Striker Connor Wickham has been handed the number nine shirt for the 2010/11 season. The 17-year-old takes Pablo Couñago’s number with the Spaniard one of several players who have been moved out of the ‘first 11’.

Aside from Couñago, Alex Bruce goes from being Town’s number five to 21 and Owen Garvan switches from seven to 17. All three were amongst the eight players recently made available by the Blues, with only Lee Martin from that list getting a number between one and 11, picking up the final shirt.

There are various other moves with skipper Jon Walters going to number 10, David Norris switching to eight, Damien Delaney to five, Shane O’Connor to three, Jaime Peters to two and Brian Murphy to one. Kevin Lisbie gets 33.

Squad Numbers
1 Brian Murphy
2 Jaime Peters
3 Shane O'Connor
4 Gareth McAuley
5 Damien Delaney
6 Grant Leadbitter
7 Carlos Edwards
8 David Norris
9 Connor Wickham
10 Jon Walters
11 Lee Martin
12 Arran Lee-Barrett
13 Ian McLoughlin
14 Jon Stead
15 Alan Quinn
16 Tamás Priskin
17 Owen Garvan
18 Pablo Couñago
19 Luke Hyam
20 Tommy Smith
21 Alex Bruce
22 Troy Brown
23 Tom Eastman
24 Colin Healy
25 Billy Clark
26 Luciano Civelli
27 Reggie Lambe
28 Ronan Murray
29 Jack Ainsley
30 Seb Dunbar
31 David Cawley
32 Jamie Griffiths
33 Kevin Lisbie

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the_gospel added 10:49 - Jul 8 well Peters is defo seen as a fullback then. No spaces left open...
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GlenPennyfather added 10:57 - Jul 8 Given the players we have made available, the first XI makes perfect sense. All except Martin. I would have expected Priskin to be number 11. MURPHY PETERS/McAULEY/DELANEY/O'CONNOR EDWARDS/NORRIS/LEADBITTER WALTERS/PRISKIN/WICKHAM
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Wallingford_Boy added 11:00 - Jul 8 Oh no, Edwards in the first XI and Walters up top then..
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Eireannach_gorm added 11:02 - Jul 8 Great to see Lee Martin in the 'first 11'!! Ah look, Lisbie is last......aaaaaaaaahhhhh, poor dear.
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cracko82 added 11:03 - Jul 8 An obvious 'on your bike' to Pabs and Garv then with the number demotions!
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Billy_Whizz added 11:04 - Jul 8 RK must have OCD or something - nice and neat looking squad numbers wise with nobody left in doubt as to who the current 1-11 are! Martin 11 instead of Civelli seems the only talking point perhaps?
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Skip73 added 11:16 - Jul 8 So all the people with 'reliable sources' who said Wickham was sold to Spurs yesterday were off the mark. Thank God. The no.9 shirt wouldn't be his if he were leaving.
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ThatMuhrenCross added 11:20 - Jul 8 Like it or not - team for first game: -------------------------------B MURPHY------------------------------- J PETERS----------G McAULEY--------D DELANEY-----S O'CONNOR C EDWARDS-----G LEADBITTER-------D NORRIS---------L MARTIN --------------------J WALTERS-------C WICKHAM---------------------
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jamie22 added 11:27 - Jul 8 I don't think it is a bad thing for Garvan and Pabs. I think Keane has realised, if no-one buys, he won't be able to. He needs to motivate Garvan especially because of his apparent attitude problems. This, is hopefully, going to spur Garvan to putting more in. And Priskin not getting one will spur him as he knows he is not 1st choice. I may be wrong, but if I am correct, Keane is doing the right thing.

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Redmond added 11:41 - Jul 8 "GlenPennyfather" Why Priskin he is rubbish i know you want our moneys worth out of him but you are never going to get that so just leave him out all together, Good to see Wickham with the 9 shirt going to be a big season for him we all hope
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Marshalls_Mullet added 11:49 - Jul 8 I think priskins would work well as part of a front 3, with him and Walters supplying Wickham. Come on Keano, 4-2-3-1 would work. Murphy Peters MacAuley Delaney Oconnor Leadbitter Norris Edwards Walters Priskin (Hopefully Civelli will come good) Wickham
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IpswichElvis added 11:57 - Jul 8 Who will take the number 11 shirt when Wickham is sold to Sunderland or Spurs?? Hopefully Reggie Lambe !!!!
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Marshalls_Mullet added 11:59 - Jul 8 Elvis - Id imagine Martin would keep the 11 shirt given that scenario.
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IpswichElvis added 12:07 - Jul 8 thanks !!!
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blue_floyd added 12:07 - Jul 8 Why bother giving lazy Lisbie a squad number at all?
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Bergholtblue added 12:38 - Jul 8 When you see the squad written down like that, we do not have strength in depth defensively, especially if Alex Bruce leaves. I do hope that letting David Wright go doesn't come back to haunt us.
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the_gospel added 12:40 - Jul 8 marhsallsmullet I am genuinely excited by that.
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DietmarVanNostrilBoy added 12:40 - Jul 8 Lets assume that some of the 'reject 8' are going to feature as they are not all going to be sold or replaced. They now know they are not wanted, have crap squad numbers etc. Maybe we could also put red crosses on the heads or something! But when they are required, as they obviously will be, what kind of performance can we expect. More quality management from the sage in charge!

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IpswichElvis added 12:44 - Jul 8 Keane has screwed up big time (again). The squad could be down to the bare bones assuming we sell the dross he has transfer listed. I don't see any new arrivals with no gaps in the squad numbers either. Once Wickham and McAuley are sold and the inevitable injuries/suspensions occur, we will really be struggling. Pablo's knee is dodgy also and if Priskin and Martin lose (more) form. Yikes !!!! Just hope Keano realises he is crap and walks before he drags us down to his level.

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Lightningboy added 12:45 - Jul 8 Bit early releasing the squad numbers isn't it? Does this mean that there are going to be no major signings?..that Roy's happy with his first 11?
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yorkshireblue added 12:52 - Jul 8 I bet the parents that have forked out to get a printed shirt for their children are dead chuffed the numbers have been changed. With such large squad rotation, the numbers are irrelevant these days anyway so why bother?
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Quagmire added 12:54 - Jul 8 Seeing the full squad listed like that I can't help but think it just looks very weak! Another season of mediocrity at best.
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Seasonticketsteve added 12:54 - Jul 8 No gaps left for any new signings I see! Not a good sign, anyone else see that other than Portsmouth & Hull we are the only other team in the championship not to have brought anyone else in now! Agree with blue floyd about even giving Lisbie a squad number, seems rather pointless.
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IpswichElvis added 12:54 - Jul 8 Good point Yorkshire Blue. I want a shirt with a name on the back but I was waiting until we signed an exciting new player. However, the shirt will be out of date by the time we sign someone so I just bought a new cape instead. Keane out !!!!
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Jimmy86 added 13:11 - Jul 8 at the end of the day it's important to remember that squad numbers dont mean much these days, ul never find a team that has 1 to 11 as their shirt numbers anyway, I therefore think that people seeming to be over analysing this at the moment, ok so pablo has lost the number 9 shirt, will it matter to him what number shirt he wears? if anything it is just a gimmick for the fans, who will have to change shirt name and number on their shirts etc.

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