Demonstone's Piece Of Cake, Easy As Pie, Money For Jam Picnic

[Demonstone 22,815]

Lots of time to kill before we kill Geelong tomorrow night.  Fancy an EASY challenge?

Here's an  undemanding, uncomplicated and unexacting undertaking for you all.

Below is a team (in position) of current and recent MFC players.   It's a pretty strong side with plenty of marking power up forward, although the on-ball division could use an injection of class.

You know the drill:

*  What is the common factor that connects them all?

*  Answers in a PM only if you would, please.

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B:       Trent Rivers     Chris Lamb     Jake Lever

H/B:   Daniel Ward     Sam Frost     Colin Garland

C:       Robert Flower     Tom Sparrow     Steven Stretch

H/F:   Kade Chandler     Warren Dean     Brad Miller

F:       Ben Beams     Brad Green     Martin Pike

R:       Stefan Martin     Daniel Cross     Rohan Bail

I/C:    Jake Spencer     Daniel Bell     Jayden Hunt     Oskar Baker

SUB:   Tom Couch

[640MD 3,429]

Easy.   They are all male. 

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,909]

I've PM'd a correct answer. Whether it's the answer Demonstone is looking for is another matter.

[Demonstone 22,815]

Congratulations @La Dee-vina Comedia!  You have indeed solved today's teaser and take home GOLD.

I really thought that this one was at the easy end of the range and expected more answers by now.

[Demonstone 22,815]

Clue you say?

Today's teaser is not related to football or to any other sport for that matter.

[Demonstone 22,815]

Second place has been claimed by a poster I'll call A. N. Onymous who shuns the limelight but still takes home the SILVER for correctly identifying the connection.

[Demonstone 22,815]

Running into third place with his maiden attempt is the outsider @Neil Crompton who wraps up BRONZE.

Other guesses more than welcome.  Keep 'em coming!

[Ethan Tremblay 30,966]

4 hours ago, 640MD said:

Easy.   They are all male. 

Let’s not make assumptions, 640MD.. 

[Demonstone 22,815]

Another new player in @demosaw has opened his account with the correct answer.

All medals have been won, but I can award a participatory DENIM.

[Demonstone 22,815]

A bit later than usual, but @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew has predictably nutted out the answer.

I'll leave the teaser up overnight for others to grapple with should they wish to do so.

It would be in potential solvers' interests to look at the players' names closely.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,274]

26 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

A bit later than usual, but @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew has predictably nutted out the answer.

I'll leave the teaser up overnight for others to grapple with should they wish to do so.

It would be in potential solvers' interests to look at the players' names closely.

Thanks, Mr D. I'll look forward to the participatory POLYESTER in the mail.

Edited May 3 by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

[Demonstone 22,815]

No more takers?  I'll give it another couple of hours before the big reveal.

Don't do, don't describe, just be!

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,274]

Now, now, Mr D!

 

Homophonically...

[Demonstone 22,815]

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Don't do (not a verb), don't describe (not an adjective), just be (a noun)!

Yes thrillseekers, all the players in my team share their surname with the name of something.

In other words, all their surnames are also nouns.

I've got another teaser ready to go but I'll give them a rest for now.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,246]

3 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Yes thrillseekers, all the players in my team share their surname with the name of something.

In other words, all their surnames are also nouns.

I've got another teaser ready to go but I'll give them a rest for now.

Surnames are always nouns.

[Demonstone 22,815]

15 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Surnames are always nouns.

You are correct in that surnames are proper* nouns but that doesn't apply to my team.  They all share a surname with an actual thing, an object in real life.

*  Yours is probably improper.  

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,274]

37 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

You are correct in that surnames are proper* nouns but that doesn't apply to my team.  They all share a surname with an actual thing, an object in real life.

*  Yours is probably improper.  

Curiously, his is adjectival!