Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

I like how he acknowledged, and appreciated getting to meet, 'the supporters' (good on you, Twatchers!) And i'n't 'e good with the camera too! Who's the interviewer, btw? Has she taken over from Benny G? Or any news on who has?

😯? I meant about my quiz, @Demonstone, and that you were taking said bf in a nice, caring and sharing way 😁 I'm hoping @Fanatique Demon was, too!😬

I'm reasonably confident you're taking the bodily fluid @Demonstone, but not so sure about you @Fanatique Demon!😉😄

And it was such an innocuous OP. Demonland can turn anything to comedy gold(ish)

As requested, @Monbon. Look at their initials and you'll find, with their nationalities (thank you @Mazer Rackham!): Italian violinist Arcangelo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Spanish cellist Pablo _ _ _ _ _ _ French conductor Andre _ _ _ _ _ _ Over and out.

Yeah, possibly a bit naughty of me, but I didn't even look at, let alone consider, games numbers. The refinements continue...

Coach Teams Seasons Adams, Bill SM 1945-1948 Adams, Leigh NM 2022 Bourke, Francis RI 1982-1983 Brown, Vic UN 1913 Campbell, Garnet ES 1931-1933 Campbell, Graham FI 1973-1978 Davis, Allan SK 1987 Davis, Barry ES 1978-1980 Davis, Bob GE 1956-1965 Farmer, Graham GE 1973-1975 Frawley, Danny RI 2000-2004 Jones, Dennis ME 1978 Jones, Peter CA 1980 Jordon, Ray NM 1976 Lyon, Ross SK FR SK 2007-2019, 2023- Mann, Neil CW 1960-1974 McDonald, Alan RI 1957-1960 McDonald, Donald HW 2004 McKenzie, Jack ME 1915 McKenzie, Keith NM CA 1966-1975 Miller, Allan SM 1967-1968 (Pyke, Don AD 2016-2019) Richards, Ron CW 1974 Riley, Mark ME 2007 Simmonds, Roy HW 1973 (Smith, Dave ES 1908-1909) (Smith, Jimmy SK 1909-1918) (Smith, Len FI RI 1958-1965) (Smith, Ross SK 1977) Thompson, Mark GE ES 2000-2014 Walsh, Phil PA AD 2001-2015 Weideman, Murray CW 1975-1976 Williams, Jack GE 1945 Williams, Mark PA 1999-2010 Williams, Paul WB 2011 Williams, Tommy FI 1964

Looks like I'll have to do postgrad in the Demonstone School of Hinting!😄 Three mentions of COACH, including in the title, didn't do it for you? They all share surnames with one of the 170-odd people who have coached VFL/AFL teams. Even Norm himself, whose brother and 3 other Smiths coached. Maybe people aren't used to us having our answers so 'close to home' i.e. actually footy related?!🤷‍♂️ Somewhat of a hint was my correction of my misspelling, Don-like (Don-lyke?), of Martin Pike, who, when I realised, I had to drop for not following the team rule! Then there was Ben Brown. You'd think the Browns would match the Smiths but there has been only one - Vic Brown, who coached University (where I had BBB 'straight out of') to a doughnuts season in 1913.

Not dumb, just not warped enough! You're searching for 3 'classical' names. A hint: their letters total 19.

Congrats, Mr D, and received and acknowledged! I thought my 'why so shy' showed that I knew that you knew that... And very considerate, though I'm not sure everyone is having 'obvious' spring to mind!😉

Is that 'Well on the way' or 'Well, on the way'? 😉

And, why so shy, @Demonstone and @Mazer Rackham? 😉

Ah, yes, and witch places would appear if Byrnes was replaced by Bourke!

...and the words are names - classically, for @Monbon

It's a word find (well 3 words actually!) DD!😀

*rubs hands in anticipation*

It's the red that unleashes these in the first place, FD. You might reach enlightenment yet?

👂🏽🪱 Thanks for nothing.

You tease! So I can't understand why you haven't got my Smith team yet. Or have I missed something?

@Monbon has PM-ed me an answer which, though not my correct answer, wins the Perpetual Prize for Most Amazing, Arcane, Academic and Attention-to-detail Alternative Answer. I suspect such an effort will never be matched. As to my correct answer, remember it is made to order not only for Monbon but also for @DubDee. I'm thinking the latter might be more at my level of Google-able knowledge than Professor Monbon's knowledge level 😄

I'd say they all would have had one, Mr D, but no. Now, no further coaching, for the time being...

Calling @DubDee and @Monbon, in case you missed this new thread 😁

... a classic starting 18, and their coach, prepared to order: B: C. Salem O. McDonald R. Bail HB: E. Langdon L. Dunn L. Tapscott C: I. Weetra C. Oliver A. Neal-Bullen HF: S. Byrnes A. vandenBerg L. Jurrah F: S. Weideman P. Johnson R. Petterd Foll: E. Spalding V. Michie I. Ridley Coach: N. Smith (How many days now till actual footy???🥴)

Good remembering @WalkingCivilWar. I'd hope PD would faithfully report that my PM-ing showed I didn't recall it, but, 'post-race', I do realise I felt a nag-ging feeling when it finally came to me... As I did when selecting my Norm Smith coached team. Though that has seemed to prove to be not the case!

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