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lol,
He’s a bit of a golden boy in the media, too much guess work not enough substance imo.Comes across as really fake
Player Watch #4 Dustin Martin GOAT and King of Punt Rd - OFFICIALLY RETIRED
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He’s a bit of a golden boy in the media, too much guess work not enough substance imo.Comes across as really fake
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Listening to the Footy Talk Podcast with Nathan Broad as a guest yesterday and half way through they have a stats guy on who was talking about Dustin Martin's stats so far this season. 30% of his disposals are in the forward 50, so a career high for him. Martin is 3rd in the afl for forward 50 ground ball gets, 2nd in afl for forward 50 broken tackles and had marked 33% of 1 on 1 contests (afl average 13%) which is the 2nd highest of his career & 10th highest of any player since his debut, averaging career high for contested marks and forced 7 turnovers against GWS which is the equal 2nd highest of his career. Not bad for someone who apparently clearly can't be at Richmond next year !!!
Link to podcast: Nathan Broad Reveals His Preferred Selection For Richmond's Next Head Coach
Link to podcast: Nathan Broad Reveals His Preferred Selection For Richmond's Next Head Coach
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Yeah I think he's been playing as well as ever. I'd like to see him at the centre bounces a little more.
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essendon comeback. you heard it first here.
I wouldn’t say as well as ever but pretty decent standard nonetheless , especially so at 32
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Why do our players cop the "he's past it,will be gone at the end of the year" by flogs in the media and then players like Hawkins can play till 2560?
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For some reason, the media don’t notice the games, such as the GWS one, where Hawkins does jack shit
interrupted pre season they call that
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A younger version of Parrot. Can't stand the flog.
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looks like he stuck his head out the window of a plane
Dustin Martin to play his 300 game in 2024
Chaired off the ground by Jack Riewoldt and Trent Cotchin wearing Tiger tops but otherwise civvies.
It is written in the Tiger scriptures, it is written in Tiger blood.
Chaired off the ground by Jack Riewoldt and Trent Cotchin wearing Tiger tops but otherwise civvies.
It is written in the Tiger scriptures, it is written in Tiger blood.
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Looks like he's really enjoying his football again. Even did an interview with CH7. Shows how close he was/is with chimp. Hope he sees out his career with us.
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I don't care what anyone says last night he was back to his best, 35 disposals, 3 behinds literally how many goals would he have kicked this season if he didn't have so many near misses?
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Dusty is not far off it and tried all night especially last quarter was into everything and on one occasion in the last seconds freo got the ball defensivelly and he imedatly ran off 100 miles an hour to opposite side to cover a couple free players. Was enormous.
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I am shocked at how well he is going.
I thknk the only reason he's not being heralded in every media outlet in the country, is purely due to his goal conversion. He is geting plenty of shots and in years gone by, instead 1 goal 3 or 3 behinds straight, this would have been 5 goals 2 and suddenly he's the most dominate forward mid in the game again.
He will have a monster game this year at some stage, 25 touches and 5 goals, hopefully its finals.
I thknk the only reason he's not being heralded in every media outlet in the country, is purely due to his goal conversion. He is geting plenty of shots and in years gone by, instead 1 goal 3 or 3 behinds straight, this would have been 5 goals 2 and suddenly he's the most dominate forward mid in the game again.
He will have a monster game this year at some stage, 25 touches and 5 goals, hopefully its finals.
Need it against the Lions.
Best 4 quarter game he has had since getting the kidney injury and looks to be really invested and getting his hunger back to dominate games
Still a little off with his goal kicking and confidence to fend and take on the tacklers like he used to put as mentioned you can just feel its not too far off.
Lets hope next week he tears the Lions apart and hits the score board
Still a little off with his goal kicking and confidence to fend and take on the tacklers like he used to put as mentioned you can just feel its not too far off.
Lets hope next week he tears the Lions apart and hits the score board
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So many almosts this year. 65m drop punt just touched on the line, hits the post from 50m out! So many shots have just missed or bounced the wrong way. He once said he wants to be like Tom Brady (obviously can't play til 45) I wouldn't be surprised if he plays 360-380 games for us. Apart from 2020/ 2021 he's been durable as and rarely misses. If we don't land a KPF I'd play him as FF 60% 2024 onwards to preserve him. Him and Lynch and either Ryan/ Miller could get the job done til we land another Lynch type whale. Hopefully the club already has a budget Riccardi/ Georgiadis type as a stop gap.
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Dusty days: Has star Tiger been reborn under new coach?
A positional rejig has given Dustin Martin more freedom to express himself, and the Tigers have been the beneficiaries, as they prepare to head to Brisbane to continue what had seemed an unlikely finals push.
Dusty days: Has star Tiger been reborn under new coach?
ByJon Pierik
June 24, 2023 — 4.00pmDustin Martin has turned back the clock and been given greater licence to spend more time further afield, as the Tigers work towards a finals “miracle” under caretaker coach Andrew McQualter.
