Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

Dashed my expectations of First 18 footy in high school. I still have dreams about that, 50+ years later. 😰

But Franky, you are tainted now! Your Frank team is on the Demonland Quizzes honour board (and, worse, forevermore in your metadata...)

I don't know the answer (yet?...) but I was thinking puzzling might be dead. So, thank you, @deemoralizing67! And well done, @poita. And apologies for missing you both in my little survey on the 'Captains' puzzle thread!

That's impressive, @sue! Thanks! I guess a lot of it is 'Well, derrr!' but it's so sound, footy-lingo-, grammar-, sense- and actual sport-wise. The digital age left me on the platform a long time ago. That train seems now to be leaving Earth's atmosphere...

Has AI reached the stage where it can see patterns in vision (match vision in this case)? And, if so, where it can analyse and usefully report on them? To some extent, this would bypass IP constraints?

Thanks for these, Doc! First up: Collingwood, straight sets from second. Nice. Then, for those who checked in on my recent 'They wore three numbers' quiz, I see I missed Jim Stynes, who qualified by wearing Jay Viney's #26 in the EF (presumably for the long sleeves) before returning to his #11 in the 1st SF. Jay wore #26 for 3 games in '88, his debut year, and for his subsequent 3 years on the list, after Joe Rugolo finished with it in '87. Maybe Jim's EF jumper was Joe's 'ruck-sized' one from the back of Jay's locker? So Jim wore 11, 37 and 26 across his career, the latter missed in both of my valuable quiz resources: the 150th anniversary MFC history and @Whispering_Jack's comprehensive numbers list of 5 years ago on here. Here endeth the trivia.

...and should they ever play: intellectual, though no doubt uneducated, ABC radio commentary by... Fran Kelly.

Someone '@' him?...

Thanks, mfcrox. That's a very positive view of AI, and in a context of something dear to all of us on here - MFC ascendancy and success. Is it an area where significant differentiation can arise, between those those who understand and use it well and those who try it haphazardly? What is needed at a staffing/structural/management level to get it 'right'? Again, I know nothing about it, and wonder if there are traps to fall into, and/or advantages to be grasped.

...though, seriously, what could AI offer coaching - pre-season, player management, game-day preparation, in-game, recovery, injury assessment/management, etc., etc.. Those who understand it (definitely not me!), what do you think?

He's using A.I.? I thought we'd have exclusive dibs on 'The Big German'! Though he did end up as a part-time assistant coach at the Dorks in 2001...

He did alright in that game, didn't he. Best wishes, James.

...and I note your full back was famously seen out and about with Todd Goldstein and 'Myrrhv' Neagle. (Heads, unaided, to the stable door...)

You didn't say 'PMs only', so... They all have Frank in their name? What do I win?

Would Horey Corey cut it?

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!)