initials JH. 😢

Fair go...that would have been BT's most intelligent observations that season...or since. And was probably wrong.

[monoccular 16,916]

On 10/10/2023 at 22:14, titan_uranus said:

I sure as [censored] hope not. 

I bang on about this every year - make your own history in your own number. I wish we’d do away with the whole “lower numbers are more desirable” thing. 

Me too.   As I remember some wanted JV7 to take 12.  And I sadly remember LJ48 wasn't even half the player when he became LJ24.   Not too fussed though really - a first world sort of problem.   JS29, aka SOSS29 has worked out ok.

[WalkingCivilWar 36,476]

I hope Tom Fullarton gets #4 for personal reasons: I can still wear my favourite guernsey which has #4 on the back since he’ll likely be my new second fave player just by virtue of the fact that he’s gonna cop a lot of [censored]-canning from his own fans. Sad but true. And yes, that’s the metric I use for ranking players. 😁

[Lexinator 1,099]

If we hold onto pick 6, maybe pick 6 can have 6. 

"Six six six, the number of the beast

Hell and fire was spawned to be released"...In 2024...

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,417]

2 hours ago, monoccular said:

Me too.   As I remember some wanted JV7 to take 12.  And I sadly remember LJ48 wasn't even half the player when he became LJ24.   Not too fussed though really - a first world sort of problem.   JS29, aka SOSS29 has worked out ok.

Same vein, but lighter, if I recall it correctly:

99 to a jealous Max: 'You're twice the spy 43 is, 86'

[monoccular 16,916]

8 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Same vein, but lighter, if I recall it correctly:

99 to a jealous Max: 'You're twice the spy 43 is, 86'

When you mentioned 99 and Max, I thought that you may recommend him (our Premiership captain Max) to be 99, that is nine times the player he already is.  Were that the case we wouldn’t need anyone else on the field at all and could save millions on salary cap.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,417]

11 hours ago, monoccular said:

When you mentioned 99 and Max, I thought that you may recommend him (our Premiership captain Max) to be 99, that is nine times the player he already is.  Were that the case we wouldn’t need anyone else on the field at all and could save millions on salary cap.

Or perhaps 9 lives, Mono?

A good few premierships there, then!