Shane Long is the new Number 9
Long should wear the number 999, and only be called upon in an emergency.
Last edited by Deathy on 09 Jul 2009 18:07, edited 1 time in total.
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SteveRoyal
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floyd__streeteSteveRoyal he could shine and make significant steps towards becoming a decent striker.
Yeah and I want to moonwalk, son, but life's a sh*thouse.
Practice makes perfect. Get to it, lad.
SteveRoyal Long deserves the Number 9. Patiently waiting for his chance in the first team and this season he could shine and make significant steps towards becoming a decent striker.
totally agree.
leww_rfcSteveRoyal Long deserves the Number 9. Patiently waiting for his chance in the first team and this season he could shine and make significant steps towards becoming a decent striker.
totally agree.
He is poo. If our hopes are on his shoulders, we're f**ked.
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Deathyleww_rfcSteveRoyal Long deserves the Number 9. Patiently waiting for his chance in the first team and this season he could shine and make significant steps towards becoming a decent striker.
totally agree.
He is poo. If our hopes are on his shoulders, we're f**ked.
If Rodgers can make Priskin and Smith perform as well as they did last season, what's to say he can't make Long just as good, if not better?
He learned from the best (Doyle).
Deathyleww_rfcSteveRoyal Long deserves the Number 9. Patiently waiting for his chance in the first team and this season he could shine and make significant steps towards becoming a decent striker.
totally agree.
He is poo. If our hopes are on his shoulders, we're f**ked.
Long was one of the best players we had during the last few games of the season, hopefully he'll be on form when it all starts up again.
SteveRoyal If Rodgers can make Priskin and Smith perform as well as they did last season, what's to say he can't make Long just as good, if not better?
He learned from the best (Doyle).
He's Brendan Rodgers, not St fecking David. No chance. The boy has been 'developing' long enough and his first touch and passing are still as they were when he arrived. Decent headerer of the ball, fecking awful player though. He'll be rumbled this season and hopefully gone by next summer.
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he'll get ten goals in the 1st 8 games and i will LOL at you
maybe
maybe
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Squad numbers stink, bring back 1 to 11, with two subs max, or 3
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DeathySteveRoyal If Rodgers can make Priskin and Smith perform as well as they did last season, what's to say he can't make Long just as good, if not better?
He learned from the best (Doyle).
He's Brendan Rodgers, not St fecking David. No chance. The boy has been 'developing' long enough and his first touch and passing are still as they were when he arrived. Decent headerer of the ball, fecking awful player though. He'll be rumbled this season and hopefully gone by next summer.
What's the largest streak he's had of starting games?Am I right in saying it was at the end of last season?
Am I also right in saying he played the best football we have ever seen him play in those last few games?
Get some perspective, mate.
Long having 9 is fine...
10 will hopefully be free soon... please god...
10 will hopefully be free soon... please god...
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FFS it's just a number.
Seahawk. It goes back to the days when there were no squad numbers, just 1-11 + 12, 13, 14 for the bench.
It may be something to do with the really old formations today with inside halfs and centre halfs and stuff. Which doesn't mean a lot to me I'm afraid.
But under the more recent, but still 10-15 years old at least 4-4-2 the formation looked like this
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2.......5............6.......3
7...........4......8.........11
...........9........10
Number 9 was usually the main striker, because he was the first striker on the team sheet.
Seahawk. It goes back to the days when there were no squad numbers, just 1-11 + 12, 13, 14 for the bench.
It may be something to do with the really old formations today with inside halfs and centre halfs and stuff. Which doesn't mean a lot to me I'm afraid.
But under the more recent, but still 10-15 years old at least 4-4-2 the formation looked like this
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2.......5............6.......3
7...........4......8.........11
...........9........10
Number 9 was usually the main striker, because he was the first striker on the team sheet.
Lol I remember when Doyle was signed and I heard people saying simulars... "Who the f*ck is he, if he's gonna be our best striker.. etc"
I am not a fan of Long myself but, IMO it's stupid before a season has even begun to underestimate a player. Same applies to Kebe, some players have shit seasons and the next season continue to be shit however, sometimes.. and only sometimes players improve the longer they are at a club. I may get shot down for saying this but who knows, maybe Long will do something this year, the way it's going we are going to have to start hoping for a bloody miracle, with NHunt, Long, Mooney, Church... Hunt is the strongest bet out of all 4 of them.
Providing we get Smith I wouldn't mind seeing NHunt and him to start with Long on bench,
I am not a fan of Long myself but, IMO it's stupid before a season has even begun to underestimate a player. Same applies to Kebe, some players have shit seasons and the next season continue to be shit however, sometimes.. and only sometimes players improve the longer they are at a club. I may get shot down for saying this but who knows, maybe Long will do something this year, the way it's going we are going to have to start hoping for a bloody miracle, with NHunt, Long, Mooney, Church... Hunt is the strongest bet out of all 4 of them.
Providing we get Smith I wouldn't mind seeing NHunt and him to start with Long on bench,
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Ian Royal FFS it's just a number.
Seahawk. It goes back to the days when there were no squad numbers, just 1-11 + 12, 13, 14 for the bench.
It may be something to do with the really old formations today with inside halfs and centre halfs and stuff. Which doesn't mean a lot to me I'm afraid.
But under the more recent, but still 10-15 years old at least 4-4-2 the formation looked like this
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2.......5............6.......3
7...........4......8.........11
...........9........10
Number 9 was usually the main striker, because he was the first striker on the team sheet.
Ian has pretty much summed it up there
Going back to the days of 2-3-5 when I think numbers were first introduced, you would have 5 forwards. 2 of them would be wingers (7 on the right and 11 on the left), 2 inside forwards (8 and 10 - generally the creative cultured attackers) either side of a big centre forward who would knock defenders about, win all the headers and score all the goals
Thats where the term old fashioned centre forward, or big number 9, comes from when they talk about players like Darius Henderson or James Beattie
It delevoped a bit under the 4-4-2 as Ian shows so that 10 would be the creative forward (especially in South America or Italy) and your number 9 will usually be your goalscorer
The numbers are still covetted
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Cheers! Thanks for that. Makes sense, I think Pele wore #10.
brendywendy he'll get ten goals in the 1st 8 games and i will LOL at you
maybe
Tenner says LOLong wont score 10 league goals all season? Take it!
Here is the pic
Mike Hunt Here is the pic
someone was bound to say it...
why does Marek only have one leg?
Mike Hunt Here is the pic
LOLong even needs help standing up!
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Is that FL Snr between Marek and Shane?
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