Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

@Demonstone foreshadowed my return to annoyingquizsetterdom at the conclusion of his last beauty, but, as I undertook then, I have deferred it until we won. So - phew! - here we are! It's too long to wait until our next 'Team Of The Century', so I've put together a 'Team For The Century'; that is, for the 100 years to today. What links the players spans that same 100 years. These 23 Melbourne players were far from famous; indeed, Kennedy holds the games record in this squad, with the grand total of 17. However, fame of a rather exclusive sort links them. With this dearth of games, there's very little 'lived experience' with which to position the players, so I've opted to place them alphabetically from the back pocket. Backs: John AHERN Kevin CLARKE John COMBEN Half Backs: James COOK John CORBY Ben CRAMERI Centres: Frank CUMMINS Bob GORMLEY Paul GOSS Half Forwards: Robert HICKMOTT Tony HIRST Joseph HOGAN Forwards: Stanley HUNTINGTON Malcolm KENNEDY John KERR Followers: Arthur MASKELL Anthony MAY Kevin MITHEN Interchange: Malcolm OWENS 'Billy' QUINN Scott SIMISTER 'Bob' SPARGO Tactical sub: Harold STANLEY The squad needs three additional members to fully honour the linkage; however, I couldn't find fully qualified players. If and as clues are required (though I'd be surprised if they are!) I'll progressively reveal my two emergencies, who qualify slightly differently, and my coach, who likewise qualifies slightly differently but also could not play in this team (and who actually hasn't played any games yet). As usual, please make sure your answers are PMs!

We've been thusly fortunate twice 😊 :

See, that's the tease that's very possibly only a quarter away. It's a bit of a struggle, but I'm keeping the flicker alive. Here's to roaring flames!

...and, on topic but also a must-view more widely for all of us in this time of doubting our club - particularly its very integral Casey component - there's this: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1371717/vflw-rd14-peter-mercoulia-post-match?videoId=1371717&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1688360032001 Great passion, emotion and insight. Well done, Peter. Well done, Casey. Well done, girls.

Could someone gather it and post it all here (un-paywalled), please? p.s. JVR's distant/angled, and gather/blind-turn VFL goals today...

'Couch' stands the test of time, Bin. But 'flat' not so much: 'cathode ray tube' - say what?

More. Seriously.

Can you dig it?

West Coast 7.0 d. St Kilda 2.29

Says Jake Lever: 'The ump should have been penalised for being within 5 metres of the mark!'

13.30. An honorary 7.27. Don't games like these make you just love AFL?

Any perversions to report to NoT$NoB$, UB? Your favourite tipple hard to come by up there? Or, if not, at least compromised by coming from the *shudder* fridge?

Time enough...

Inaccuracy. The new COVID.

LOL and LOLer

X 2. LOL

Worser getting worserer. Remarkable. 7.27(*) looking threatened? (*A famous set of numbers for MFC 🙂)

May I respectfully correct you, @Queanbeyan Demon? 'We will always have (the other 5-letter 'P' word) Perth'

Crikey, it's rapid fire footy when it gets going, though, isn't it?

Storm's Tom Eisenhuth. Perhaps not 'lookalike' but 'lookabitlike', at least?... You know who.

Sounds familiar... (Swans to Dees: 'Anything you can do, we can do worser') (Hickey to Maxy: 'Anything you have done, I've now done worser')

Yep, younger brother. He's the guy who kicked 20 goals for Coldstream a couple of years back. Edging towards the bigger/big time??

'There's been a lot of water under the Todd River bridge since then'?? Maybe in the last few days, perhaps...

Gonna wait now till after Sunday's Riddle In The Middle, for fun in the afterglow or distraction from the doom.

Hoping the overall experience provides some nice NoT$NoB$ vignettes (if not vins), Uncle - or any other B$Ters on the trek.