When tea towel was first used here it wasn't through any kind of endearment? It was because he was under performing and the people using it thought it apt. As for TT... it's his initials?? Sam T and Smith gets his from the players, just a little different. It's up to you of course if you think it's still fitting as to using it. It wasn't meant as any endearing nickname in my opinion but a derogatory slant on him. I think this season he's proved me and a lot of others where a little hasty has he seems to be finding his feet.
You can try and hide it in what ever way you want if it makes you feel better
josie andrews wrote:I wish people would give the guy some respect & stop using this childish nickname
Call him TT, Mr T or simply T.
You really are hung up on this one aren't you Josie.
Should we not have called Mcguire "Madge" then? Or Burgess "Budgie"? Or Mark Riddell "Piggy", which after all came about because he was a bit on the plump side! What on earth is the difference? They are just nicknames and earning one is in fact often a mark of having endeared yourself to the fans not an insult.
Piggy wasn't called Piggy because of his size, it was because his dad was a policeman. He got the nickname little pig.
I didn't know that but given calling policemen pigs is derogatory I am amazed if the sensitive souls on here didn't have a heart attack whenever he was called that on the forum.
I think nick names like these are used because people have difficulty spelling players names.
It's time to replace Nuuausala, Tautai and Leuluai with Smith, Brown and Graham to help us stop making silly names. Lee Mossop has to go for obvious reasons too
lucky 13 wrote:When tea towel was first used here it wasn't through any kind of endearment? It was because he was under performing and the people using it thought it apt. As for TT... it's his initials?? Sam T and Smith gets his from the players, just a little different. It's up to you of course if you think it's still fitting as to using it. It wasn't meant as any endearing nickname in my opinion but a derogatory slant on him. I think this season he's proved me and a lot of others where a little hasty has he seems to be finding his feet.
You can try and hide it in what ever way you want if it makes you feel better
Wakey fans called him Tea Towel and they was sad to see him go.
Panchitta Marra wrote:I think nick names like these are used because people have difficulty spelling players names.
It's time to replace Nuuausala, Tautai and Leuluai with Smith, Brown and Graham to help us stop making silly names. Lee Mossop has to go for obvious reasons too
When Mr Thomas Leuluai returns to the club (cant wait) he will be referred to as WEE TAM by us up north as he has always been lol.
God wrote:Agreed Wakey called him Teatowel way before us.
All of a sudden it's disrespectful, I'm not having it.
I love nicknames for people/players the best one I've ever heard was for a footballer playing for Crystal Palace in the Premier League called Fitz Hall his nickname was One Size, brilliant nickname.
Teatowel is another great one IMO Piggy I liked too
Tony Adams: Donkey
"Bing" Crosby
The black pearl?? Referencing a persons skin colour, but because it's endearing it's acceptable, same as referencing a players hair colour "The Ginger pearl" we could go on.
Tautai is easy to spell, it even comes up as a auto correct when you type so I'm not having that either.
Not so sure about the "Bing" nickname for Crosby,don't think I've heard anyone call him that
Panchitta Marra wrote:I think nick names like these are used because people have difficulty spelling players names.
It's time to replace Nuuausala, Tautai and Leuluai with Smith, Brown and Graham to help us stop making silly names. Lee Mossop has to go for obvious reasons too
When Mr Thomas Leuluai returns to the club (cant wait) he will be referred to as WEE TAM by us up north as he has always been lol.
Regards , EW
Unles he sets Feka on us ha ha ha
I like it EW, wee Tam. ????????
I like the nick names players are given, and I bet they'd have a good laugh about it themselves if they went on sites like these.
I think FPN has been great so far, definitely better starting than being a sub. Runs hard, takes three players to tackle him and always lands on his front. He's also a very good tackler.
If I remember correctly, he only missed one tackle against Hull and it was Shaul (who was on fire on that night), worked hard, tackled around the ankles to take players down and runs good lines; assisted Tautai in scoring the match-winner. Can't wait to see him in 2017.
I've also nicknamed him Frank Paul Chicken Masala.
and Smith gets his from the players, just a little different. It's up to you of course if you think it's still fitting as to using it. It wasn't meant as any endearing nickname in my opinion but a derogatory slant on him. I think this season he's proved me and a lot of others where a little hasty has he seems to be finding his feet.
