Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
To be honest, I have no idea.

Does the press doing it make a difference? They aren't football fans, so why are they calling people familiar nicknames - the bloody weirdos!

In all seriousness, I've never been one to call players by any thing other than their birth names either. Except one...

Have you never referred to Peter Whittingham as Whitts?
Fewer number of letters in headlines.