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I think a compromise would be to only add names to jumpers when the player has recieved a nickname. This is pretty drat australian and also would satisfy the apparent need to alienate people new to the sport. Like Lance Franklin's would just say "Buddy", Ballantyne's would just be grawlix, Hodgey's would say "Good Bloke" etc etc
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Which one is you TG?
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redweird posted:I think a compromise would be to only add names to jumpers when the player has recieved a nickname. This is pretty drat australian and also would satisfy the apparent need to alienate people new to the sport. Wrasslin promoter Vince McMahon already did it. 
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redweird posted:I think a compromise would be to only add names to jumpers when the player has recieved a nickname. This is pretty drat australian and also would satisfy the apparent need to alienate people new to the sport. When Jumpers have the names of club legends subtly printed on them, Hodge's is just a list of his victims.
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pkid posted:Which one is you TG?  I'm the one in the pink shorts giving the kids a copy of my best selling shitposts
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redweird posted:I think a compromise would be to only add names to jumpers when the player has recieved a nickname. This is pretty drat australian and also would satisfy the apparent need to alienate people new to the sport.
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Apr 6, 2016 06:55
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Nicknames are a terrible idea because I'm sure there are inter-club ones that no one's ever heard in the media. Also Aussie nicknames are routinely terrible and are just last names with a y on the end.
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Nicknames are a terrible idea because I'm sure there are inter-club ones that no one's ever heard in the media. Shoosh, MysticalMachineGuny
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Speaking of nicknames. What's the origin of Buddah Hocking? The first one I mean because Heath gets called that too and I assume it's of Whisk, eh, Gary but don't think I ever found out why he got that one in the first place
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Apr 6, 2016 07:24
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i sure wonder how john longmire got his nickname, and it certainly isnt weird at all hearing people call him by it in the media
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thepokey posted:Speaking of nicknames. What's the origin of Buddah Hocking? The first one I mean because Heath gets called that too and I assume it's of Whisk, eh, Gary but don't think I ever found out why he got that one in the first place https://web.archive.org/web/20090718123612/http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/07/15/84715_gfc.html quote:Hocking picked up his nickname 'Buddha' a long time before he arrived at the club. His father called him that after coming home and seeing his son sitting in a chair watching TV.
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Apr 6, 2016 07:31
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the best nickname in the league is tyson 'moneybags' goldsack
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I believe Garry Hocking was a fat kid. Buddha is a really common nickname though so I think there must be some universal thing that I'm not getting. Nicknames are good to a point, but in general I think shortened or just casualized names are the way to go. For instance Bartel having Jimmy on his back would be very Australian and most casuals would still immediately get who he is and when he's being referred to by commentators. But his nickname around the club is Nudge, which is super obscure and would put off everyone. EDIT: Beaten like a fat kid chasing down a loose ball
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Apr 6, 2016 07:33
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Does Cow Dude have any nickname aside from Cow Dude?
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hiddenmovement posted:Nicknames are good to a point, but in general I think shortened or just casualized names are the way to go. For instance Bartel having Jimmy on his back would be very Australian and most casuals would still immediately get who he is and when he's being referred to by commentators. But his nickname around the club is Nudge, which is super obscure and would put off everyone. A bunch of school groups do the "VCE/HSC/Whatever the gently caress Queensland, WA and SA do! Congrats!" shirt thing. A bunch of them let the person buying the shirt pick what goes on the back. I'm sure it means something to all the people in that school who are friends but, as a guy riding the bus home from Uni, they all look like colossal fuckwits. It is a terrible idea. Last names or nothing.
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Schlesische posted:A bunch of school groups do the "VCE/HSC/Whatever the gently caress Queensland, WA and SA do! Congrats!" shirt thing. A bunch of them let the person buying the shirt pick what goes on the back. I'm sure it means something to all the people in that school who are friends but, as a guy riding the bus home from Uni, they all look like colossal fuckwits. I'm surprised they're still a thing, actually, it seemed like a very 90s idea. Oh and the art teacher also did a very cool design for a t-shirt but it got vetoed by the higher-ups because it depicted them as POW camp commandants.
