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Man, it's so quiet around here you could hear a ping drop. 

The season's over, the trade period is done and dusted and the draft is still weeks away. 

The boards are largely dormant (but hopefully not moribund) and it's clearly time for some Demonland CULTURE!

You all know the drill by now.  What common factor unites the players in this team?  Answers in a PM only.

Virtual draft prizes can be yours!  You could possibly select Reed, Curtain, Durrsma, Saunders or Caddie but that might spell trouble.  :D

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B:       Gordon Casey     Harry Taylor     Easton Wood

H/B:   Steven Clark     Will Gould     Riley Bonner

C:       Shane Bond     Greg Williams     Bailey Smith

H/F:   Dan Butler     Tom Boyd     Shane Crawford

F:       Josh Fraser     Jesse Hogan     Leon Harris

R:       Jeff White     Adam Goodes     Bobby Rose

I/C:    Rhys Stanley     Harry Morrison     Nathan Freeman     Andrew Eccles

 

 

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34 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I think I’ve got it….

Narrator:  "But he didn't have it ..."

Another clue, you say?  OK then!  The misspellings in the OP are not relevant.  In fact, there are no clues at all secreted among the intro or in any of my responses to date.  Is that a clue or a non-clue?  I haven't a clue.

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To redress the obfuscation in my previous post, it's time for a proper clue.

There's no sub in today's team but, at the risk of going in far too top-heavy, that spot in this team would be amply filled by the huge frame of former Fitzroy giant ruckman Dean Farnham.

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4 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

To redress the obfuscation in my previous post, it's time for a proper clue.

There's no sub in today's team but, at the risk of going in far too top-heavy, that spot in this team would be amply filled by the huge frame of former Fitzroy giant ruckman Dean Farnham.

Perhaps name a Captain, one stands out...

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2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Final clue before the reveal later on this morning:

One player is unique in that he appears in the joke team above and also in the solution team.

Who could it be now?  Forget Men At Work, it's time to put your brain to work.

...by which I presume you mean the full name features in both teams? I can see no other way to interpret your 'clue'...

 

p.s. Contemplating changing my name, à la @Cranky Franky, to Crabby Trabby for these darned things!

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1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

...by which I presume you mean the full name features in both teams?

That is correct.  I'll post the answer in a little while but have some other business to attend to first.

Congrats to @tilly18 who has solved the mystery and wins a second round draft pick.  There are always some bargains to be found there, particularly if your name is Jason Taylor.

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So here we go! 

All the players in my team share a surname with a recipient of the Australian Of The Year Award.

Adam Goodes is the player who features in both lists and Mark Taylor is (I think) the captain referred to by  @Graeme Yeats' Mullet in an earlier post.  I thought the "Farnham" reference might mislead a few.

The team with their real names, then.

B:       Lord Casey     Mark Taylor     Fiona Wood

H/B:   Manning Clark     Shane Gould     Neville Bonner

C:       Alan Bond     Edward Williams     Dick Smith

H/F:   Harry Butler     Arthur Boyd     John Crawford

F:       Dawn Fraser     Paul Hogan     Richard Harris

R:       Patrick White     Adam Goodes     Lionel Rose

I/C:    Fiona Stanley     David Morrison     Cathy Freeman     John Eccles

SUB:   John Farnham

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Fair enough, and 👏.

But, damn; Eccles took me down a 'sort of correct' path - that of honoured people. I'm now an authority on Nobel Prize winners...

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8 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

I believe that Eccles won his for inventing the door knocker.  :D

He also heard one of his co(-honours)-cast had fallen in da water! (Shane Gould or Dawn Fraser, perhaps? Or Alan Bond!)

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2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

I don't think a Goons reference will cause a Spike in interest in this repartee.

Yeah, not many Buyers.

But...

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