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Post by huisrealgood on Aug 5, 2009 19:36:19 GMT -5
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Post by Kyle Feller on Aug 6, 2009 7:44:23 GMT -5
Hull is terrible.......and will most likely be a favorite for relegation.
That being said, this is a great move for 1 season. Jozy will get plenty of minutes and it's a World Cup year.
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Post by huisrealgood on Aug 6, 2009 12:15:24 GMT -5
I don't care much about Hull City, but I'm just happy for Jozy and glad he'll be getting lots of minutes against solid competition.
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Post by Kyle Feller on Aug 6, 2009 13:42:22 GMT -5
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Post by huisrealgood on Aug 6, 2009 14:20:28 GMT -5
When did the #9 thing start? Who was the first big time #9 goal scorer? Like many around here, I am illiterate when it comes to much of soccer history.
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Post by Kyle Feller on Aug 6, 2009 15:50:44 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the story is behind #9 in soccer, but here are a few past and presents that have worn #9 for their club or country, off the top of my head:
Liverpool - Fernando Torres
Man Utd - Demitar Berbatov
Tottenham - Roman Pavlyuchenko
Barcelona - Zlatan Ibrahimovic
AC Milan - Filippo Inzaghi
Inter Milan - Samuel Eto'o
Newcastle - Alan Shearer
Real Madrid - Ronaldo
Chelsea - Crespo
Man Utd - Ruud Van Nistelroy
England National Team - Wayne Rooney
Brazil National Team - Luis Fabiano
It's a who's who of striker power names.
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Post by Gabriel Christian Wallis on Aug 6, 2009 16:56:12 GMT -5
and for the uninitiated thats Ronaldo 'Gordo' not Christiano Ronaldo the 90 mil euro man
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Post by huisrealgood on Aug 6, 2009 17:03:21 GMT -5
and for the uninitiated thats Ronaldo 'Gordo' not Christiano Ronaldo the 90 mil euro man I know enough Spanish to find humor in that. Sidenote, there was a kid on many of my youth soccer and high school teams that went by "Gordo" but he was a pretty slender fella. Maybe he was a fat baby or something  |
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Post by mysteryman on Aug 6, 2009 22:42:05 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the story is behind #9 in soccer... In England, when numbering first came about back in the 30's and 40's, numbers were assigned for each game by positions of the starters. Back then the 2-5-3 and the 2-3-5 were the preferred formations with the center forward being position #9, #7 was always right wing, #11 always left wing, etc. So if a player started at center forward this week he wore #9 but if he started at left wing the next week he wore #11. In the 1954 World Cup, FIFA instituted squad numbering where you assigned numbers to your entire roster and those numbers did not change for the entire tournament. In 1994 the Premiership instituted squad numbering as it is today. So there you go... |
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Post by huisrealgood on Aug 7, 2009 0:57:46 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the story is behind #9 in soccer... In England, when numbering first came about back in the 30's and 40's, numbers were assigned for each game by positions of the starters. Back then the 2-5-3 and the 2-3-5 were the preferred formations with the center forward being position #9, #7 was always right wing, #11 always left wing, etc. So if a player started at center forward this week he wore #9 but if he started at left wing the next week he wore #11. In the 1954 World Cup, FIFA instituted squad numbering where you assigned numbers to your entire roster and those numbers did not change for the entire tournament. In 1994 the Premiership instituted squad numbering as it is today. So there you go... Enlightening. Thanks MysteryMan! |
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Post by Kyle Feller on Aug 7, 2009 8:12:14 GMT -5
Excellent lesson....thanks Mystery!
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Post by huisrealgood on Aug 27, 2009 11:25:19 GMT -5
I heard Jozy had an assist and nearly had a goal in his first game with Hull City this past week.
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Post by Kyle Feller on Aug 27, 2009 12:02:30 GMT -5
He had the game winning assist in his first touch in his EPL debut.
He also scored his first goal two days ago in his first start, in a 3-1 Carling Cup victory.
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