Retiring the Number 8 shirt?

[Keeper!]

Always found the retiring of shirt a bit crass, and I am certain a certain Mr Bell would not have liked it to.

In the future another young player could come into the team and wear no8 and become the new king.

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

i'd say keep the number 8 shirt, i think Colin would have wanted no fuss, besides seeing that number on a shirt reminds me of him and i like that .

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I don’t think it’s required, the naming of the stand a number of years ago cemented his legacy, and thankfully he was around to witness it and feel the love.
Besides I’d love to see the 8 shirt on Kevin’s back

And the fact that he was around for some time after must have made it clear how he was adored by the fans. He doesn't need owt else. As long as I can amble down to the ground I will occupy a seat in CBL3 with all the other FOCs, and re-run CB in my mind's eye.

 

[Gingers Dad]

In equivalent circumstances the Red Scousers would retire the shirt and monetize the situation. The Rags would just monetize the shirt.

We should just be quietly dignified and carry on

 

[M12Blue]

And the fact that he was around for some time after must have made it clear how he was adored by the fans. He doesn't need owt else. As long as I can amble down to the ground I will occupy a seat in CBL3 with all the other FOCs, and re-run CB in my mind's eye.

I didn’t say he did need something else such as shirt retiring

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

i said this on the "should we retire the 21 shirt"

the number 21 should of become iconic, a shirt that is given to someone who has earnt that shirt , david silva has turned that number iconic for the work he did for Manchester City.

same should be said for the number 8, playing for Manchester City should be an honour , playing in the 21 or 8 should be the pinnacle of their city careers

next season i would like to see kev in the 8 shirt, and the 21 empty.

I quite like the informal system of the cocky young new signing who idolised the player wearing wanting it, ala Torres.

 

[The Future is Blue]

Well the Rags and the Raggy media have turned their No. 7 shirt into some sort of iconic thing then why can't we with our 8 and 21? Sod that lets make our 1 to 100 iconic!

 

[Ric]

It's a no from me, I'm afraid.

 

[MarsLlama]

To me, the only reason to retire a shirt number should be to honour someone who has died recently, like Marc-Vivien Foé. The number 8 is an iconic number and the idea that we'll never have a number 8 again doesn't sit well with me. I also doubt Colin would want us to strip Gundogan of his number, which does carry a lot of meaning to Ilkay as well.

I've seen suggestions that we should retire 21, 42, 5, 4 and 10 before to honour club legends. I'd much rather we give new players the chance to make history in those shirts. It's much more fun to have a string of iconic #8s than to forever commit ourselves to just a couple.

 

[Blue Feather]

I understand the sentiment but personally I would want to wear the number of a great player to hopefully continue with the legacy