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Post by josh lockett on Sept 11, 2019 22:19:56 GMT
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Post by gloryeagle on Sept 11, 2019 23:32:49 GMT
Awkwardly we have handed out a retired number....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 23:37:38 GMT
Awkwardly we have handed out a retired number.... Leicester did the same last season... and this season. That is a seriously depressing photo though. |
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Post by massiveridersfan on Sept 12, 2019 7:27:38 GMT
Awkwardly we have handed out a retired number.... Leicester did the same last season... and this season. That is a seriously depressing photo though. Might have been a good idea to edit it so you could actually see faces - looks a lot like there was a power cut. |
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Post by blueskies99 on Sept 12, 2019 7:57:53 GMT
Awkwardly we have handed out a retired number.... Leicester did the same last season... and this season. That is a seriously depressing photo though. Really? Im not aware of any numbers being retired by the Riders..... |
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Post by glasseyes on Sept 12, 2019 8:18:24 GMT
Awkwardly we have handed out a retired number.... Which one? |
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Post by padaceth on Sept 12, 2019 8:22:24 GMT
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I am aware the only number we have retired so far is 5 which was TJ Walkers number.
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Post by MansfieldMike on Sept 12, 2019 8:55:55 GMT
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I am aware the only number we have retired so far is 5 which was TJ Walkers number. Didn't 'Prince' Charles Smith, otherwise known as 'Charlie Buckets', own the 10 shirt, which I understood was to follow him into retirement. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2019 9:22:47 GMT
Leicester did the same last season... and this season. That is a seriously depressing photo though. Really? Im not aware of any numbers being retired by the Riders..... #8 |
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Post by josh lockett on Sept 12, 2019 10:55:35 GMT
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I am aware the only number we have retired so far is 5 which was TJ Walkers number. Didn't he come over and get the shirt awarded to him before a game? What about Lynard Stewart as well - didn't he also come over a couple of years ago and get a presentation? There was never anything done for Smith as far as I'm aware. Perhaps IRF can produce some more unsubstantiated rumours/conspiracy theories?  |
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Post by glasseyes on Sept 12, 2019 11:02:32 GMT
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I am aware the only number we have retired so far is 5 which was TJ Walkers number. Didn't he come over and get the shirt awarded to him before a game? What about Lynard Stewart as well - didn't he also come over a couple of years ago and get a presentation? There was never anything done for Smith as far as I'm aware. Perhaps IRF can produce some more unsubstantiated rumours/conspiracy theories? Walker and Stewart are the only ones mentioned on newcastle-eagles.com/club/hall-of-fame/ |
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Post by blueskies99 on Sept 12, 2019 12:15:47 GMT
Really? Im not aware of any numbers being retired by the Riders..... #8 Still not convinced.....  I attended his testimonial and can't remember his shirt being retired OR an announcement being made in the media. The fact that the club have allocated the number to another player (twice?) tends to add weight to the argument that his shirt was never actually retired. Of course..... I could be wrong..... |
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Post by minty on Sept 12, 2019 13:42:09 GMT
Charles smiths shirt was never retired,does anyone know if Mitchell is here yet
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Post by gloryeagle on Sept 12, 2019 17:12:35 GMT
Awkwardly we have handed out a retired number.... Which one? 10 - Charles Smith |
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Post by gloryeagle on Sept 12, 2019 17:15:22 GMT
From the official report on his retirement by the club
"The club has only previously retired one shirt in its history, TJ Walker’s No.5. We will be retiring the Charles Smith No.10 in recognition of his achievements in what has been a golden era for the Eagles."
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Post by interestedridersfan on Sept 12, 2019 17:20:29 GMT
From the official report on his retirement by the club "The club has only previously retired one shirt in its history, TJ Walker’s No.5. We will be retiring the Charles Smith No.10 in recognition of his achievements in what has been a golden era for the Eagles." They must have just forgotten to do it in the end Sounded a good idea at the time though I think Maybe the coach leaving (who needs his shirt retiring as well) will remind them |
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Post by gloryeagle on Sept 12, 2019 18:41:22 GMT
We also launched a hall of fame about 8 years ago and claimed we would be inducting a player every 2 years or something. We simply ignored that after just 1 year.
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Post by stevetheballer on Sept 12, 2019 19:22:34 GMT
Charles smiths shirt was never retired,does anyone know if Mitchell is here yet Mitchell hasn’t arrived and from what I have heard am not confident he is ever going to. Apparently there is going to be some news by the end of the week regarding this. |
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Post by gloryeagle on Sept 12, 2019 20:31:21 GMT
Charles smiths shirt was never retired,does anyone know if Mitchell is here yet Mitchell hasn’t arrived and from what I have heard am not confident he is ever going to. Apparently there is going to be some news by the end of the week regarding this. What's the issue? He looked like our best pick up to me. |
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Post by stevetheballer on Sept 12, 2019 20:56:07 GMT
Not really sure what the issue is, I have heard a few things that don’t sound promising, don’t really want to say anything else until hopefully the club say something.
I agree he looked really promising, looked like a beast in the paint, big and strong and just what we needed.
Disappointed if he isn’t coming but you would have thought he’d have arrived by now if he was.
If he’s not I hope we have a similar replacement lined up, we need that big aggressive power forward/centre that we haven’t had for a while.
I hope all is revealed soon because the silence from the club so far is deafening.
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Post by interestedridersfan on Sept 12, 2019 21:17:05 GMT
Plenty of budget to spend
Surely it's going to be MBA now?
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Post by gloryeagle on Sept 12, 2019 21:21:02 GMT
Not really sure what the issue is, I have heard a few things that don’t sound promising, don’t really want to say anything else until hopefully the club say something. I agree he looked really promising, looked like a beast in the paint, big and strong and just what we needed. Disappointed if he isn’t coming but you would have thought he’d have arrived by now if he was. If he’s not I hope we have a similar replacement lined up, we need that big aggressive power forward/centre that we haven’t had for a while. I hope all is revealed soon because the silence from the club so far is deafening. Really poor showing from the club this summer IMO. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2019 21:24:20 GMT
Plenty of budget to spend Surely it's going to be MBA now? You and your budget knowledge.... |
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Post by interestedridersfan on Sept 13, 2019 5:10:35 GMT
Not really sure what the issue is, I have heard a few things that don’t sound promising, don’t really want to say anything else until hopefully the club say something. I agree he looked really promising, looked like a beast in the paint, big and strong and just what we needed. Disappointed if he isn’t coming but you would have thought he’d have arrived by now if he was. If he’s not I hope we have a similar replacement lined up, we need that big aggressive power forward/centre that we haven’t had for a while. I hope all is revealed soon because the silence from the club so far is deafening. Really poor showing from the club this summer IMO. In what way? |
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Post by youngrocks on Sept 13, 2019 5:43:52 GMT
I really think all clubs have been poor this summer. Maybe the only exceptions are surrey and bristol
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