The number 3

[OLD SCRAGGer]

Now that Everitt has been traded to Sydney, do you think we will give the #3 to anyone? if so who?:confused:

[Mofra]

Liam Jones?

[LostDoggy]

I'd vote Liam Picken or Easton Wood.

[OLD SCRAGGer]

I heard Picken was offered the # 6, but said he wanted #3

[The Coon Dog]

Cooney.

[chef]

Ward.

[Greystache]

Liam Jones?

Seconded, but not just yet.

[Flamethrower]

Jordan Roughead.

[LostDoggy]

As it's our most famous number, i reckon that we should hold off on giving it out at all...any player that is given it should have to earn it...Conns and Griff have, but i think they'll stick with the numbers they have.

[lemmon]

Would love Cooney, guaranteed gun so its in safe hands. Liam Jones would be my second choice if we prefer to keep it in the hands of a key position player.

[Grantysghost]

Picken

[LostDoggy]

Wallis

[SlimPickens]

Mitch Wallis!

[Mofra]

Wallis
Will get 24
Libba 39
Hunter no 10 in 2013
Beasley no 18 in 2013 :)

[LostDoggy]

Will get 24
Libba 39
Hunter no 10 in 2013
Beasley no 18 in 2013 :)

Love it... makes the summer long in anticipation

[LostDoggy]

Picken. No doubt in my mind he'd do the number proud.

[EasternWest]

I heard Picken was offered the # 6, but said he wanted #3

Is that true? I would love that if it was.

He's saying, "Johnno's great, but I wanna be the best". In fact, even if it isn't true, in my mind that's exactly what happened.

[Greystache]

Is that true? I would love that if it was.

He's saying, "Johnno's great, but I wanna be the best". In fact, even if it isn't true, in my mind that's exactly what happened.

Even better is (unless this conversation took place in the last 15 mins) Picken must have said, "no Johnno's great, but I wanna be the best, I'll have number 3, you'll have to do something about the bloke wearing it currently"

[EasternWest]

Even better is (unless this conversation took place in the last 15 mins) Picken must have said, "no Johnno's great, but I wanna be the best, I'll have number 3, you'll have to do something about the bloke wearing it currently"

chortle chortle

[AndrewP6]

Coons if anyone, but I'd probably shelve it for at least a year...didn't work out with the last bloke ;)

[comrade]

Let Jones earn it with a couple of good seasons. It's a sacred number and there's no reason to hand it over right now.

[LostDoggy]

Retire the number, hang it up at every Etihad home game.

[LostDoggy]

You don't win a brownlow and change numbers! Adam will be winning another one in 17 very soon.

[The Coon Dog]

You don't win a brownlow and change numbers! Adam will be winning another one in 17 very soon.

Tony Lockett did. He wore number 14 the year he won it & then reverted to number 4 at St.Kilda.

[LostDoggy]

Thinking maybe retire it for a year and see how our young guns are progressing then. Went too soon with Dre I reckon. Let someone really earn it!:D

[KT31]

Thinking maybe retire it for a year and see how our young guns are progressing then. Went too soon with Dre I reckon. Let someone really earn it!:D

Picken or Ward ?

[LostDoggy]

Id like to see Picken wearnig 3 ..Wasn't 42 Boydys number before he dropped to 5?

[LostDoggy]

Id like to see Picken wearnig 3 ..Wasn't 42 Boydys number before he dropped to 5?

Yes. :)

[Desipura]

In recent times the club has allocated the number 3 to classy type players. With all due respect to Picken who is a very good player who gives his all, I would think a Ward or perhaps Jones in 12 months time.

[LostDoggy]

They simply have to hang up number 3 for awhile to see if a worthy player emerges. That number means far too much to just give it out willy nilly. It's easy now in hindsight to say that it was given to Dre with too much haste but he really did look like he was going to be something special.

[LostDoggy]

What about Andrew Hooper? Just signed 2 year deal. Current jumper is 41. 4-1=3. Anyone want share in this delusion. I got enough to go around!

