Supporters are scratching their heads as Sheffield Wednesday get quirky with squad numbers

Interesting...

Squad number releases are seldom eventful affairs. Sure, you might get the odd player getting cranky after his preferred shirt number is given to a new arrival (see Anthony Martial) but other than that rare occurrence, it's often a practice of little import. But when clubs try to go in a different direction, supporters can often take the new squad numbers very, very seriously. Sheffield Wednesday found that out when they named goalkeepers as their number 1 and 2 while striker Steven Fletcher will wear the number 6 shirt for the coming season. https://twitter.com/swfc/status/760853878682165252 Oddly, only six players have been given a shirt number between 1-11 while players like Barry Bannan, Fernando Forestieri and Atdhe Nuhiu are all up in the 40s. It's weird. And fans didn't hesitate to let Wednesday know about it.

@swfc What the actual FUCK!?

— Lee Hicklin (@KivoLee) August 3, 2016

@swfc Can someone ask Mr Fletcher why he isn't wearing a proper strikers number, please? 6!!! What is he, a centre back? — Neil Dutton (@ndutton13) August 3, 2016

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— Victoria Wood (@Victoria1867) August 3, 2016

@swfc pic.twitter.com/jygGk4qbVT — Tom Doncaster (@TommooGamingHD) August 3, 2016

@swfc ocd worst nightmare

— Ben M (@benji_88_) August 3, 2016

@swfc joe wildsmith number 2 is the best thing ive ever seen in my life — d (@dshort9) August 3, 2016

@Scratchpr00f @ndutton13 @SwfcD @swfc no, goalkeepers wearing number 2 is still weird.

— Ron Walker (@ronnabe) August 4, 2016

@ndutton13 @swfc think the real question is why we have a goal keeper playing right back ? — Danny Worthington ️ (@Danworth2509) August 3, 2016

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