Martin, 31, was particularly influential in the Tigers’ two wins heading into this weekend’s mid-season bye, having 27 disposals against Fremantle and 35 against St Kilda, the latter the first time he has had at least 30 touches since round five, 2021, also against the Saints.
Man on the move: Dustin Martin has been spending more time further afield, and the Tigers have prospered.CREDIT:AFL PHOTOS
However, it’s where Martin has been used which has been noted by rival clubs, for he has spent a greater percentage of his time in the midfield over the past fortnight (80.6 per cent) than he had through the opening 12 rounds (67.7 per cent).
There has been a significant change in his time inside 50, dropping from 30.9 per cent to 14.5 per cent over the past fortnight.
While still a relatively low percentage, the Tigers great has also found himself venturing into defensive 50 more often, this escalating from 1.3 per cent to 4.8 per cent.
This balance over the past fortnight aligns more with his 2017 Brownlow Medal year, when he spent 75.8 per cent of his time in the midfield, 18.4 per cent up forward and 5.8 per cent defensively, enjoying one of the greatest individual seasons of all time, capped with a breakthrough Richmond premiership and the first of his three Norm Smith medals.Tigers great, and now senior advisor, Neil Balme said Martin had been instructed to venture further afield.
“Yes, he is doing a bit more midfield stuff, as well as playing up the field as a forward,” Balme said.
“Today’s footy, wherever the ball is, virtually everyone is within a kick of it, no matter where they are. You have to go to encourage them to get nearer the ball, and he is doing that very well.
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“And a couple of the other teams haven’t really played as tightly on him because he does that, and that does make it a bit easier for him.”
However, there may be a trade-off with Martin’s rejigged role, for he has been goalless over the past three weeks, including the past fortnight. He had 13 through the opening 11 rounds, including four from only 19 touches in a four-goal win over Geelong in round nine.
Martin, whether through age, fitness, injury or pure class, has been seen as more of a forward in recent seasons, regularly playing forward of centre, but his toughness in the contest, penetrating kick and poise mean he can be influential across the entire field, particularly with the Tigers now looking to win more clearances.
“He can play a bit,” Balme said facetiously.
Martin is enjoying his football under McQualter, and the Tigers remain confident he will be at the club next year and complete the final year of his contract.
The Tigers, having had only three wins and a draw and slipping to 14th on the ladder before Damien Hardwick quit after round 10, have won three straight, and are within a game of the top eight, as they prepare to head to Brisbane and face the Lions in a Thursday night blockbuster.
That’s the way we are heading: Dustin Martin and the Tigers hope to mount a strong run after the bye.CREDIT:AFL PHOTOS
They will need to win six, possibly seven, of their final nine home-and-away games to claim what had seemed an unlikely finals berth.
“The players have responded really positively to the fact we needed to recover our position, and we have done really well. It would be a miracle [to make finals] going forward, but we haven’t given up on the hope of a miracle because our best has always been pretty good, and we are starting to deliver it a bit more now,” Balme said.
McQualter has begun to stamp his own imprint on the game plan. Champion Data analysis shows the Tigers have leapt from 14th to fifth for disposal differential over the past month, opting to hold on to the ball more through uncontested possessions, while also curbing their mark-play on percentage.
There is a greater emphasis on clearance differential, vaulting from 16th after round 10 to eighth. Under three-time premiership coach Hardwick, winning clearances was not a priority.
The Tigers have also surged from 15th for points from forward-half intercepts to fourth, and from last to third for scores per inside 50 percentage.
“All those things, that’s exactly what Damien would have been doing anyway because the numbers are the numbers, and our style is our style,” Balme said.
“What do the numbers tell you? We have to improve our stoppage clearances, or hold the ball more in our forward line, or whatever it is.
“While Andrew has come in, he hasn’t changed the way we have played. Obviously, it’s slightly different because he has a slightly different way of presenting it, but we are still virtually playing the same game, the assistant coaches are still all doing their jobs similarly.
“We have elevated Kane Lambert to do ‘Mini’s’ [McQualter’s] job, and Mini is doing Damien’s job. It’s not that different and the players have really responded well to it.”
Should McQualter, 37, deliver a finals berth, the highly rated assistant, and one-time St Kilda and Gold Coast player, will have even stronger claims to permanently win the top role.
“What Andrew has been doing has been really good. His relationship with the players has been fantastic, he has challenged them well and a slightly different voice is sometimes a positive,” Balme said.
The Tigers are hopeful star midfielder Jacob Hopper (calf) will return on Thursday after a five-week absence, but there is no timeline for key forward Tom Lynch. Balme said he hoped Lynch will play again this year, but the Jack Dyer medallist is still working his way back from a fractured foot.
DUSTY DAYS
Rounds F50 % Mid% D50%
1-12: 30.9 67.7 1.3
13-14: 14.5 80.6 4.8
2017: 18.4 75.8 5.8
Happy 32nd birthday Dusty!
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