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rekoons wrote:wasn't Bigham referred to as 'The Egg' ?
Somebody on here used to call him that.
Re: Home-Made Nicknames
by SnookerFan » 09 Nov 2020 Read
Somebody on here used to call him that.
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
SnookerFan wrote:Judd Tramp.
Oooh and somebody kept calling trump the longface!
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
Katherine Parsons... Bingham was Egghead and Trump was longface
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
by Pink Ball » 09 Nov 2020 Read
Mark Selby:
bucker Smile
Selbo
Lanky Larry
Neil Robertson:
Assange
Dame Edna
Natalie
Wilson:
Pirate Boy
Zhang Anda:
Kim Jong-Un
bucker Smile
Selbo
Lanky Larry
Neil Robertson:
Assange
Dame Edna
Natalie
Wilson:
Pirate Boy
Zhang Anda:
Kim Jong-Un
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
by Dragonfly » 09 Nov 2020 Read
Regarding nicknames it was fine in the past when just a couple players had them. The hurricane was a cool name. Whirlwind was ok too.
It became silly when Rob Walker began to give everyone a name. The Sheriff of Pottingham! The Outlaw Joey Swail. Cringe worthy and embarrassing. Now they're calling some guy the Federer of the baize. Not because of his expertise, just because he's Swiss.
Not every player needs a nickname. I find a lot of them stupid and the sport could easily do without them.
It became silly when Rob Walker began to give everyone a name. The Sheriff of Pottingham! The Outlaw Joey Swail. Cringe worthy and embarrassing. Now they're calling some guy the Federer of the baize. Not because of his expertise, just because he's Swiss.
Not every player needs a nickname. I find a lot of them stupid and the sport could easily do without them.
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
Wholeheartedly agree, The Wizard of Wishall has made me cringe every single time, from the first to today, however many years its been. Higgins looks nothing like a wizard! LOL. He's the archetypal industrious player, ironically enough.
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
LDS wrote:Wholeheartedly agree, The Wizard of Wishall has made me cringe every single time, from the first to today, however many years its been. Higgins looks nothing like a wizard! LOL. He's the archetypal industrious player, ironically enough.
The Workhorse of Wishaw
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
by SnookerEd25 » 09 Nov 2020 Read
I do like your ‘If you knew Xu Si, Like I know Xu Si’ Dan 
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
SnookerFan wrote:I find a lot of the nicknames a bit phoney.
It works when a few players have them, but when you have Rob Walker giving literally every player a nickname, it just sounds false.
Better than Radzi last week. He claimed that Ronnie was known as Tina Turner. Am I the only one who didn't know this or was he making it up.
He was crowbarring in calling him simply the best
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
Iranu wrote:SnookerFan wrote:I find a lot of the nicknames a bit phoney.
It works when a few players have them, but when you have Rob Walker giving literally every player a nickname, it just sounds false.
Yeah I agree with this. You should have to earn your nickname and it should also be somewhat relevant to you.
For example I preferred “when he’s good he’s On Fire” Stephen Maguire to Stephen The Maverick Maguire because it spoke to his fiery temper.
Enter The Dragon Ding Junhui feels mildly racist to me especially since Ding’s personality couldn’t be further from that of a dragon. But hey he’s Chinese so let’s root his nickname in that because it’s the only recognisable thing about him, right?
But with Mags, when his fiery temperament came out he wasn't very good. So it didn't quite work like that
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
by SnookerFan » 09 Nov 2020 Read
Iranu wrote:“Lord lift us up where” Zhou Yuelong
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
by SnookerFan » 09 Nov 2020 Read
SteveJJ wrote:SnookerFan wrote:I find a lot of the nicknames a bit phoney.
It works when a few players have them, but when you have Rob Walker giving literally every player a nickname, it just sounds false.
Better than Radzi last week. He claimed that Ronnie was known as Tina Turner. Am I the only one who didn't know this or was he making it up.
He was crowbarring in calling him simply the best
He was Carly Simon at one point, as well.
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
SnookerEd25 wrote:I do like your ‘If you knew Xu Si, Like I know Xu Si’ Dan
Haha yes a 1920s reference
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
by Cloud Strife » 09 Nov 2020 Read
Dan-cat wrote:Katherine Parsons... Bingham was Egghead and Trump was longface
John Higgins = Potato head
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
by SnookerFan » 10 Nov 2020 Read
SteveJJ wrote:Better than Radzi last week. He claimed that Ronnie was known as Tina Turner. Am I the only one who didn't know this or was he making it up.
He was crowbarring in calling him simply the best
I think this was Radzi's attempts at humour more than anything.
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Re: Home-Made Nicknames
Tina Turner = Simply The Best
It's a pretty fair reference
It's a pretty fair reference
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