AFL Player #37: Nic Martin

[TheGrizz]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
2024 My Boy Draft: Pick 1, Beerfish

 

[Beerfish]

Telekinesis is a new skill

 

[Ambrosia]

Same for Parish then?

Nah watching Parish and he makes obvious mistakes that they teach you not to do at local level football eg ball watching, not trusting the tackler, slow to transition ect.

 

[Zach Package]

 

[jannissary]

he's going to have every club chasing him at the end of his contract. he's such a star already

 

[eth-dog]

Just give him the 5 year extension that will take him to free agency. So bloody good.

 

[Ambrosia]

Just makes the game look ridiculously easy.

 

[FlyingV]

That game will do his all Australian prospects no harm. Absolute weapon, would love another prospect in his mould. Tall, rangy, elite endurance who is versatile. Elijah Hollands could be one? Otherwise would love to target this type in the draft.

 

[DonsRule]

 

[Lance Uppercut]

uh oh

“Adrian gave me that shot, I’m just looking to repay them in the years to come.”

 

[jannissary]

really well spoken, it's clear that he loves football a lot, but it's also indicative of just how much he wants to improve (and has improved)

 

[Kong]

I'm just watching the replay, and there seems to be a correlation between his improved performance and his declining standard of haircut.

It currently looks like a combination of:

 

[Lance Uppercut]

it's a bad haircut. So bad it's good.

Looks like Ray Romano got his mum to cut his hair

 

[jannissary]

it's a bad haircut. So bad it's good.

Looks like Ray Romano got his mum to cut his hair

yeah i can see that comparison

 

[DonsRule]

I'm just watching the replay, and there seems to be a correlation between his improved performance and his declining standard of haircut.

It currently looks like a combination of:

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[quotemokc]

Seems this articles sole purpose was to be given an excuse to speculate on his next contract which isn't up until the end of next season.

No other sports media carries on about player movement in season quite like AFL journos.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Seems this articles sole purpose was to be given an excuse to speculate on his next contract which isn't up until the end of next season.

No other sports media carries on about player movement in season quite like AFL journos.

nah, just a typical fluff piece

 

[Vander18]

I'm just watching the replay, and there seems to be a correlation between his improved performance and his declining standard of haircut

The issue as I see it is that he’s not a really good looking guy to start with. You can rock an ironic haircut when you are Kyle Langford or Archie Perkins….but when Blackadder (season 1 version mind you) is an apt comparison, you need everything you can control working in your favour.

But AFL so he’s knee deep in babes anyway….

 

[Beerfish]

The issue as I see it is that he’s not a really good looking guy to start with.

 

[Zach Package]

Coming like a freight train for the AA wing spot.

Gulden doing a touch more damage by foot and winning it more often, but he's also in at centre bounces 40 times more than Martin is, so there's an argument to say he doesn't actually play on the wing enough.

Daicos is playing a key role in the best side in the comp and is obviously uber clean and very good but to be honest he doesn't have a statistical marker he can hang his hat on.

Martin is winning a bit less footy but his kick and handball efficiency is the highest out of all 3, he's marking the footy more, he's joint top for goals and clearly out in front for goal assists and he's also streets ahead for spoils and 1%ers, so he's getting back and supporting as well.

Daicos on one wing, Martin on the other, Gulden in the rat race for a half forward flank or bench spot with Butters, Trac, Greene and Rozee for me.

 

[boncer34]

Had a few quiet weeks. Is he running out of steam?

 

[MiguelM]

His defensive efforts have been poor for a few weeks, players getting massive separation from him. Lots of jogging, ball watching.

 

[andleanback]

Had a few quiet weeks. Is he running out of steam?

Hasnt been playing wing..

 

[DERO]

Had a few quiet weeks. Is he running out of steam?

Looked gassed.

 

[Howard Moon]

Seems to have had a role change, another case of underutilisation of ones best talents

 

[ant555]

Seems to have had a role change, another case of underutilisation of ones best talents

His best traits have been taken down by sides playing a much more defensive role on him in the last 6 weeks so they have tried to get something out of him from half forward.