Just say macca until the ****s off to real madrid. Then just call him that slow arse that held us back.
I've never taken to using initials to represent players. Never use TAA, VvD or AMC. I would never verbally refer to a player that way, so to write it just feels wrong to me. Though I do use initials for competitions, for some reason.
Tbf, it doesn't take much longer to type Trent, Virgil or Macca, and it's much more like the sort of diminutive you'd use in normal speech.
Apologies only half of the image came up. On the picture I thought I'd posted, below the car (above) is the old version AMC model the X4 is supposed to have replaced. AMC is a German car manufacturer who, as far as I can ascertain, made BMW'S and put the AMC logo on a particular range. But what do I know. I will bow to your superior car knowledge
That's what I said. I've nothing against the use of nicknames, I'm saying that in normal speech I would never use initials, and it doesn't occur to me to write them.