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[Demonstone 19,315]

Despite having run out of ideas for these teasers a few weeks ago, the tragic news is that I have devised a few more to taunt you with.

This is undoubtedly the easiest of them all and I would expect it won't provide much of a challenge but, hey, not everything in this life has to be difficult.

Following is a team of past and present Demons. 

Harry Petty makes the team (but not the real one ATM, alas) but Tom Sparrow doesn't qualify.

What is the common factor that links all of these players?

As always, answers in a PM only please.

Clues should not be necessary and I am fully expecting a deluge of correct responses very quickly.

 

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B:       Peter Walsh     Harrison Petty     Troy Broadbridge

H/B:   Jake Bowey     Sam Frost     Daniel Ward

C:       Oskar Baker     Scott Thompson     Steven Stretch

H/F:    Sam Blease     Matthew Bate     Colin Sylvia

F:       Michael Newton     Jacob van Rooyen     Gary Moorcroft

R:      Steve O'Dwyer     Clayton Oliver     Jordie McKenzie

I/C:    Glenn Molloy     Dean Chiron     Kyle Cheney     Aaron vandenBerg

SUB:   Trent Ormond-Allen

COACH:    Norm Smith

Edited May 16, 2023 by Demonstone

[Demonstone 19,315]

The deluge has begun.

First prize goes to @ManDee.

[ManDee 7,091]

Just now, Demonstone said:

The deluge has begun.

First prize goes to @ManDee.

It took me ages, I forgot how to PM 😄

[Demonstone 19,315]

@Diamond Jim on the podium in second place.

[Diamond_Jim 11,841]

wow... I feel special !!!

thanks

[Demonstone 19,315]

Third place has been snagged by @Deemania since 56.

[Deemania since 56 6,177]

1 minute ago, Demonstone said:

Third place has been snagged by @Deemania since 56.

Got in early, that's all.

[Demonstone 19,315]

13 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Got in early, that's all.

You got in early enough to beat @La Dee-vina Comedia who is in fourth spot.

[Demonstone 19,315]

Rounding out the Famous Five for this quiz is @demosaw.

[Demonstone 19,315]

Still pondering? 

How about if I told you that it is most appropriate that our team colours are red and blue?

[Demonstone 19,315]

We can add @layzie and @Demon Dynasty to the winners' list.

 

[Demonstone 19,315]

Another correct answer has been submitted, this time by @WalkingCivilWar.

If @Jaded No More is reading, this one is right in your wheelhouse!

[Demonstone 19,315]

@Little Goffy has joined in on the fun.  

[WalkingCivilWar 32,345]

Hmmmm, wasn’t confident in submitting my answer since I wasn’t sure it was correct. I think some of these players getting a guernsey in this team is questionable. 

[Demonstone 19,315]

Who would you consider ineligible, @WalkingCivilWar?

[WalkingCivilWar 32,345]

2 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Who would you consider ineligible, @WalkingCivilWar?

Colin Sylvia, Rooey, Scott Thompson

Edited May 16, 2023 by WalkingCivilWar
Realised I had given the answer away.

[Demonstone 19,315]

I've sent you a PM as it's impossible to discuss the reasons without giving away the answer.

[WalkingCivilWar 32,345]

7 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

I've sent you a PM as it's impossible to discuss the reasons without giving away the answer.

We’ve just discussed in PMs the issue I have with those three players. When you finally make public the answer, I’m interested to know if anyone else agrees with me, or whether they’re wrong like you. 😁

[Demon Dynasty 15,592]

32 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Colin Sylvia, Rooey, Scott Thompson

Ditto!

[Demonstone 19,315]

@Roger Mellie has also solved the teaser and raised the same eligibility doubts on those three players.

I'll explain my reasoning when I post the reveal later this evening.

[Jaded No More 58,285]

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Another correct answer has been submitted, this time by @WalkingCivilWar.

If @Jaded No More is reading, this one is right in your wheelhouse!

I’m happy to say that you’ve nailed this one

[Demonstone 19,315]

To nobody's surprise, @Jaded No More has correctly identified that all the players in today's team are kindred spirits of hers in that they have red hair.  They are all blessed with a skull of rust.

I'll address the query raised by some posters as to the gingerness of three of the players now.

1.  Colin Sylvia was as redhaired as they come until he fell in love with the peroxide bottle.

2.  Rooey, while at the fairer end of the ranga scale, is still a redhead in my view (strawberry blonde?).

3.  Scott Thompson is the one I was most hesitant about.  If you look at early photos of him before he adopted the #1 cropped hairstyle, I maintain that there is a measure of the Fanta pants in him.

I guess it's all in the eye of the beerholder and opinions may vary, but I've got no issue with that.  After all, this whole thing is just a bit of ephemeral internet fluff.

In closing, may I quote the wise words of @Jaded No More who I feel speaks for redheads everywhere ... "It's not how you look it's how ginger you feel at heart".

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Ha this is the first of these I've actually got, and pleased I'd already figured it out by the time I'd gotten to the full back! Perhaps it was due to the fine dusting of cinnamon I have in my own hair!

[Witches Hat 228]

Phil Seaton to replace Scott Thompson?

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I don't know if you'd class Seaton as a redhead based on this footy card.