spencer 1970 214 Posted January 23, 2016 ...17Does that mean we have another Defender/Defensive midfielder coming in, or is it me being all old-school and players like the higher number these days...odd as he''s worn 4 before, I wonder?I''d prefer to have the vacant no''11 shirt filled by another striker TBH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,358 Posted January 23, 2016 Very odd! I wonder why the No. 4 has been left vacant, unless he chose that number for some reason. He''s worn 15 at Nurnberg, and was 5 for Wolfsburg.Maybe no.4 has been permanently retired whilst everyone still mourns the loss of Bradley Johnson... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,830 Posted January 23, 2016 Centre backs are trditionally numbers 5 and 6, with 2 and 3 the right and left backs. Number 4 is usually a midfielders''s number. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetteys Jig 851 Posted January 23, 2016 Maybe this danish lad then... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkbroadslim 225 Posted January 23, 2016 [quote user="Tetteys Jig"]Maybe this danish lad then...[/quote]Which Danish lad? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Budapest Canary 154 Posted January 23, 2016 [quote user="AJ"]Very odd! I wonder why the No. 4 has been left vacant, unless he chose that number for some reason. He''s worn 15 at Nurnberg, and was 5 for Wolfsburg.Maybe no.4 has been permanently retired whilst everyone still mourns the loss of Bradley Johnson...[/quote]Just odd. In reality, 3,5,7,9 are not any odder than 17 or 99. Maybe he''s got something against even numbers. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neongreenjon 0 Posted January 23, 2016 I''m guessing the danish guy is the Swedish midfielder we''ve been looking at? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muddy funster 0 Posted January 23, 2016 [quote user="lake district canary"]Centre backs are trditionally numbers 5 and 6, with 2 and 3 the right and left backs. Number 4 is usually a midfielders''s number. [/quote]Lake is correct.Make a note of the date. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkngood 1,174 Posted January 23, 2016 LDC I think you will find number 4 is a CB number remember steve bruce ? No 5 is CM then number 6 CBbut its all changed now ......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spencer 1970 214 Posted January 24, 2016 I reckon 4, 5, & 6 we''re the norm numbers for CB''s once 4-4-2 came into play more, but as you say, its all gone now with the squad numbers. Strickers with the number 7, pffft, whatever next. ;)Who is this Swedish Dane then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wazzock 1,011 Posted January 24, 2016 Who is this Swedish Dane then? I heard he is in fact Latvian... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CDMullins 498 Posted January 24, 2016 [quote user="norfolkngood"]LDC I think you will find number 4 is a CB number remember steve bruce ? No 5 is CM then number 6 CBbut its all changed now .........[/quote]Correct, ''tradionally'' 4 + 5 were CB,However along came the evolution of the DM some 15-17, years ago, all of a sudden it was ''cool'' for DMs to wear 4. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,902 Posted January 24, 2016 Traditionally 4 is Right Half, 5 is Centre Half and six is Left Half... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
(Northern) Irish Canary 48 Posted January 24, 2016 Somebody - I have Rob Ullathorne in mind - played as sweeper for us in the early 90''s and wore number 11. Was it traditional for this position to be allocated 11? Perhaps this was after the disbanding of the 1-11 number format. Memory fails me...though after yesterday I bloody well remember Le Tissier ripping us a new one in the 4-5 defeat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Webbo118 0 Posted January 24, 2016 [quote user="spencer 1970"]I reckon 4, 5, & 6 we''re the norm numbers for CB''s once 4-4-2 came into play more, but as you say, its all gone now with the squad numbers. Strickers with the number 7, pffft, whatever next. ;)Who is this Swedish Dane then?[/quote]I think you might find he is a Danish Swede Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Vadis 167 Posted January 24, 2016 I thought he was a Dwedish Sane? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZLF 335 Posted January 24, 2016 [quote user="nutty nigel"]Traditionally 4 is Right Half, 5 is Centre Half and six is Left Half...[/quote]3 halfs? lightweight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
