Nairo Quintana

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The Cardinal is a good one. A little close to Menchov's Pope though, but I like it. I now have visions of Jeremy Iron's in The Mission.
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  • TheHound
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    Squeeky

    Which is what you expect his voice to be before he booms out that base.
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  • benjames54
    benjames54 Posts: 1
    The Sherpa (good at getting up mountains, plus he looks one)
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Naitro (or Nitro Quim Lama) (or Nitro Quim Farmer)

    ..he reminds me of Pigsy from the 70s show Monkey although I don't know why! http://www.monkeymania.co.uk/monkeymagic/characters.htm
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    mfin wrote:
    Naitro (or Nitro Quim Lama) (or Nitro Quim Farmer)

    ..he reminds me of Pigsy from the 70s show Monkey although I don't know why! http://www.monkeymania.co.uk/monkeymagic/characters.htm
    I like Naitro/Nitro!
  • RichN95.
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    It reminds me of David Moyes when he said about Yakubu "He's only 25, albeit a Nigerian 25"
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  • Rigga
    Rigga Posts: 939
    The silent assassin!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Of all of these, The Sparrow, is the best.

    But he doesnt really need one as `Quintana` is short and cool in and of itself. I can understand if he was called Toby or Chris or something.
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  • NervexProf
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    benjames54 wrote:
    The Sherpa (good at getting up mountains, plus he looks one)

    That is good!
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  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    Nairo "the Monolith" Quintana.

    stone cold and emotionless....

    Monoliths are heavy though... gah!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    I've been going with Nairo "oh he's so cute and cuddly" Quintana, but it's probably verging on patronising.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    The Elder. Not only does it makes him sound old, but it's also the name of a tree. And he has a younger brother on the same team (next year) - so if we can all hold off on using it until then.
  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
    The Sparrow is the only one that really fits i think, and in his native tongue ( i'm presuming Spanish )

    El Gorrión
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,671
    El Halcon

    The Hawk 8)
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Turfle wrote:
    I've been going with Nairo "oh he's so cute and cuddly" Quintana, but it's probably verging on patronising.
    Cute & Cuddly? OK. To me he looks like the sort of person who carries a knife in his jersey pocket for when things turn nasty.

    (I hasten to add, I don't think he actually does)
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    He just doesn't say "bird" to me.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    I'm surprised noone on here hasn't called him Nairo-ey, seeing as that's what they add to most names :)
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    mfin wrote:
    I'm surprised noone on here hasn't called him Nairo-ey, seeing as that's what they add to most names :)

    Surely Quinty...
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    dish_dash wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    I'm surprised noone on here hasn't called him Nairo-ey, seeing as that's what they add to most names :)

    Surely Quinty...

    I was trying to make is sound even sh1tter :) ...adding 'ey' or 'ie' to the end of a name always sounds immature to me :)
  • Outsider art by Loan
    Outsider art by Loan Posts: 85
    This is dumb, you can't force a nickname. Especially when you have fuck all to go on.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    dish_dash wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    I'm surprised noone on here hasn't called him Nairo-ey, seeing as that's what they add to most names :)

    Surely Quinty...
    He would be Quinto (or perhaps Quints at a push) but never Quinty. Nearly 30 years of playing team sports has given a good sense of these matters.

    -y is generally for lengthening names - Smithy, Giggsy, Scholesy, Froomey.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Turfle wrote:
    He just doesn't say "bird" to me.

    Me neither. He says 'impassive' to me that is why I like The Judge.

    There's also:

    The Chancellor
    The Adjudicator
    The Magistrate

    EDIT - If we're going to do it in Spanish, the El Juez, El Canciller, El Conciliador etc. etc.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    LutherB wrote:
    The Sparrow is the only one that really fits i think, and in his native tongue ( i'm presuming Spanish )

    El Gorrión

    That's looking good.

    Makes me think of the Brazilian football legend, Garrincha "little bird".

    Little bird is Pajarito in Spanish, according to Google translate.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Ok
    How about The Raven?

    Fly in the mountains, feast on the dead, pretty impassive looking.

    El Cuervo.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Matt Rendell says:

    "He seems to be known, even to the Spanish, as simply Nairo: no need to say which Nairo. Just as Herrera was simply Lucho."
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  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Ok
    How about The Raven?

    Fly in the mountains, feast on the dead, pretty impassive looking.

    El Cuervo.

    I like El Cuervo.

    I've been thinking of the Steely Dan 'Hey Nineteen' whenever the fine Columbian has been mentioned:

    'The Cuervo Gold
    The fine Colombian
    Make tonight a wonderful thing'
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    la cabra montés

    the mountain goat
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  • LutherB
    LutherB Posts: 544
    goonz wrote:
    la cabra montés

    the mountain goat

    Like that one too.

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