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Guernsey number changes for 2024
« on: October 28, 2023, 03:53:46 AM »
With the list changes and retirements, we have a fair few low-number guernseys now free to go to a new home:

6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 37, 47.

Who do you think will move 'up' and change their guernsey number for 2024?
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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2023, 08:45:09 AM »
8&9 should be retired

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2023, 10:38:47 AM »
8&9 should be retired

Rubbish
This isn’t the NBA where we use 101 numbers
Where does it start and stop

KB
Dyer
Bourke
Richo
Stewart
Hart

Many other champions

Dusty soon as well

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2023, 12:34:46 PM »
8&9 should be retired

Maybe they should be "rested" for a year or 2, they definitely shouldn't be retired.
If they did that for all the Champions in our history we'd be using numbers in the 100s.

Sure we should respect our Champions but  that respect can be shown by continuing to use the numbers for our Champions of the future.

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2023, 01:17:40 PM »
8&9 should be retired

You want cheerleaders and an organist as well? Kiss cam on the crowd? Mascots taking speccys on trampolines? Seppo bollocks... :thumbsdown
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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2023, 02:01:43 PM »
8&9 should be retired

Maybe they should be "rested" for a year or 2, they definitely shouldn't be retired.
If they did that for all the Champions in our history we'd be using numbers in the 100s.

Sure we should respect our Champions but  that respect can be shown by continuing to use the numbers for our Champions of the future.

Rested is what I meant.

Don't want them given to a new draftee.

Also retired numbers are not permanently removed, they can be brought back in.

I'd be disappointed if we gave our new pick 29 Jack or Cotch's number.

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2023, 09:41:39 PM »
Also retired numbers are not permanently removed, they can be brought back in.

I'd be disappointed if we gave our new pick 29 Jack or Cotch's number.

A retired number is normally “retired” and permanent

And since when do we give draftees that low a number that high

Would be rare as rocking horse poo and in this instance , no chance

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2023, 09:23:25 AM »
Also retired numbers are not permanently removed, they can be brought back in.

I'd be disappointed if we gave our new pick 29 Jack or Cotch's number.

A retired number is normally “retired” and permanent

And since when do we give draftees that low a number that high

Would be rare as rocking horse poo and in this instance , no chance

Not usually their first season but there's been a few given away early IMO the last few years.

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2023, 09:27:09 AM »
I understand the sentiment. I like that 9 went from Campbell to cotchin.

Likewise the 4 is very special right now. It would kill me if Hugo ralphsmith got handed it

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2023, 12:40:52 PM »
I understand the sentiment. I like that 9 went from Campbell to cotchin.

Likewise the 4 is very special right now. It would kill me if Hugo ralphsmith got handed it

Lmao
Ralphy given 4
More chance of me flapping my arms and flying to the moon

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2023, 02:12:59 PM »
Hahaha it was a crude example. But hey they gave Ty vickery 29! Seriously whoever they give the 4 post dusty needs to be a jet.

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2023, 10:02:44 PM »
Seems Juddy Clarke will wear #23 next year going by his Instagram page & him talking about changing lockers in the Sam Banks video.


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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024?
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2023, 10:32:12 AM »
In the video on the club website where they follow Banksy around for day 1 of training Juddy is asked about his new locker so he clearly has had a number change

Also the video shows as the boys are waiting to turn into the car park from Punt Road, there's a small piece of vision of some of the older blokes running laps, omes i can remember were Graham, Dusty and Nank ar the rear LOL
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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2023, 05:32:55 PM »
The new and changing guernsey numbers for 2024:

Changing:
Gibcus  #18
Clarke  #23

Newbies:
Kosi     #20
Naismith #24
McAuliffe  #28
Fawcett   #37
Hayes-Brown  #47

https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1727932416025858552
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1468772/

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Re: Guernsey number changes for 2024
« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2023, 01:33:01 AM »
Gibcus into Rance's number is a big one!