Demonstone

Bingo! The surnames of all the players are Victorian country towns or localities. The red "clue" was indeed a red herring. Sorry Hardtack! The virtual prize is therefore shared between Cyclops and Mazer Rackham, who PMed me earlier but declined the temptation of hogging all the glory. Ready for another one?

Flabbergastation (flabber + gas station) is a word usually only heard in the USA and it refers to the sensation of scratching your head and thinking "WTF?" when you see something like this.

No, just a response to dc's comment.

Fetlock?

Sunday Too Far Away.

Crikey faulty, you get so triggered by any mention of Trump. I assume you've read his new book?

You're all just being silly now.

The club obviously sees something in him. I'm happy to trust their judgement.

Sorry hardtack, you still wouldn't have enough letters for that railway station!

Incorrect I'm afraid, dc.

In response to Hardtack: Yes. Sorry LDVC, not crims.

Well folks, it's Friday and still two days until the mighty Demons play again. Given that it's been a while since we had one of these, not to mention the need for something to lighten the mood of the site somewhat, here is another puzzle for you. This one is pretty easy and, if it goes off as quickly as I suspect, I have another, trickier one to post. What do the players in this team have in common? (You will notice that former Melbourne players are named in red.) B: Ross Thornton Peter Hamilton Alistair Nicholson H/B: Ryan Ferguson Peter Foster Peter Dean C: Lachie Whitfield Terry Wallace Wayne Linton H/F: Terry Bright Lance Arnold Doug Heywood F: Shai Bolton Darryl Sutton Steven Armstrong R: Rhys Stanley Nathan Buckley Noah Anderson I/C: Wally Donald Phil Seaton Wayne Gordon Les Woodford.

You can clearly see the top of Sparrow's jumper and his throat. Nothing to get upset about here, folks.

I doubt there's any connection. The AFL isn't funding the improvements.

That's what it looks like to me, too.

15,000 cartons of beer would build a nice little grandstand for all your new friends who could drink their way down from the top to the bottom. Win or lose, there would be lots of tiers.

Jordan Gysberts' first two games were outstanding, but I get the feeling that Bowza might just have the edge over him in the long run.

Good stuff! I seem to recall a few years back when Jack Trengove made a return to training after a lengthy layoff with a foot injury, Max and the boys even made a little banner for him to run through.

I'm not all that keen on recruiting Gunston. He's about to turn 30 and has only managed one game this year due to ongoing issues with this back. There's also the problem with him cutting himself shaving so often.

Sad but true.

Patrick Ambrose (Essendon) has retired.

Christian Salem has been charged with tripping and offered a fine of $1000 (down from $1500 if he pleads guilty) following an incident in the third quarter involving Eagle Dom Sheed.

No idea what you're trying to prove but, if this is intended to be an attack on my comment, rest assured that science is yet to invent the instrument that could measure my indifference to your remark. Why you so Cranky, Franky?

Yes, his father Brett played 85 games for the Saints and debuted in the same match as Robert Harvey. I'm glad he didn't get to 100 games and qualify his offspring for Father/Son selection!

I wonder if the poster who demanded to know exactly what Tex Walker said will also be clamouring to find out the precise detail of what was said about our player, as if that makes a difference.