Demonstone

If @Wodjathefirst gets taken away by the MCG officials or the police for making too much noise in the Tridents seating area, I trust you rest of you will chant "Welease Wodja!".

More discussion about this in today's 'Age'. Brothers in arms: Will the Gawn and Grundy experiment work?

After 30 pots, I'd have to drive home. I'd be too drunk to walk.

Oh, don't mind me @58er. I've just been waiting for a chance to slip in that "SNED" gag.

Further evidence that you should always proofread your posts before hitting "SNED".

I think that @Mister Ed may have just been horsing around.

Today's 'Age' has a rundown of each clubs' pre-season injuries. We're in great shape at this stage. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/state-of-play-your-club-s-pre-season-injuries-20230126-p5cfo5.html

You'll be pleased to learn that we will be playing all teams on the sward.

A sneak preview of Ben after the shave.

Yes, the titles have changed a lot over the years. When I was a kid growing up in the 60s, these were the positions on the field: B: Former rover who has lost a yard Loneliest man in the world Rock of Gibraltar H/B: Enforcer Key Defender Jack-of-all-trades C: Real goer Pivot Racehorse H/F: Avenue to goal The hardest position Will-o'-the-wisp F: Resting ruckman Spearhead Goalsneak R: One kick behind the play Prime mover Borer into the bottom of packs. 19th: Utility 20th: Big-hearted trier. A host of exciting young prospects, natural left-footers, honest battlers, bean-poles, big occasion players, nippy small men and club stalwarts who have all been knocking on the door have just missed selection and will be running around in the early game. ============================================================================ Things started to change back in the 1980s and a new terminology came into being. Teams now looked like this: B: Tagger Stopper Sweeper H/B: Rebounder Negator Springboard C: Breakaway Instigator Linkman H/F: Runner Tall option Receiver F: Crumber Converter Finisher R: Tall On-baller Small I/C: Overlapper Tag breaker =========================================================================== As of 2023, we now have three backs, three forwards, twelve rotating mids and five on the bench.

Unfortunately, neither Jamie nor his brother Bill were in the same class as the other brother, former Collingwood racehorse Ricky Barham who had the ignominy of playing in five Grand Finals without tasting success. I met Ricky at a boozy BBQ in late 1978 in Warrnambool where he was hanging out with Geelong champ (and fellow winger) Michael Turner. Both were recruited from the area. They spent the afternoon botting smokes off me.

I don't think it was a retro round, @Grapeviney. Did they even have such gimmicks back then? Several of the Tiger players of that era wore the canvas lace-up jumper by choice (it apparently made it harder for opponents to tackle) and the VFL banned such jumpers after Robbie's injury. edit: Just did some research and Robbie was injured when he tackled Michael Turner of Geelong in 1986, so it wasn't just Richmond players who wore the lace-up. They were banned at the end that year.

You leave me and my warped mind alone!

I would much preferred to have done a 'John Landy'.

Would our wonderful theme song (particularly the second verse) provide some appropriate think music?

Welcome back Luci. Good to see your smiling avatar again! Once you get a couple of the answers, all the others will fall into place.

Ronald Ryan was executed in February 1967. His remains are buried in my home town of Portland.

Not sure if you're serious David, but check the post above yours.

Time to put you all out of your misery. The team has been selected on the basis that the jumper numbers of the first two players on each line add up to the jumper number of the third player. eg Frawley (8) plus May (1) equals Johnson (9). I have made numerous allusions to this throughout the thread, with hints such as ADDITIONAL, PLUS, SUMMER, (dim) SUM, NUMBER, PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER, ADD UP and CALCULATED. The photo clue is BlackADDER. Simmonds and Baker were both nicknamed "Snake". A type of snake is the ADDER. Well done to all those who were able to FIGURE it out.

@Timothy Reddan-A'Blew has added a plus to his ledger by submitting the correct answer. @reynolds46 has also calculated correctly.

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Not if you posted it on an old PM, Tim. I delete those as a matter of course. PS: @Dee Zephyr has cracked the code, as I suspect @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew has also done.

If you look for a connection other than the players' names, it will all add up.

Now that's a cryptic comment, David! He wouldn't want to be next to May, perhaps? We can add @Allus Monk to the list of those who have worked it out. Below is the final clue. My cunning plan is for the solution to be revealed later this morning.