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I remember him destoying the Giants out at Homebush one day in 2013
Player Watch #4 Dustin Martin GOAT and King of Punt Rd - OFFICIALLY RETIRED
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I remember him destoying the Giants out at Homebush one day in 2013
- Sep 19, 2006
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This might be unpopular, but IMO it's seriously time for him to be back as a permanent midfielder. We threw him forward, assuming he wasn't needed more around the ball and with the luxury of some midfield additions, thought we could use him as another forward.
We simply are NOT that team that has that sort of luxury, especially given we are 17th! It's time we put him where he belongs the most as a damaging explosive on baller. He may not be 2017 standard, but he is still pretty dam good. He hasn't been getting as many touches simply because he's too far from the ball constantly. He is twice the player of any other midfielder we have with some confidence, we can use him more efficiently all over the ground.
It will allow Cumberland to do his thing up forward, with also Graham. Dusty can still rest up forward, however, Richmond really need their best player to be in the action.
We simply are NOT that team that has that sort of luxury, especially given we are 17th! It's time we put him where he belongs the most as a damaging explosive on baller. He may not be 2017 standard, but he is still pretty dam good. He hasn't been getting as many touches simply because he's too far from the ball constantly. He is twice the player of any other midfielder we have with some confidence, we can use him more efficiently all over the ground.
It will allow Cumberland to do his thing up forward, with also Graham. Dusty can still rest up forward, however, Richmond really need their best player to be in the action.
Im not too sure of the numbers as i have not checked but i thought he did spend more time in the midfield against melbourne than he has in any other game this year
i think its always been the intention to have him 70/30 fwd mid
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Yep, I've noticed he has gone in there a small amount. I believe we as a team would be better off, and most likely win more games if he was 70 mid and 30 forward
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It's popular with me.
Dusty was just as prolific kicking goals as a mid/forward as he has shown as a forward/mid.
We would be far better served with him having more room and freedom in the middle rather than starved of opportunity in the forward 50 with a stopper/defender hanging off him.
Is it really fitness? Age? Both?
I wonder where Dusty would prefer to play....
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Dusty probably prefers the role he is playing. He is finding the footy, could have had 4 last week 1 which would have been goal of the year. His numbers a quite good. Dusty is the absolute least of our problems.
Considering he is lucky to be playing at all considering that injury I’m happy with what he is doing.
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It was obvious in from first game Dusty had talent to burn. From memory it took him 2 or 3 seasons to build the tank to run out a game.
I'd rather a 50/50 rotation with him and Bolton. This plays to both their strengths and frees up a spot in the forwardline for another small crumber/pressure player.
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Chris juds first 6 years at West Coast were far superior to just about anyone who has ever played the game
The fact he was in Perth he was out of site out of mind to a certain extent,,daicos is nowhere near judd
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Plus he played in the guts as well, not getting cheap statts from kick ins
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Hopefully soon that player will be young seth Campbell
Yes old Dusty hasn't shaken off the "waddle" to really start impacting...just a tad more game time could see him waddle-less...
This week is the week that Dusty say's
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Dusty's 2011 season is also routinely overlooked. He averaged 22 disposals, 3.3 tackles, 8.8 contested possessions, 2.4 goals + goal assists as a 19yo turning 20 in season, and playing in a weak team.
For comparison, Tyson Stengle won AA selection in 2022 as a 23 yo playing in the top team, averaging 14 disposals, 2.6 tackles, 5.6 contested possessions, 2.6 goals + goal assists, 1.4 clearances. This is not even in the same solar system as year 2 Dusty.
So in other words, if you just mainly stationed Dusty forward in a strong team that year he is easily AA level. I am sure the same would be true in all or most of his seasons from year 2 onwards.
The main reason Dusty is wrongly not recognised as being elite prior to 2017(2016 he finished 3rd in the Brownlow, and 3rd in the coaches votes so it is laughable to say he wasn't elite 2016) is because he was mainly splitting his time between midfield and forward, making his statistics look merely decent in both roles. He is a better forward imo and as I said, if he was just stationed forward most of the time, he would have been unrivalled as a general forward with his body of work in that period 2011-2016.
In terms of less meaningful accolades like AA selection and goals kicked, Dusty would have been much better off if he was just a general forward, and not also more or less our best midfielder from a young age. But in terms of the Ayres Medals and Norm Smith Medals, he has done his reputation no end of good by developing the split role. A lot of others being compared to Dusty are nowhere near him in reality, including all the big names of this century. These young ones like N Daicos have it all to prove yet, and we will see how his uncontested game stands up in finals over time.
But of course we saw great benefit from him developing the split role when it really mattered, 2017-20.
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I do agree he needs to play more midfield time he is too good of player not to be used there, he was never used 100% as a forward even when he went forward and had amazing games most of the time he was playing a lot more midfield minutes than what he is now that's what was part of he's greatness.
he used to lose he's opponent throughout the chaos. I don't know why we have gone away from it.
he used to lose he's opponent throughout the chaos. I don't know why we have gone away from it.
lookit dat bbw piece salivating her mind sayin no richmond her ovaries sayin yes dusty
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He's ready to switch it all on. Last week was almost there. Could have kicked 4 goals easily.
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I hope so. Both games he’s been good we’ve lost, hopefully he tries just as hard to get us over the line for once
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Here we go again
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Pointless trading him because we won't get anything for him & he is still doing decent things. I mean he isn't the same player but he is unselfish as fk imo he could've kicked 3-4 goals today but he always handballs or passes it someone in a better position he is one player in our team who's skills have not declined.
He’s still a class above. You can see that he’s working into the season, we just didn’t expect to be this shit. If the team was playing better, the talk around Martin would be very different.
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Trading dusty is just stupid talk
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