For 13 years I have been waiting for a player to excite me and capture my imagination like the great Allen Jakovich did

I have a strange old feeling that Maric could be that player

Oh how I pray!

like everything else you say yze I agree 100%

and for those giggling... no, really, seriously, I do!

MILAT!

From limited footage I really like the look of Grimes.

And MacNamara reminds me of Sydney's Craig Bolton.

Yes I like the look and sound of Grimes - kicked off both feet under pressure OK in that footrage.

McNamara yes Craig Bolton or maybe even a bit of McPhee in him? Laid an bone-crunching tackle on a player at speed.

For 13 years I have been waiting for a player to excite me and capture my imagination like the great Allen Jakovich did

I know we don't look at the Wiz as kindly as we used to, but surely he would have gone close to capturing your imagination Y_M.

ive always like to replace the petterd for bobby, Ricky Bobby just has a good ring to it. Majic sounds like a good one for the new kid.

I know we don't look at the Wiz as kindly as we used to, but surely he would have gone close to capturing your imagination Y_M.

Ok, Wiz was special. His 2000 season was one for the ages

But Jakovich was sometbing else

yeh i agree with Ricky Bobby, i have always called him that since day dot. I think his team mates call him that too.

No way will I be calling out 'Ricky Bobby' at a game. It sounds bloody stupid. No doubt all the morons in M53 will yell it out thinking they are creative

Petterd doesnt even need a nickname. 'Ricky' is cool enough

sounds stupid? whats wrong with it, ive spoken to him and he seems to like it , he even calls himself it with his team mates. Chill out dude

Hoist

Yep, I've been using 'hoist', not so much as a name, just yelling it when he gets it.

Such a dag.

No way will I be calling out 'Ricky Bobby' at a game. It sounds bloody stupid. No doubt all the morons in M53 will yell it out thinking they are creative

Petterd doesnt even need a nickname. 'Ricky' is cool enough

Us cool people at M51 all seem to call him Ricky... or maybe I'm just too loud to hear what anyone else calls him :D

Ricky is definitely a good name, especially if you used to watch Ricky Lake (and I did... oh the shame! )

how about a follow on of the oooze calls, or the ang christou "woofs"

when petterd kicks the ball, the crowd lets out a ric falir style WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

the WCW/WWE fans will know the deal, wouldnt take too long for the others to cotton on :D

Sorry brey there is only 1 nature boy!

WHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(insert his little dance here)

I think we have a beauty is Addam. Can also play midfield and is very good at it. The theory that he is a forward started approx 3 yrs ago when he was playing under 16 cannons, playing for Essendon Grammer and also player for Greenvale. As he was playing way too much footy, it was decided to play him forward especially for greenvale. 110 goals later in 11 games or so, a forward was born and coaches were reluctant to move a goalkicker away from goals.

Watched him in a semi final against Darcy Daniher's team 3yrs ago. He kicked 5 or 6 goals from a total of 8 (he team got thumped) from the midfield, including a torp that went 60. Great kid and good family.

As for nick names, we have always known him as 'Adds', although he was once called Gangully by an opposition cricket a few yrs ago...very funny. For the record, an awesome cricketer. Won our senoir b&f as a 14yr old, including 150 off 60 balls from a total on 180 for the team. He also scored another big innings of 230 odd not out one day.

totally agree, he sounds like a ripper, the step up to afl is a big one and Dean Bailey wont be rushed in to playing anyone. Neitz is finished at years end Robbo the year after barring injury. Yze might find himself playing a lot with the Zebras this year. we are yet to see Baileys style of play but all our young forwards should be watching and learing how these two apply their trade.

It makes no sense at all, but for some reason it feels right to nickname Maric 'Squid'.

Beats me why. One of those moment like when Brown started calling Brock Mclean 'Chooka'.