Looks like next year will bring a whole re vamp of the squad numbers, due to be announced soon but I'm led to believe the first 13 numbers will look like this:

1. Jonny Lomax
2. Tommy Makinson
3. Jordan Turner
4. Josh Jones
5. Adam Swift
6. Lance Hohaia
7. Luke Walsh
8. LMS
9. James Roby
10. Kyle Amor
11. Sia Soliola
12. Willie Manu
13. Jon Wilkin

That was my preferred starting line up, with Percival getting a bit more game time next season.
The pack looks very well balanced, glad to see Wilkin at 13 whether he stays or plays to that position we sill see, but Brown did say he is in the pack next season.
Interesting to see if Wellens will get a bench spot as the bench will be more or less taken with impact players with the occaisonal games using Percival/Charnock.

Makes sense, Sia hasnt been a centre in years, and J-Lo is first choice fullback

Would seem to make sense but personally I wish we'd just scrap squad numbers and play with positional ones

Not sure why they would move LMS from 10 to 8 when he has worn the 10 practically all of his career, and also think Wilkin would want to keep the 12 even though he will probably play more 13 than Manu will

Also not sure if it's just an error but if you look on the shop website at personalising the new kit, Masoe has been added to that list at 8, the rest are still last years list but can't see them adding a player with a number he wasn't going to be wearing on there...could be wrong though

Some of what I've put could be wrong mate, will just have to wait and see.

I'd be surprised if Wellens isn't number 1. I can see him keeping it out of sentiment, but I hope the numbers above is how it is.

You have to give Walsh the 7 shirt and you can't give lomax a none starting number. I'd imagine he'll get the 1 and I'd imagine wellens will get the 18 shirt, playing much less, being 18th man a lot so he can transition into a coaching role (via waterboy ) of course it's all conjecture at this point!

I read on here that swift has been given his squad number for next year (and is indeed the 5 shirt) so we must be near to announcing it

I don't know if there's any more signings to come (what with rumours still around) but I imagine things like the 6 and 14 shirt won't be sorted yet and we'll only announce the squad numbers after they are sorted

I drove past Cowley yesterday and saw Amor in a training top with a number 10 on it. In which case maybe LMS could drop out of the first 13 numbers.

What number was LMS before he moved to 10? Was it 15? I reckon Laffranchi might become 8.

Masoe is no 8 on the superstore for shirt orders.

Jonny Lomax is 100% wearing the 1 shirt so Wellens will be wearing another shirt, I believe 17 as Yellow Giraffe has said.

I was close enough principle still stands!

Good spot

Seems a good move as you can imagine that there will be a lot of demand for that name and number.

They have also removed Meli, Puletua, Perry, Ashe, Speakman and Yates from this list but other players like Forster and Hand remain so that would hint that they have not been binned off (at least not yet).