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Looks like this edition of the teaser has run its course. The answer is that the first names of all the players in my team are gender neutral. They can be both male and female first names. I trust that the exercise was cathartic and that your level of rage has decreased rather than risen.

Hows about Howes?

A trigger was just as necessary for the moribund quiz as it was for Roy Rogers to get around.

The teaser may have been discussed this morning over coffee, @Axis of Bob! Meanwhile, @tilly18 has also identified the correct answer. Solution to be posted later this afternoon.

Third place has been snared by @reynolds46. Huzzah! More responses are invited. @Engorged Onion has provided a helpful clue and I think he might have found out what the correct answer is.

Do you wish to cut to the chase and lock in an answer with style?

Coffee date has concluded and I'm nicely caffeinated. Thanks for paying, hot date! The teaser, on the other hand, needs a boost of its own. I'm surprised that more posters haven't worked it out. Some of you obviously don't know if you're Arthur or Martha.

I said the coffee will be hot. No comment on the other person's hotness! We have another winner with @Hawk the Demon solving the mystery and claiming Silver.

It's bedtime here at Chez Demonstone as I have a hot coffee date with another Demonlander in the morning. Remember, with these brainteasers, not to overthink things. Often it's the FIRST thing that comes to mind.

First across the line and securing top spot on the podium is @Lucifers Hero. Well done her! Still up for grabs are the Splenetic Silver Of Seething and The Bitter Bronze Of Bile.

What happened last time, Steve? Did you get drummed out?

I think people are still so angry that they're refusing to play. Of the three teasers I had ready to go, I thought this was the easiest of them. Although the team would be coached by former Demon Kelly O'Donnell, please take the hint that there is no sporting connection whatsoever. Who will claim the Grouchy Gold Of Glumness?

Ask them if they had been born the last time their team won a flag.

He may be pining for the fjords.

I saw a sparrow on the wing today. Omen perhaps?

And what positive outcomes would you say that your sanctimonious, holier-than-thou grandstanding has achieved?

One less than serious answer so far but no other takers. On the TRAB Scale (TM pending) this teaser is rated as a 3: "Not football related but related to the selected players".

It was never a rumour, it was unfounded speculation (not unlike the rest of your risible post).

As long as you upset and offended some people, Doug. That's the main thing, isn't it?

I've seen this movie before. Melbourne loses a game, the season isn't going as well as hoped and we are all disappointed. Some are angry, some are bitter, some attack the coaches and players and a rogue element resort to turning on each other. Rather than tearing our fellow posters apart, we need a focal point for all the pent-up rage. Here it is! Consider this your vault of vitriol, your bank of bile and your repository of rancour. Vent your frustrations at me! You've also seen this movie before. Below is a team of current and former players who share a common characteristic. What might that be? Answers in a PM only please! (Blurters not welcome ) =========================================================================== B: Riley Bonner Chris Lamb Alex Pearce H/B: Hayden Young Darcy Moore Blake Howes C: Cameron Bruce Rory Sloane Jordan Lewis H/F: Jamie Elliott Taylor Walker Alex Neal-Bullen F: Cody Weightman Logan McDonald Jade Rawlings R: Rowan Marshall Adrian Fletcher Sam Mitchell I/C: Charlie Spargo Shane McAdam Ashley McGrath Bailey Laurie

An item of supporter apparel that I bought in the 1980s still fits me perfectly. OK, it's a scarf, but the point still stands.

Richmond played GWS at the MCG two weeks ago. The crowd was 19,040. edit: snap @Deebymistake

Second cousin of Cameron Ling?

Is this correct? I know his family has a Zimbabwean background, but thought Roo was born in Australia.

How do you know that we didn't try to recruit Chol?