HATCH MATCH & DESPATCH 2024

[Demonland 66,977]

Rory Sloane’s retirement announcement coming on top of the medical retirements of Angus Brayshaw and Nathan Murphy bring us to this year’s HATCH MATCH & DESPATCH thread. 

There will be many more to come over the next six months or so - here’s this year’s version of the ins and outs at the AFL Clubs ~

ADELAIDE 

In:

Out: Rory Sloane (retired)

BRISBANE LIONS 

In:

Out:

CARLTON 

In:

Out: 

COLLINGWOOD

In:

Out: Nathan Murphy (retired)

ESSENDON

In:

Out:

FREMANTLE

In: 

Out:

GEELONG

In:

Out:

GOLD COAST SUNS

In:

Out: 

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY GIANTS

In:

Out:

HAWTHORN 

In:

Out: 

MELBOURNE 

In:

Out: Angus Brayshaw (retired)

NORTH MELBOURNE 

In:

Out:

PORT ADELAIDE 

In:

Out:

RICHMOND

In:

Out:

ST KILDA

In:

Out:

SYDNEY SWANS

In:

Out:

WEST COAST EAGLES 

 In:

Out:

WESTERN BULLDOGS

In:

Out: Aiden O'Driscoll (retired)

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

Is this the earliest in a season that this equivalent thread has been started? If so, I guess it's a sign of the times.

[leave it to deever 16,588]

I once wrote a screenplay with the same name as this thread.

A lovely little story about a quaint Victorian trout fishing town whose Mayor tries to lure a GP to it with his daughter as the bait.

Over 20 years later still waiting for that big phone call.

Won't be long now 😭 

[Neil Crompton 4,973]

4 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I once wrote a screenplay with the same name as this thread.

A lovely little story about a quaint Victorian trout fishing town whose Mayor tries to lure a GP to it with his daughter as the bait.

Over 20 years later still waiting for that big phone call.

Won't be long now 😭 

Time to update the screenplay deevs. Instead of a GP, change that to a marquee footballer. Also, you’d have to have WCW in there as a big support character, (comic relief?). Suddenly you have something that is going to resonate with a bigger audience I would have thought.

[leave it to deever 16,588]

7 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Time to update the screenplay deevs. Instead of a GP, change that to a marquee footballer. Also, you’d have to have WCW in there as a big support character, (comic relief?). Suddenly you have something that is going to resonate with a bigger audience I would have thought.

Could whip up a good yarn about the father son rule demarcation lines etc. 

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,336]

12 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Time to update the screenplay deevs. Instead of a GP, change that to a marquee footballer. Also, you’d have to have WCW in in there as a big support character, (comic relief?). Suddenly you have something that is going to resonate with a bigger audience I would have thought.

@WalkingCivilWar a walk-up start, naturally.

And o what tensions, of myriad forms, would be created with @Bitter but optimistic in the leading man role.

 

[WalkingCivilWar 35,141]

34 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

@WalkingCivilWar a walk-up start, naturally.

And o what tensions, of myriad forms, would be created with @Bitter but optimistic in the leading man role.

 

So, it’s a murder mystery then? If it’s not,  it will be should BBO be cast as the leading man.

#CastWisely

Reminds me of the time Pickett Fence told me he planned to write one of his very creative training reports and wanted to include me, Dazzle and BBO. I told him if either of them is my love interest, I’d track him down and they’d never find his body. He never mentioned it again. 😅

[leave it to deever 16,588]

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

@WalkingCivilWar a walk-up start, naturally.

And o what tensions, of myriad forms, would be created with @Bitter but optimistic in the leading man role.

 

Especially with his method acting.

Have I gone too far?

[monoccular 16,683]

We all know who caused the retirements of Murphy and Gus - was said #4💩 anywhere near Rory's eye perchance?