[LostDoggy]

What about Andrew Hooper? Just signed 2 year deal. Current jumper is 41. 4-1=3. Anyone want share in this delusion. I got enough to go around!

Nothing wrong with thinking outside the square DaDruid!!

[LostDoggy]

Would we need to give it to anyone?

Emerging players may generally like to honour the number that they've began to make a name with. We've seen what happened with giving that number to Evs. Couple of years later and it's trade bait 9no idea why he was given it int he first place)

Maybe young Libba or Wallis - players just starting out, if any.

[LostDoggy]

In recent times the club has allocated the number 3 to classy type players. With all due respect to Picken who is a very good player who gives his all, I would think a Ward or perhaps Jones in 12 months time.

I want whoever wears it to be 100% heart, 100% commitment and 100% about the Bulldogs. Couldn't care less how classy they are. Griff's all class and I don't think he'd make a good number 3.

[Mantis]

I want whoever wears it to be 100% heart, 100% commitment and 100% about the Bulldogs. Couldn't care less how classy they are. Griff's all class and I don't think he'd make a good number 3.

Strange call.

Played injured this finals series and was still our best player, won our B&F, re-signed when offered big money elsewhere... What else do you want from him?

[LostDoggy]

I want whoever wears it to be 100% heart, 100% commitment and 100% about the Bulldogs. Couldn't care less how classy they are. Griff's all class and I don't think he'd make a good number 3.

Huh? Teddy and Granty were nothing if not all class.

[Desipura]

Strange call.

Played injured this finals series and was still our best player, won our B&F, re-signed when offered big money elsewhere... What else do you want from him?
I agree, a bizarre call.....

[Greystache]

Strange call.

Played injured this finals series and was still our best player, won our B&F, re-signed when offered big money elsewhere... What else do you want from him?

Shit, looking at it that way I think we should trade him for Sherman! :rolleyes:

[bornadog]

In recent times the club has allocated the number 3 to classy type players. With all due respect to Picken who is a very good player who gives his all, I would think a Ward or perhaps Jones in 12 months time.

I agree the number three is reserved for guns and we were premature in giving it to Dre. Lets wait and see before we just hand it out to anyone.

[LostDoggy]

Picken or Ward ?

Umm, not really sure there - I think there may be more players in the mix than just Picken and Ward - what about Jones? Again, I just think we should retire it for a while and not rush into anything.

[LostDoggy]

Strange call.

Played injured this finals series and was still our best player, won our B&F, re-signed when offered big money elsewhere... What else do you want from him?

Mantis - would agree wholeheartedly with you - can't imagine what BornAScragger was thinking :eek:

[soupman]

You would imagine it is out of the following:

14. Callan Ward: Hard at it with a touch of class, big future and potential leader. 14 is already a good number though.

16. Ryan Griffen: Probably the best candidate for mine, except he has made 16 his number already.

17. Adam Cooney: Best player at the club, leadership member, classy. Has already established himself in 17 though.

19. Liam Jones: Potential pack marking hopefully dominant CHF, but like Everitt could struggle to improve on his first season (which hasn't been that impressive at AFL level). Probably too early.

23. Jordan Roughead: Classy and with a big future. I don't really envisage him in either 3 or 6 though, but could see him in 14 if Ward upgraded.

29. Easton Wood: Exciting, tough, young and with lots of potential. I can see him in number 6 more than 3 though.

38. Dale Morris: Whilst he has made 38 his own, would not be out of place in either 3 or 6 as a courageous, consistent performer who is part of the leadership group.

42. Liam Picken: Tough and unforgiving, his lack of class probably makes him more of a number 6 than 3 in my eyes.

And one who hasn't been talked about to my knowledge:

12. Tom Williams. Just thought of him as I went through the numbers. Could he be an outside chance? Big and strong, fairly physical, an important member of our side for a long time and highly rated.

[LostDoggy]

What about giving the number to the captain?? Guaranteed to be a proven player, leader and 100% committed to the dogs! Would be similar to what Richmond do with 17, a great honor to get Captain Bloods jumper and it should be a honour to wear Teddys.

