| We don't have a Number 6 this season 10:25 - Feb 21 with 2979 views | itfcjoe |
Do you think this might be to do with The Beat, and potentially retiring a number, or just conincidence?
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:36 - Feb 21 with 2921 views | TheTrueBlue1878 |
I think it would be a very nice gesture to the great Beat and his family that the number 6 is retired on the opening of his statue. |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:47 - Feb 21 with 2877 views | Mullet |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:36 - Feb 21 by TheTrueBlue1878 |
I think it would be a very nice gesture to the great Beat and his family that the number 6 is retired on the opening of his statue. |
I don't. Seems a twee Americanised "minute applause" type creep into our culture. But I'm pretty grumpy and middle aged.
The statue and wonderful tributes etc. seem far more fitting and what better story is there than an academy kid inheriting that shirt one day and doing well? |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:49 - Feb 21 with 2881 views | SitfcB |
Whilst obviously I’d agree with the sentiment but if we went down that route we wouldn’t have any squad numbers left in 10/20 years! |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:51 - Feb 21 with 2869 views | portmanking |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:49 - Feb 21 by SitfcB |
Whilst obviously I’d agree with the sentiment but if we went down that route we wouldn’t have any squad numbers left in 10/20 years! |
Yes, because Toto and Wilson have really had the same effect on the club as Beattie did.... |  | | |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:54 - Feb 21 with 2848 views | itfcjoe |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:47 - Feb 21 by Mullet |
I don't. Seems a twee Americanised "minute applause" type creep into our culture. But I'm pretty grumpy and middle aged.
The statue and wonderful tributes etc. seem far more fitting and what better story is there than an academy kid inheriting that shirt one day and doing well? |
I'd agree with this - whilst The beat may have been our greatest player there are certainly a couple who have made more impact for us | |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:16 - Feb 21 with 2793 views | BrixtonBlue |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:51 - Feb 21 by portmanking |
Yes, because Toto and Wilson have really had the same effect on the club as Beattie did.... |
eh? |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:24 - Feb 21 with 2760 views | SitfcB |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:51 - Feb 21 by portmanking |
Yes, because Toto and Wilson have really had the same effect on the club as Beattie did.... |
Oh dear. | |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:25 - Feb 21 with 2755 views | itfc48 |
It's been reserved for Tommy Smith... | | | |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:28 - Feb 21 with 2746 views | itfcjoe |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:25 - Feb 21 by itfc48 |
It's been reserved for Tommy Smith... |
Sadly not | |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:48 - Feb 21 with 2705 views | ParisBlue |
More to do with us not having enough defenders at the time and looking to bring one in. If he's here next seasons then I'd expect Woolfenden to get it. |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:54 - Feb 21 with 2679 views | chicoazul |
Coincidence, and also down to the fact we havent bought a decent centre half in years and years. |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:55 - Feb 21 with 2678 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Completely off topic but on the subject of number 6’s, but the one that came on for Burton last weekend - I don’t think I’ve seen a bigger donkey in possession in my lifetime of watching professional football |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:57 - Feb 21 with 2675 views | ChiefXL |
*I think* PL and EFL rules prohibit teams from officially retiring squad numbers.
I could be wrong though...... |  | | |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 12:06 - Feb 21 with 2658 views | itfcjoe |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:57 - Feb 21 by ChiefXL |
*I think* PL and EFL rules prohibit teams from officially retiring squad numbers.
I could be wrong though...... |
West Ham have 6 and 38 retired for Bobby Moore and Dylan Tombides, and I think Exeter have 9 retired for Adam Stansfield - sure there are more (Maybe Man City and Marc Vivien-Foe) so whether it's officially done or not it still happens, maybe not as formally as US Sports | |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 12:14 - Feb 21 with 2642 views | Half_Idiot |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 11:57 - Feb 21 by ChiefXL |
*I think* PL and EFL rules prohibit teams from officially retiring squad numbers.
I could be wrong though...... |
Seems like something difficult to control. Surely they can't insist on a club using a squad number? | | | |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 12:15 - Feb 21 with 2641 views | Reuser_is_God |
Coincidence surely?
If they had retired the shirt number I'm sure they'd have announced it. |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 12:52 - Feb 21 with 2573 views | BlueBadger |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:51 - Feb 21 by portmanking |
Yes, because Toto and Wilson have really had the same effect on the club as Beattie did.... |
LOLwut? |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 12:56 - Feb 21 with 2560 views | Trequartista |
We've got a lot of number 2s that need retiring. Ooooooh they get worse. |  |
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| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 13:00 - Feb 21 with 2546 views | urbanblue |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 10:54 - Feb 21 by itfcjoe |
I'd agree with this - whilst The beat may have been our greatest player there are certainly a couple who have made more impact for us |
Sorry Joe, there is no one who has made more impact on my love of Ipswich Town then Kevin Beattie.
I guess you had to have actually been there and seen him play ..... |  | | |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 13:17 - Feb 21 with 2516 views | PJH |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 13:00 - Feb 21 by urbanblue |
Sorry Joe, there is no one who has made more impact on my love of Ipswich Town then Kevin Beattie.
I guess you had to have actually been there and seen him play ..... |
I agree that unless you actually saw the truly great Kevin Beattie play then it is difficult to appreciate just how good he was.
It is difficult or even impossible to define how you quantify how much "impact" a footballer makes or made on a club-goalscorers such as Crawford and Phillips made huge impacts on Ipswich Town and therefore on the history of the club and on the lives of supporters that actually saw them, such as myself.
As to whether the number 6 should no longer be used by ITFC as another tribute to our greatest ever player I am not so sure because I think he is possibly honoured enough in the memories of those of us lucky enough to have seen him play. |  | | |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 13:24 - Feb 21 with 2489 views | BrixtonBlue |
| We don't have a Number 6 this season on 13:17 - Feb 21 by PJH |
I agree that unless you actually saw the truly great Kevin Beattie play then it is difficult to appreciate just how good he was.
It is difficult or even impossible to define how you quantify how much "impact" a footballer makes or made on a club-goalscorers such as Crawford and Phillips made huge impacts on Ipswich Town and therefore on the history of the club and on the lives of supporters that actually saw them, such as myself.
As to whether the number 6 should no longer be used by ITFC as another tribute to our greatest ever player I am not so sure because I think he is possibly honoured enough in the memories of those of us lucky enough to have seen him play. |
Indeed, and as others have said, if you keep retiring a shirt every time a legend dies you'll end up with no squad numbers (or at least stupidly high ones).
The excellent statue is more than enough. | |
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