Would you rather no numbers on the jumper. ? Why not they mean farck all in your opinion.
FFS it means everything, it’s the players signature and shows me how much passion the kid has for the jumper. If he really wanted a change of luck and scenery he’d have left the club by now. Look how well the change for Nathan Freeman was by switching to St Kilda.
Laverde needs achange in luck and he will be best 22 he has the talent for it. If it’s a change in number that does it for him then why not.
Ok sorry I misunderstood your point. I also agree the requirements do seem over the top and it is most likely spin by the club. Anyway I think most of us are all looking forward to seeing him in the starting 22.
I think you need a proper process to manage numbers and number changes, to ensure there is a good reason for a change. A change in number also means a change in locker position, which may be important to coaches in having certain players together. And there’s the history of who played for it etc.
Hawker was pushed by Sheedy and Hawker was okay with it.
It was basically, ‘we know you’ve only got a couple of years left, they’re gonna pay you a shedload more than us, and we’ll do well out of a trade ‘(#12 and #26, which was excellent. Wasn’t Hawker’s fault we picked spuds).
There’s no need to feel torn about Hawker.
He was a dual premiership, 200 game player who missed a Brownlow by two votes, and did the right thing by the club when he was tapped on the shoulder.
Yep was going to say it’s a stretch to call him a great player as he had one great year. It’s a shame I remember him for some of his absolutely diabolical decision making though.