[soupman]

What about giving the number to the captain?? Guaranteed to be a proven player, leader and 100% committed to the dogs! Would be similar to what Richmond do with 17, a great honor to get Captain Bloods jumper and it should be a honour to wear Teddys.

I'm not a fan of that. I'd prefer a player to wear it for a long period of time regardless of his leadership role within the club. Port Adelaide do this too btw.

[KT31]

In recent times the club has allocated the number 3 to classy type players. With all due respect to Picken who is a very good player who gives his all, I would think a Ward or perhaps Jones in 12 months time.

Yeh, Everitt was full of class.:p

[Desipura]

Yeh, Everitt was full of class.:p
Everitt was not a junkyard dog put it that way. Moved well, just not well wnough.;)

[KT31]

Everitt was not a junkyard dog put it that way. , just not well wnough.;)

And now he is not a Bulldog.;)


Moved well

From us to the Swans.:D

[ratsmac]

Brian Lake? though I can't imagine him in anything else other than 36.
Dale Morris would honour that jumper.
I would care if a Libba or Wally wore 6 or 3 either. They have bulldog blood in their veins.

[strebla]

No-one leave 3 and 6 hanging in the rooms before every game and ask the young players if they think they deserve to wear them make them the last thing they see when running out the door!

DO YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH

[Desipura]

My guess the numbers will be allocated as follows:

3 - Jones

6 - Ward

14 - Picken

19 - Vesper

21 - Sherman

24 - Wallis

33 - Shakira

39 - Libba

[mighty_west]

My guess the numbers will be allocated as follows:

3 - Jones

6 - Ward

14 - Picken

19 - Vesper

21 - Sherman

24 - Wallis

33 - Shakira

39 - Libba

I agree with all of those, except Ward & Picken, i'd like to see Picken given 6, 14 is already a good number for Ward, would be great to see Jones wearing 3 at CHF for the next 10 years, at least he is a KPP where's Everitt was really a tall flanker.

[Mofra]

Hoping 10 & 18 are left vacant until 2013 ;)

[Swoop]

What about 8?

[azabob]

What about 8?

The one and only Mitch Hahn will be wearing that in 2011.

[hujsh]

The one and only Mitch Hahn will be wearing that in 2011.

No confirmation either way yet according to my quick google search

[SlimPickens]

Mitch Wallis!

A little bit of self indulgence here!!!!!:p

[LostDoggy]

Huh? Teddy and Granty were nothing if not all class.


Strange call.

Played injured this finals series and was still our best player, won our B&F, re-signed when offered big money elsewhere... What else do you want from him?


Mantis - would agree wholeheartedly with you - can't imagine what BornAScragger was thinking :eek:

I think I was a bit misunderstood/didn't make myself clear enough.

I was referring more to the type of player I'd like to see in the number 3. Granty was all class, but he was also everything else, and was a fine #3. What I was getting at, is that giving it out on ability alone is not the right way to go. It's not just any old number.

[LostDoggy]

Mark Kellett and Andrejs Everitt agree with you BAS

[Twodogs]

What about giving the number to the captain?? Guaranteed to be a proven player, leader and 100% committed to the dogs! Would be similar to what Richmond do with 17, a great honor to get Captain Bloods jumper and it should be a honour to wear Teddys.


I reckon #6 would be a better number to reserve for the captain. Charlie Sutton wore it, Brad Johnson wore it-it seems like a good fit.

[LostDoggy]

Don't like the idea of a captain always having the same number, Imagine Hawkins,Grant or Johnson having to change numbers when they were made captain.

[Ozza]

Hello all, I've been very out of the loop - and haven't really had a look at WOOF for a couple of months - so my apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere and is 'old news'.

But my partner and I had our first child a couple of months ago (hence - no time for WOOF) and he has been getting plenty of Bulldogs gear - and just yesterday we received a Bulldogs money box that Picko had organised to be signed by the guys that are in his cuirrent training group.

Anyway, I couldn't help by notice one of the signatures that I'm 99% sure is Mitch Wallis - had '#3' next to it....

