Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

Here you go, Neil. And many thanks for taking an interest! 😊 B: S. SMI(1001)TH A. TOMLI(1051)NSON T. RIV(4)ERS HB: D. TERLI(51)CH J. RIV(4)ERS O. MC(1100)DONALD C: C. ELLI(51)S C. OLIV(54)ER A. MC(1100)DONALD HF: B. MCL(1150)EAN T. SMI(1001)TH B. VI(6)NCE F: J. MC(1100)DONALD T. MC(1100)DONALD C. SYLVI(56)A R: T.SIMM(2000)ONDS C. PETRACC(200)A J. VI(6)NEY IC: M. CLI(51)SBY, M. COLLI(51)NS, N. SMI(1001)TH, L.WILLI(51)AMS MS: T. DAVI(6)S ...and, LI(51)LY MI(1001)THEN!

I'm interstate next weekend, at a wedding pretty well exactly on game time and on a beach and quite intimate, so little opportunity to sneak a look. I will be pinning the scores on my phone, though! As to the grannie, like everyone else I'm hanging out for city, day (though I presume it'll be Saturday), and time of day. We've got a (rare, dammit) gig on Sunday and the very real need for a practice on the Saturday. Per an earlier post, then, an early Saturday evening at Docklands would be very nice, thank you!

...and of a sauna.

'PMs only'?! 😄 D does 'fit' but doesn't qualify: the link was correct numerals of 2 or more letters. MC (1100) is correct but MCD ain't.

Per your PM, Mr Stone, you are correct, and the Double Laurel is yours to wear proudly. As you pipped @Mazer Rackham by a couple of hours, the Single Laurel is yours, Mazer. And, yes, the McDonalds all qualify for their 'Mc' but not the 'D'; hence the need for CAPS in the original team, and my subsequent post was a roundabout hint in this regard. (As @spirit of norm smith failed to respond in the allotted XX hours, his prize drops to being dropped from the gameday Colosseum team. So he gets to fight another day!) And thank you both for your better-late-than-never involvement. I would have been very disappointed had either of you not been in the MIX.

(NO YOU HAVEN'T. 'LUCI'. INDEED, YOU'VE AGAIN SAVED ME FROM 'THAT' EMBARRASSMENT 😁) YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT @spirit of norm smith'S POST. I'LL HOLD THE SINGLE LAUREL WREATH FOR HIM FOR XX HOURS TO ALLOW HIM TIME TO PM ME WITH FURTHER 'EVIDENCE', TO 'CONVINCE' ME. IVE ALSO JUST NOTICED, BY THE WAY, LUCI, YOUR QUALIFICATION FOR A BRIAN TEAM. IT'D BE AN AFLW TEAM, THEN, AND LILY MITHEN WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE CAPTAIN, BUT YOU COULD BE VICE! IT SHOULD HAVE PAID ALREADY, MY SALTING OF CLUES THROUGH THE THREAD, PARTICULARLY THE ONE AT THE VERY START. IT SEEMS TO HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS (NOT AS MANY CRYPTIC CROSSWORDERS ON HERE AS I THOUGHT, THEN...) IVE MENTIONED HIM BEFORE, BUT i SHOULD HAVE GIVEN CREDIT TO THE YEAR ONE PLAYER IN PARTICULAR PUT IN. A TRUE MILLENIAL. (APOLOGIES FOR THE CAPS. MIGHT HAVE TO FIX THAT...)

Thanks for saving me the embarrassment of a self bump, 'Luci' 😁 I'll see if Saturday night imbibing releases anyone from their inhibitions and, if not, unleash in the morning!

I'm going to assume you meant this, dl4e, but just in case... Well, certainly not there there! I think there's a side door I can use...

As a child, Earl, I used to think, and say, that the Princes Highway was the Princess Highway, evidently presuming a missing 's' rather than wondering about an absent apostrophe. Turns out the highway was originally the Prince's Highway (named for Eddy #8 when Prince of Wales) but there has apparently since evolved an 'Australian geographic naming convention' that removes apostrophes, possibly because they 'look ugly' on signage and because 'it can be argued that contextually they don't really belong'. I presume Princes Park went the same route! Thanks, for this, to the 'Google Groups "Aussie Highways" group' (yes, there is such a thing...) p.s. Careful with 'begs the question' (a usage I've never been able to get my head around): you might be fodder for "Demonstone's and Flaubert's English Grammar for Demonlanders 101'! (though I would argue this one is at least Third Year 301!)

