2022 guernsey numbers

[bloodspirit]

I have found an interesting pattern with the player numbers.

2, 15: players promoted to lower numbers.
19: player traded in.
29: first player drafted.
34: second player drafted.
37: third player drafted.
41: fourth player drafted.

Last year's recruits:
6: first player drafted. (McDonald)
16: second player drafted. (Campbell)
21: third player drafted. (Gulden)
31: player traded in. (Hickey)
33: rookie. (Sheather)
36: player promoted to lower number (Amartey)
40: rookie. (Carruthers)

So players drafted appear to be assigned vacant numbers in the same order they are drafted.

Canny observation. Plus Stephens #3, Gould #17, Taylor #37. But Chad #2. And before that, Blakey #22, Rowy #8 and McInerney #27. Hmmm. A new policy?

[bloodspirit]

Like I posted in another thread with others, a risky and silly decision!
Nothing against Corey- hope he turns out to be a champ, but come on- Number 37? Seriously?

I guess they didn't want to keep the number locked away forever, and it didn't turn out especially well when they saved it for Elijah Taylor.

39, 40 and 45 the missing numbers. I wonder why Wicks and McLean decided to move up. Mummy made a career for himself in #41 - you could do worse. Interestingly, by contrast Melican and Lloyd seem happy to stay where they are at #43 and #44.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Mmm

I’m curious as to what the Swans are doing here. There are two numbers that deserve special reverence in our time in Sydney - 14 and 37.

Kelly took on Skilton’s number, and it has at least now got a theme to it, with NSW players in Bird and Mills following Kel.

I’m not sure now what the plan with 37 is. I get ET didn’t work out but that’s no reason to ditch any semblance of a plan for 37. And none of this is a knock on Corey. He’s been gifted something special.

I think our club massively falls in favour of benefit of the doubt for all it gets right and maybe there was a quiet conversation with Adam as to what he wanted (or given his attitude to footy, isn’t worried about). But I’m struggling with this one.

[NeonBible]

I have found an interesting pattern with the player numbers.

2, 15: players promoted to lower numbers.
19: player traded in.
29: first player drafted.
34: second player drafted.
37: third player drafted.
41: fourth player drafted.

Last year's recruits:
6: first player drafted. (McDonald)
16: second player drafted. (Campbell)
21: third player drafted. (Gulden)
31: player traded in. (Hickey)
33: rookie. (Sheather)
36: player promoted to lower number (Amartey)
40: rookie. (Carruthers)

So players drafted appear to be assigned vacant numbers in the same order they are drafted.

Hi Thunder Shaker,

Is this true? Warner, Stephens, Gould & Taylor from our 2019 certainly weren't given numbers in their draft order..

Similar with 2018 : Rowbottom, Foot, Blakey, McInerney definitely weren't drafted in that order..

[aardvark]

Sadly I don't believe Adam would care who wears his old footy jumper.

[Thunder Shaker]

I have found an interesting pattern with the player numbers.

2, 15: players promoted to lower numbers.
19: player traded in.
29: first player drafted.
34: second player drafted.
37: third player drafted.
41: fourth player drafted.

Last year's recruits:
6: first player drafted. (McDonald)
16: second player drafted. (Campbell)
21: third player drafted. (Gulden)
31: player traded in. (Hickey)
33: rookie. (Sheather)
36: player promoted to lower number (Amartey)
40: rookie. (Carruthers)

So players drafted appear to be assigned vacant numbers in the same order they are drafted.

[TheBloods]

Hope the Swans Warner obsession doesn 't backfire , i dont like it

[Roadrunner]

New guernsey numbers just up on the Swans website

Number 37 - Corey Warner

Like I posted in another thread with others, a risky and silly decision!
Nothing against Corey- hope he turns out to be a champ, but come on- Number 37? Seriously?

[Roadrunner]

Yes I tend to agree I think that the number 37 holds a special significance for Swans supporters and should be assigned accordingly.
You would think that wearing it also has a little psychological pressure attached as well.
Having said that if he has half the career that Adam had I think we as supporters would be quite happy.

I don’t see why the no.37 can’t be put on hold until a player emerges to warrant it- it shouldn’t be given to a new player. It needs to be earned; ET being an indigenous player may have been the reason he received it, but unfortunately it was a disaster. It is simply risky to give it to a new recruit and I don’t understand their thinking, unless they were smoking what I did many years ago.

[Faunac8]

Yes I tend to agree I think that the number 37 holds a special significance for Swans supporters and should be assigned accordingly.
You would think that wearing it also has a little psychological pressure attached as well.
Having said that if he has half the career that Adam had I think we as supporters would be quite happy.

[Thunder Shaker]

Jumper numbers have been assigned. New jumper numbers: Swans recruit gets 19, McLean moves up

2. Hayden McLean
15. Sam Wicks
19. Peter Ladhams
29. Angus Sheldrick
34. Matt Roberts
37. Corey Warner
41. Lachie Rankin

Unallocated numbers below 41: 39, 40.

[TheBloods]

I'm not against him having it if the club have deemed him worthy.....but I would have thought it might have been rested a bit longer. Let's hope he embraces it and does it proud.

How is he more worthy than about 20 others at least ? Even his brother for gods sake

[707]

New guernsey numbers just up on the Swans website

Number 37 - Corey Warner

[mcs]

WTF has Warner Jr done to get Adam 's number !

And I just thought Bangalore's banging on about him would be enough to give him a big head, let alone giving him Goodesy's number on top

Hopefully his footy story ends better then Taylor's did however!

[stevoswan]

Kinda Swans (Swansea Swans) related ... with crowds back next year anyone need a new t-shirt?

https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/DOLLOP-Cyril-by-MrFoz/42206954.22W0K

Might be fun to wear against Brisbane?

.....perfect.

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WTF has Warner Jr done to get Adam 's number !

I'm not against him having it if the club have deemed him worthy.....but I would have thought it might have been rested a bit longer. Let's hope he embraces it and does it proud.