So my question is - Is this old news? And can I assume Mitch has been given the famed number 3?

[aker39]

He sure has.

http://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=8611

[The Coon Dog]

^^^

Yes Ozza, Mitch has #3.

Here is a thread, should actually read 2011 not 2010:

http://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=8611

[Ozza]

Thanks guys,...as I said - I've been very much out of the loop!

[Doggy]

Hello all, I've been very out of the loop - and haven't really had a look at WOOF for a couple of months - so my apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere and is 'old news'.

But my partner and I had our first child a couple of months ago (hence - no time for WOOF) and he has been getting plenty of Bulldogs gear - and just yesterday we received a Bulldogs money box that Picko had organised to be signed by the guys that are in his cuirrent training group.

Anyway, I couldn't help by notice one of the signatures that I'm 99% sure is Mitch Wallis - had '#3' next to it....

So my question is - Is this old news? And can I assume Mitch has been given the famed number 3?

I have just received my bulldog personalised mug. I think you will find that I have actually been issued with the number 3
http://C:/Users/Vicki/Desktop/photos/Bailey/2010-12-20/018.JPG

[aker39]

I have just received my bulldog personalised mug. I think you will find that I have actually been issued with the number 3
http://C:/Users/Vicki/Desktop/photos/Bailey/2010-12-20/018.JPG

Off topic, but when did you order yours.

[Doggy]

Off topic, but when did you order yours.

I ordered 4 of them on the 20th of November. I received one two weeks ago, two today and am still waiting for the other.

[LostDoggy]

Hello all, I've been very out of the loop - and haven't really had a look at WOOF for a couple of months - so my apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere and is 'old news'.

But my partner and I had our first child a couple of months ago (hence - no time for WOOF) and he has been getting plenty of Bulldogs gear - and just yesterday we received a Bulldogs money box that Picko had organised to be signed by the guys that are in his cuirrent training group.

Anyway, I couldn't help by notice one of the signatures that I'm 99% sure is Mitch Wallis - had '#3' next to it....

So my question is - Is this old news? And can I assume Mitch has been given the famed number 3?

This is an old thread, but I've just found it......just wanted to say congratulations on the birth of your son, and I love hearing about all his Bulldogs gear!!!!! Great when we can get them this young!

[Ozza]

This is an old thread, but I've just found it......just wanted to say congratulations on the birth of your son, and I love hearing about all his Bulldogs gear!!!!! Great when we can get them this young!

Thanks Magic Griffen - much appreciated. So far he has a few little bulldogs tee's, a couple of bulldog teddies, a scarf, a bulldogs money box signed by a dozen or so of the players, a Team of the Century jumper framed on his wall (signed by Sir Doug, and a print of EJ's signature) - and of course he was signed up by his Grandfather as a 2011 member the day after he was born.

So he is very well equipped to be a Bulldog for life! His Geelong supporting mother has not quite embraced - but has accepted this fact!!

[LostDoggy]

Thanks Magic Griffen - much appreciated. So far he has a few little bulldogs tee's, a couple of bulldog teddies, a scarf, a bulldogs money box signed by a dozen or so of the players, a Team of the Century jumper framed on his wall (signed by Sir Doug, and a print of EJ's signature) - and of course he was signed up by his Grandfather as a 2011 member the day after he was born.

So he is very well equipped to be a Bulldog for life! His Geelong supporting mother has not quite embraced - but has accepted this fact!!

Wow! your little tacker doggie has more memorabilla that I do, and I have been following them for 48 years (OMG!). Just fabulous to hear :cool:

[LostDoggy]

Has #6 been allocated to anyone yet?
If not I hope Johnno give it to Pickers, he may not be from Bulldog Blood, but he's sure got Bulldog Spirit, Like Charlie and Johnno :)

[The Coon Dog]

Has #6 been allocated to anyone yet?
If not I hope Johnno give it to Pickers, he may not be from Bulldog Blood, but he's sure got Bulldog Spirit, Like Charlie and Johnno :)

http://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=8611

[LostDoggy]

Thanks TCD. Shoulda put my Specs on