Thats part of the excitment of him isnt it! - when was the last time an Eagles player was even nominated let alone winner of goal or mark of the round... great to finally have a potential human highlight reel running around in Eagles colours 
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Nicholas Naitanui
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Ha I agree. I like your name, its a classic!!!! I have noticed though that Robert Wall hasn't been so insulting towards the Eagles since we've started to lose most games and stopped being such a threat. Hmmm what a surprise.
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Thought I'd pop in to say WOW WHAT A FREAK! I was cheering his every possession on the weekend and you couldn't help but love the excitement that surrounds him.
Apart from his 3 goals, I thought that "block" that he applied before Kennedy's goal was awesome. Can't remember the exact moment so I don't know if the block was crucial, but it was the sort of thing you want to see from a kid. (A very big kid)
I'd been looking forward to seeing him play from the moment WC drafted him, and it hasn't been disappointing. You'll always get those few negative comments on the MB because there's gonna be people who want to bring him and West Coast supporters down, but for a 200cm man child I'd rather look at the positives.
Apart from his 3 goals, I thought that "block" that he applied before Kennedy's goal was awesome. Can't remember the exact moment so I don't know if the block was crucial, but it was the sort of thing you want to see from a kid. (A very big kid)
I'd been looking forward to seeing him play from the moment WC drafted him, and it hasn't been disappointing. You'll always get those few negative comments on the MB because there's gonna be people who want to bring him and West Coast supporters down, but for a 200cm man child I'd rather look at the positives.
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I was just watching the vid back, and got to the NicNat interview... geez he is well spoken, and very humble...
which got me thinking - wouldnt it have been funny if he wasnt... humble i mean. Id have cacked myself if hed come out Muhammad Ali style... just some of the Ali quotes he could have strung together...
Tim Gossage: "How did it feel out there tonight Nic"
NN: "Tim, It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am. I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick when. It's not bragging if you can back it up. I'm a baaaadd man! Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick, I’m so mean I make medicine sick. Strong. Fast. I'm so fast that, last night, I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."
I wonder what Tim would have said back if he'd come out with something like that
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NickNat then runs off chanting his name and pointing to the number 9 on his back.Top post - cheers
I was just watching the vid back, and got to the NicNat interview... geez he is well spoken, and very humble...
which got me thinking - wouldnt it have been funny if he wasnt... humble i mean. Id have cacked myself if hed come out Muhammad Ali style... just some of the Ali quotes he could have strung together...
Tim Gossage: "How did it feel out there tonight Nic"
NN: "Tim, It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am. I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick when. It's not bragging if you can back it up. I'm a baaaadd man! Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick, I’m so mean I make medicine sick. Strong. Fast. I'm so fast that, last night, I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."
I wonder what Tim would have said back if he'd come out with something like that
Good kid - http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7155/newsid/79876/default.aspx
Like this part:
Like this part:
Yeah, also liked the part about Cox giving him advice and interesting that he said Priddis helped him out heaps.
Nice one... Good on Mrs Naitanui!
"Then at home my family keeps me down to earth – you've still got to wash the dishes and you've still got to take the rubbish out."
"Then at home my family keeps me down to earth – you've still got to wash the dishes and you've still got to take the rubbish out."
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Collingwood, but he said it was more to do with the Swans colours I think.
The way I understand is he didn't really follow any team. Someone mentioned he leaned towards C'wood simply because they wore same jumper as him though no idea if its true.
Reading the latest article, he seems 100% certain he will be staying for his career which is fantastic
Reading the latest article, he seems 100% certain he will be staying for his career which is fantastic
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Hopefully nobody will get upset if he has a quiet one this week, which he probably will.
Hopefully he can fire again though. If he plays at his best for 4 quarters... he could absolutely obliterate a team.
Hopefully he can fire again though. If he plays at his best for 4 quarters... he could absolutely obliterate a team.
Dean Cox is pretty impressed too...
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/79873/default.aspx
THE HYPE that has followed Nic Naitanui's super fourth quarter against Hawthorn is nowhere near being over the top – it's to be expected and it's something I got caught up in myself.
Sitting in the coach's box on Saturday night, I was told pretty swiftly by the coaches to mellow myself down after Nic kicked the first of his three electrifying goals.
It was impossible not to just go along with the crowd and get very excited by what he delivered in that 15-minute period – the pressure he put the Hawthorn backs under, or anyone who had the football, was unbelievable.
He brings a freakish talent to our football club and we started to see it as soon as he started training.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/79873/default.aspx
THE HYPE that has followed Nic Naitanui's super fourth quarter against Hawthorn is nowhere near being over the top – it's to be expected and it's something I got caught up in myself.
Sitting in the coach's box on Saturday night, I was told pretty swiftly by the coaches to mellow myself down after Nic kicked the first of his three electrifying goals.
It was impossible not to just go along with the crowd and get very excited by what he delivered in that 15-minute period – the pressure he put the Hawthorn backs under, or anyone who had the football, was unbelievable.
He brings a freakish talent to our football club and we started to see it as soon as he started training.
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Whilst he said that about Collingwood, there was one club he wanted to get drafted by, according to my sources at Swans, he practically begged the Eagles to draft him.
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"He can sit on someone's shoulders, he can probably jump over his opponent's head in ruck contests and he's lightning quick over 20m – he's like a lion or a cheetah, the way he pounces on opposition players when they have the ball"
More like a panther I reckon
More like a panther I reckon
Why would he sign a contract extension so early in his career? Is he getting the right advice from his management?
