Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

I thought you'd twig to that strangely constructed heading, Il Padrone?!

Possibly aggravated the arm in that shoot?

Congratulations, yes! As to that wedding feast, MFC guests avoid the black and white plates.

I noticed the comparative comment Koz made, too - who couldn't? However, he did extend his contract very significantly while Goodwin was still there, prospectively for nearly 2 years, at least. So, I'm not going to read too much into it as a reflection on Goodwin or the club. However, I am going to read into it that the King environment is one to thrive in. It would be too much to imagine that contract discussions included reflections on possible (shortened?) futures for Goodwin. #MFCakaSeive.

(Thanks for your reaction, @The Panglossian 😄) But Franky; the 1970s was the only time I was ever remotely in fashion (and most would not agree even to that!) Perhaps you're right, though - being more 'frank' than 'crank'? A straw poll of a selection of participants over the last year might shed some light: so what do you reckon, @beelzebub, @deelusions from afar, @demon-4-life, @Demonology, @Demonstone, @Ethan Tremblay, @Fritta and Turner, @Ghostwriter, @Go Ds, @hardtack, @Harvey Wallbanger, @Jjrogan, @John Crow Batty, @kurtneverdied, @La Dee-vina Comedia, @layzie, @Little Goffy, @Neil Crompton, @Previously known as LITD., @Roger Mellie, @710 Ashbury St, @thirty-one, @tilly18, @Tim and @Witches Hat? Meanwhile, to the answer, that only @demon-4-life managed - the consolation prizes will go begging until a glorious rennaissance of puzzling, whenever it may come: You need only to have seen through the thread Title/Subject (and then that it was about the history of MFC players who lead, and provide a role model); that is, our... Crikey! Another puzzle, Tim?...As if!...No; seriously? Each of the named players on our current list, and only those players, share initials with a Melbourne Football Club Captain of the VFL/AFL era: Jake Bowey - John Beckwith, 1958-1959 Max Gawn - Max Gawn, 2020-? Steven May - Shane McGrath, 1950 Shane McAdam - Shane McGrath, 1950 Jake Melksham - Jack McKenzie, 1915 (Captain/Coach) Brodie Mihocek - Bill McClelland, 1902-1904 (the 'no-coach' era) Harrison Petty - Hugh Purse, 1908 Jacob Van Rooyen - Jack Viney, 2017-2019 (co-captain) Jack Viney - Jack Viney, 2017-2019 (co-captain) Sayonara For now...

I'm a little despondent. Two players and one other evident reader. Roll on the football... Anyway, I'm going to be out off the board for a few days, so one last bump before this drops of the bottom of the Home page, and I'll give you 'all' the answer on return. Meanwhile, '...entitled...' '...subject...' and '...lead...' '...role model...' and 1900s, 1910s, 1950s and 2020s (and 2010s - my mistake there)

Now they're coming...👍 📣 Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!📣

The May discussion took this thread off-piste (sp!) for a bit, so I'll take the liberty of another slide, onto a black run. Is it just me, or does the thread title look like it refers to the outlook for an item of dungeon equipment?

Well, you can lead a horse to water, but... It seems I have to nag(*), then. So, although I'm not entitled to expect anything, won't anyone else join our role model, @demon-4-life, and subject themselves to the delights and quirks of MFC's VFL/AFL history? To give you a very small kick(*) along: unless you want to for interest's sake, you don't need to look at the 1890s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s or any other decade then until our current one. (* These are not a share-relevant puns!)

@demon-4-life took up the cudgels moments after the OP, was onto something early, but kept kicking behinds. But he has goaled at last! To him, the honoured top of the podium. Well done, sir! Plenty of room left on that podium (I have timber and tools standing by for extensions as required). So come on; jump on up!

Maybe a 'please explain' letter to the AFL, co-signed by @Demonland (if I may be so presumptuous, Administrators?😏) and its (presumably) 17 peer groups? That'd be a group of some substance, not fearful of AFL revenge.

The attempts are starting to come in. Get in quick, folks! Just to remind you, though: only the named players share the 'something'. No other players on our list have it.

It's a quiet Saturday night (🥺), the single malt(s) kicked in, and @Demonstone's most recent is but a distant (well, 48-hour) memory. Time to fill that personal and community void. Puzzles can be quite educational about our Club; for example, directing puzzlers to snippets of its history. My last effort brought to your attention its quirky triple-plus-numbered cohort. Here now is one that will bring your attention to an aspect of relative gravitas; one that spans the decades from the first of the last century to the here-and-now. Of our current list, only the following players have something that connects them with that aspect of history. What, of that history, do they share? Jake Bowey Max Gawn Steven May Shane McAdam Jake Melksham Brodie Mihocek Harrison Petty Jacob Van Rooyen Jack Viney <Insert standard 'PMs only' message>

Congrats, picket: post #7000

👏 to all winners, particularly, to the triers, and of course to Our Puzzle Patron. As with the other time I was recused, I'm not sure I would have got it. But I'll pretend I would have!

The suggester either missed my last conundrum, or they were vying, rather belatedly, for its 6th prize and mis-addressed their PM! 😄

Well played, @Roger Mellie!

Confirming, Il Patrone, I am recused? But I'm humbly PM-ing you as to how you could fill that bench and sit a great coach beside them, for your delectation(?)

Kudos to you, 'Jeff' (I presume, as opposed to the agricultural professional?) I did miss them all. I was alive - just, and was a regular home and away attendee in the '60 and '64 seasons, on my 50-year-MCC-member grandfather's ladies ticket, available to kids under 12. Finals were not available to me, then. So it looks like you have me for age, too. I once attempted a survey on here, as to how big a cohort 'our' generation is in Demonland. Not a great response, but from people's stories from time to time, it does seem significant.

There's that one in The Godfather? Certainly apposite. Though perhaps a tad strong...

Honorary: 2x5 surname 😄

Btw, Timmy A'Blew wrote it... 🥺

Ouch. True. But ouch. Something in the 2x5-letters name? Harry Petty saying hello.

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I'm with you, Jack! 😊