It's just a number lol...
He's very polite saying "no disrepect to Stephen Ireland" before saying he wants the shirt. I haven't noticed anyone on here starting their message with "with no disrespect to Stephen Ireland"!
I was going through the Villa number nines since I've been following them. Gray, Withe, Thompson, McInally, Olney, Cascarino, Regis, Saunders, Savo, Dublin, Angel. I remember BFR making a big deal of the tradition of the Villa number nine shirt when he bought Deano. I think Bent has to be given it next season. Maybe Sid can fill him in on some of the history of it.
Definitely should be Bent. Who was the last quality number 9 we had? Angel?
Quote from: TaxDodger on May 20, 2011, 01:56:48 PMDefinitely should be Bent. Who was the last quality number 9 we had? Angel?A good argument spoiled by a bad example. JPA was a lot of things, but quality wasn't one of them.
It's just a number lol... these days numbers don't really correlate with playing positions as they did 15-20+ years ago.He looks good with 39 on his back, he's banged in the goals wearing that number... no reason to change!