I suppose some people will say that's the way it is for the so called 'lesser' clubs who nurture talented youngsters, then see them leave. We've had varying amounts of actually getting some seasons out of certain players haven't we? Westwood we hardly saw, Ellis a bit more of, same with Nigel Wright i guess. TJ maybe the most as in appearances? Maybe with the new facilities at the club, and the hopefully more disposable income as a result, we can hang onto players like Murphy for longer, well that's the theory i suppose!!

I'll be interested who gets 6

Would be stronger with a full-back i'd say



Not necessary.
Murph is good enough to cover both positions.....

I'm sure "Tim" Lineham will be delighted to hear it........

They've just given Bennison a two year contract, so presumably he'll fit in somewhere in the equation.

Murphy is one of 5 players short-listed for "Best Domestic Newcomer 2022" in today's League Express Reader's Poll, along with Bennison, Deon Cross, Frankie Halton and James Harrison...get voting people

Absolutely not!!! Do not vote! The less he achieves and the more under the radar he is the more chance we have retaining him.

In all seriousness looking at that list hard to see how he doesn’t win it.

I hope Murphy requested to keep his shirt number

Well seeing how Lineham got No5, I reckon Battye could be a strong possibility for No6

Gaskel

Gaskell is 6

It’s quality watching the meltdowns on that social media site

MA knows best.

Old sausage fingers again..

Never trusted Squad numbers ever since 2012 why Kyle Wood was given the 7 shirt and Tim Smith 20.

As I haven’t been to a training session, I’m going to leave it to MA who hopefully will get more out of each and every player than Pooching did

Morgan Smith might well come to play a bigger part but we’ll have to wait and see.

I can understand why some players want the number of the position they play, but personally it doesn't matter to me what's on the back of the shirt it's what's inside it that counts.

Is itv ever anything else? Horrific part of modern life.

i am an old fashioned traditionalist and I would love it if we returned to match numbers. I really cant see the logic of squad numbers and what Aussie did this year in the World Cup was totally absurd.

The logic is that you can put the name on the shirt making it easier to market and identify players.

I’m glad Gaskill got 6.

I think Mash is using a bit of psychology on these numbers.

Gaskill is a very laid back confidence player. When he is firing he is one of the most talented players at the club.

He has probably not achieved what he should have in his career because of his discipline away from the field, moved on from a couple of clubs because of his enjoyment of the ale etc.

I think giving him the 6 shirt gives him a bit of a mental boost and hopefully boosts his ego so he sees himself as “the man” rather than the Jack of all Trades.

I think Smith got the 20 number because that’s generally how many tackles he tended to miss/game.

Think that is a bit Harsh, he defence wasn't that bad. Probably along with Brough MK1 the best SH we have had in the SL era.

Here is a bit of trivia , back in the day before squad numbers and we had proper loose forwards you sometimes saw loose forwards playing in No14 due to superstition. My dad was very proud of the fact that our great loose forward Derek Turner was proud to have No13 on his shirt.

Dont see a problem PB with that number tbh.....
.....Probably because I was born on Friday the 13th......