Too much on here now for individual 👍s, so thanks everyone for the observations, insights and emotions expressed. I point the as-yet-unconverted to the 'All The Moments' videos of the last few games, on the club's website. They well support the views of the converted herein. Tim (MFCAFLW Foundation Member #242)

Just got it. 😄 👏

Don't be put off, other Puzzlers; my inbox is a judgement-free safe place!

@Lucifers Hero, claiming it to be a 'one in 10 million guess that it is right' IS right! I'm inclined to think you're a bit better than 'guess', Luci, or at least at significantly better odds! So, very well done, and - allow me this cross-cultural appropriation - the Triple Laurel Wreath is on its way to you. Now, who will claim the Double and Single?

One 'hint' I must give you all, having just realised it, is there is a coincidence between one player's qualification for Brian's team and the grand final he played in!

Firstly, special prize to @darkhorse72 for picking up the (I would like to say deliberate but can't) error. J. MCDONALD should have got that forward pocket. Secondly, Brian trawled the years working back from the present day, so the N. SMITH is 4-gamer Nick, @Jumping Jack Clennett. But for the years criterion, the Red Fox could have made the team (and would definitely have replaced T. SMITH at CHF on merit if so! And @spirit of norm smith, you would have been pleased?) Finally (though I hope not!) PM-ers @daisycutter and @Rob Mac...... have had a go (good on you, folks, and thanks!) but unsuccessfully. Anyway, the number of you interested (intrigued? frustrated? maddened?) is encouraging. Keep at it!

...which is very timely, as there is yet another break in MFC's pretty successful 'On-And-On-It-Goes Year', which I take @Demonstone's lead in filling with a Demonstone-patented conundrum. I'm surprised how many years Brian had to go back to fill the 23. Here it is: B: S. SMITH A. TOMLINSON T. RIVERS HB: D. TERLICH J. RIVERS O. MCDONALD C: C. ELLIS C. OLIVER A. MCDONALD HF: B. MCLEAN T. SMITH B. VINCE F: M. COLLINS T. MCDONALD C. SYLVIA R: T.SIMMONDS C. PETRACCA J. VINEY IC: M. CLISBY, M. COLLINS, N. SMITH, L.WILLIAMS MS: T. DAVIS The common theme? PMs only, please

Great to watch wasn't it, KDF! However - and I'm probably overthinking it - it was surprising to hear that after all the calls from the girls about their teammates games, it took the coach to postscript them with comment on Tayla Harris's outstanding rucking game.

I'm pretty sure the 'being able to laugh' culture was a specific outcome of the men's 2021 culture reboot, has been positively noted by players at various times since, and has been evident in huddles when close-up'd on broadcasts. I stand to be corrected; equally I'd appreciate it if someone out there could track down some specific evidence - interviews, footage, etc. I do agree wholeheartedly with the OP's and the others' observations and sentiments on the women' s team and its supporting staff, noting that where the girls are at in a pre-premiership trajectory has the vibe, for them and us, of the 2021 boys. Let's hope, then, that we have the opportunity to look at them in 'AFLW8', as the 2022 boys, as Premiers!

A "panel" of one? Somewhat light on; I'm not sure CP5 could hold a paying audience for a whole "show"!

This makes interesting reading against the background of the myriad views of 'Landers on various players: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1245641/speed-and-endurance-melbournes-best-runners-in-2022 There's a couple of whipping boys in there, and it's fair enough that their contributions with and around the ball also be accounted for, possibly (probably?) more than these 'effort' metrics, but a discussion of the importance of those metrics might be interesting? Over to you all.

😆 Guess it's why you walked?...

Just going by @WalkingCivilWar's reporting, observations by others here, and also Nicole Livingstone's prevarication earlier in the season on the question of GF location. Hence my🤞! 🙂

One prelim on the Friday night? The 'Brisbane' one, allowing them an extra day as a sop for the travel to a Melbourne GF?🤞 And maybe an (early) night GF?

Also just realised a hit of GUINNESS would fit GUS to the NINES 😉

Indeed; seems his current degree of 'fit' would be anybody's gu(inn)ess...