Once upon a time the England rugby team was called the England rugby team. The reserves were called 'England B', just like we had at school.
Then they became 'England A', which I guess was a promotion of sorts and then they became the truely terrifying 'England Saxons'.
Not to be outdone, the bigger boys chosen for the first team were rebranded as the Elite Player Squad which means that they must be jolly good.
Except they're not. Despite all the rest given to the players to guard against injury and basically being a bit knackered out, poor old Martin Johnson has had to unveil his latest squad unable to call upon no fewer than 21 injured players. The unfortunate situation has seen the likes of uncapped 35 year-old prop forward Duncan Bell called into the squad; a wonderful blend of age and inexperience.
It may be a long winter.
If you want you're own cool nickname in order to appear much better than you actually are The National Basketball Association (NBA) may have the solution. The NBA offers its fans the chance to generate their own nicknames through its online nickname generator, mine is Ed 'The Human Doormat' Kemp. Ouch.