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The Deadly Hume posted:Does Cow Dude have any nickname aside from Cow Dude? foif.
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FIFO
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redweird posted:I think a compromise would be to only add names to jumpers when the player has recieved a nickname. This is pretty drat australian and also would satisfy the apparent need to alienate people new to the sport. Adelaide did this on their warmup tops I think last year, maybe the year before. Not sure if we're still doing it, I missed the pregame on the weekend.
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Nicknames on jumpers? I'm not having 36 players with variations of oval office, muppet, clown, etc would help the casuals tell the players apart.
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redweird posted:FIFO The most Western Australian nickname
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Nicknames are a terrible idea because I'm sure there are inter-club ones that no one's ever heard in the media. Sup Knackers?
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Just got a mental image of Lynch running around in the mid 2000s with 'Ol Brickhands' written on his back
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Apr 6, 2016 09:28
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A few big names out for Port this week, could be a competitive game 
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Yeah we could honestly lose this game, I've been to both games so far and we've looked completely out classed in both. Don't know whats happened with Polec, he had 5 touches the entire game last week and rarely contested the ball, just jogged without effort to each contest and resulted in an easy mark for the other team. It says something when Jaspar Pittard is one of your best players on the day..
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Cloud the Cat posted:Yeah we could honestly lose this game, I've been to both games so far and we've looked completely out classed in both. Who is that in your avatar all I can see is Max Rooke
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I thought it was Andrew bogut
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If you put nicknames on guernseys, you've got to extend the tail of Ben McEvoy's guernsey, get rid of the number and print with the largest font size possible. Maybe throw BT's face in there somewhere.
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Shmoses posted:Who is that in your avatar all I can see is Max Rooke It's Ricky Rubio the most adorable NBA player ever.
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Chairchucker posted:It's Ricky Rubio the most adorable NBA player ever. Yep  . Just making sure I'm on the Timberwolves band wagon early 
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Biggs & Hunter have both re-signed with the Bulldogs; Biggs expires in 2018 & Hunter in 2019
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im sticking to my guns and never tipping port this season. i feel even better about it now that wingard is out
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Ricky Nixon is a oval office news: The courts have let him publish his book. http://www.smh.com.au/afl/ricky-nixon-gets-green-light-to-publish-tellall-book-20160407-go0gi1 This isn't huge news, but the thing that got me was his quote. "I feel that I gave something to football, a lot to football, and contributed to some of the success of the game," What a colossal arse-stain.
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i feel like tipping adelaide is the one thing which could cause Good Richmond to actually turn up this weekend anyway i'm excited because the dees are playing a season game in tassie at the same time as i've been living here for the first time ever this weekend so i'm going to go watch my team lose from just down the road from my parents house instead of flying to melbourne to see them lose like i normally have to
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BrigadierSensible posted:Ricky Nixon is a oval office news: The courts have let him publish his book. Toot toot. Im sure it would have interesting excerpts (if you can believe them) but fuuuuuuck paying for that poo poo.
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Steal one.
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Another Port player has been ruled out for tomorrow. Maybe they figure Daniher is going to kick 1.17 and they can rest their defenders. Also Zaharakis said he didn't know if Watson would be back at Essendon next year, to the delight of the clickbait generators. And apparently Travis Colyer has started or is about to start or someone thinks he's about to start negotiations with Essendon about next year. Tayte Pears is allegedly almost finished the fire brigade selection process and most likely won't be playing next year. The last two are big footy rumours so take with a pinch of salt. gay picnic defence fucked around with this message at 08:47 on Apr 7, 2016 |
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gay picnic defence posted:Another Port player has been ruled out for tomorrow. Maybe they figure Daniher is going to kick 1.17 and they can rest their defenders. they rested their defenders last week too
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So after being completely outplayed by Essendon the Dees have elected to swing the axe and drop... Garland and Brayshaw. Really sending a message.
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snaeksikn posted:they rested their defenders last week too It just makes it easier when we inevitably lose to Essendon... "but we have THIS MANY injuries so really it's understandable".
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