Re: 2015 squad numbers : Mon Jan 12, 2015 2:59 pm  

The club responses on Twitter last week said they would be released "in due course, watch this space". Which we all know means "we don't really know".

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:25 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

Do they still do shirt printing in the club shop?

Can't say I've noticed the printing facility when I've been in there. If they don't, it might explain why they're not so fussed about getting the numbers out yet.
When they make money off printing shirts, it's in club's interests to get the numbers out quite early, to maximise people willing to get it on their backs. If they either aren't doing it, or make no money out of it, they presumably aren't that bothered.

They still do shirt printing. People who ordered shirts at launch event were supposed to get names put on for free. There's been talk on Facebook that club haven't got the letters/numbers in yet so weren't doing the printing yet. If you were cynical you might think their delaying releasing squad numbers until they get stock in to do the printing to prevent people going down to sports shops in town and giving them money to put names on rather than paying club shop to do it.

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:10 pm  

mat wrote:

They still do shirt printing. People who ordered shirts at launch event were supposed to get names put on for free. There's been talk on Facebook that club haven't got the letters/numbers in yet so weren't doing the printing yet. If you were cynical you might think their delaying releasing squad numbers until they get stock in to do the printing to prevent people going down to sports shops in town and giving them money to put names on rather than paying club shop to do it.

Then call me cynical. That sounds like a very good reason to delay releasing the numbers to me.

[Bullseye]

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:52 pm  

Hopefully they are delaying it for that reason.

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:23 pm  

Can't say I'm too fussed when they release the numbers, as long as it's before the Leigh game so I know who I'm watching!

[Bulliac]

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:38 am  

They used to have the machine on that long counter in the old shop and the new shop's counter is quite a bit shorter, so maybe there just isn't room to keep it out. They were advertising printing earlier in the piece IIRC because some people were posting about it not being done when they'd paid for it.

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:12 pm  

The club had their media day today. I would assume that the squad list is now finalised and will be launched shortly.

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:33 am  

Maybe they are waiting just to make sure everyone given a squad number actually stays with the squad...?

[Bulliac]

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:17 am  

hindle xiii wrote:

Maybe they are waiting just to make sure everyone given a squad number actually stays with the squad...?

Now now, we'll have non of that negative and defeatist talk 'ere..

Re: 2015 squad numbers : Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:38 pm  

They're just checking the squad with Wakey and Shudds to make sure they haven't signed any of em in the last couple of months.