Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

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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Welcome to the 'Annoyers Club', PD! You're allowed to set up your own thread (though I'm sure @Demonstone is flattered!) Meanwhile, 🤔

Twenty-seven?! How can that be?? Too soon!!! May have to downgrade my expectations for this cohort regarding Carlton's and Essendon's premiership tallies, from 'Surpass' to 'Reach'.