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Still feeling Blue?  Meh.  Football shmootball.  Time for a diversion.

You all know the drill.  What do the players in today's team have in common?

I would rate the side as very strong but the teaser as fairly easy.

Could the Bailey symmetry of the half-forward flankers be a clue?

As ever, please reply by PM only.

Prizes will be awarded!

 

B:       Jonathan Hay     Darcy Moore     Dougal Howard

H/B:   Michael Wilson     Tom Stewart     Hayden Young

C:       Archie Perkins     Luke Parker     Josh Kelly

H/F:   Bailey Smith     John Barnes     Zac Bailey

F:       Dan Butler     Paul Salmon     Brent Harvey

R:       Jeff White     Noah Anderson     Nathan Jones

I/C:    Jack Higgins     Andrew Walker     Tom Gillies     Harry Morrison

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Both @Jumping Jack Clennett and @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew are very close to the answer but neither has quite nailed it just yet.

Clue #4:  The answer consists of two elements.

I'm not sure what other clues I can provide that might strike a chord with Demonlanders.

The teaser can carry over to Tuesday given the shortage of solvers.  I thought it was an easy one, too!

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Well done to @Jumping Jack Clennett for burning the midnight oil and cracking the puzzle.

No other responses have been received but I'll let it go until lunchtime today before the big reveal.

Old mate @binman has never participated in these teasers but, if you're reading this, please don't think you've been forgotten about binny. 

In recognition of your sustained stellar posting, I bought you a book as well.  I trust you find it useful.  :D

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With scattered references to "strike a chord", "midnight oil" and "mental as anything", I'm surprised that more people didn't make the music connection.

All the players in my team share a surname with an Australian musician.  

Below is the team of musicians.  Some surnames match more than one first name (eg Angus/George/Malcolm Young, Ross/Chris Wilson, Paul/Sean Kelly) but I've gone with the name that first occurred to me.

 

B:       Colin HAY     Clare MOORE     Rowland S. HOWARD

H/B:   Ross WILSON     Paul STEWART     Angus YOUNG

C:       Tex PERKINS     Kevin PARKER     Paul KELLY

H/F:   'Greedy' SMITH     Jimmy BARNES     Chris BAILEY

F:       John BUTLER     Kim SALMON     Mick HARVEY

R:       Jim WHITE     'Angry' ANDERSON     Spencer P. JONES

I/C:    Missy HIGGINS     Don WALKER     Ben GILLIES     Lindy MORRISON

COACH:  Bon SCOTT

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1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

With scattered references to "strike a chord", "midnight oil" and "mental as anything", I'm surprised that more people didn't make the music connection.

All the players in my team share a surname with an Australian musician.  

Below is the team of musicians.  Some surnames match more than one first name (eg Angus/George/Malcolm Young, Ross/Chris Wilson, Paul/Sean Kelly) but I've gone with the name that first occurred to me.

 

B:       Colin HAY     Clare MOORE     Rowland S. HOWARD

H/B:   Ross WILSON     Paul STEWART     Angus YOUNG

C:       Tex PERKINS     Kevin PARKER     Paul KELLY

H/F:   'Greedy' SMITH     Jimmy BARNES     Chris BAILEY

F:       John BUTLER     Kim SALMON     Mick HARVEY

R:       Jim WHITE     'Angry' ANDERSON     Spencer P. JONES

I/C:    Missy HIGGINS     Don WALKER     Ben GILLIES     Lindy MORRISON

COACH:  Bon SCOTT

Thanks for yet another challenge, good sir! I'm sure you have a Max-like 200 in you and look forward to them all 🙂

Nominating 'lead singers', I went too specific first up, but also not specific enough in presuming Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, etc..

So, per my most recent PM, somewhere between a 'Do'h!' and a 'Grrrr!' 😉

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On 8/15/2023 at 12:28 PM, Demonstone said:

With scattered references to "strike a chord", "midnight oil" and "mental as anything", I'm surprised that more people didn't make the music connection.

All the players in my team share a surname with an Australian musician.  

Below is the team of musicians.  Some surnames match more than one first name (eg Angus/George/Malcolm Young, Ross/Chris Wilson, Paul/Sean Kelly) but I've gone with the name that first occurred to me.

 

B:       Colin HAY     Clare MOORE     Rowland S. HOWARD

H/B:   Ross WILSON     Paul STEWART     Angus YOUNG

C:       Tex PERKINS     Kevin PARKER     Paul KELLY

H/F:   'Greedy' SMITH     Jimmy BARNES     Chris BAILEY

F:       John BUTLER     Kim SALMON     Mick HARVEY

R:       Jim WHITE     'Angry' ANDERSON     Spencer P. JONES

I/C:    Missy HIGGINS     Don WALKER     Ben GILLIES     Lindy MORRISON

COACH:  Bon SCOTT

The potential sub provides some familial possibilities around the CHF choice - our own Tony Campbell under the father/son rule or Glen Swan to join his brother?

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