Moved Thread Who was better - Dangerfield 2016 or Martin 2017?
What was it published in 2009 or something?
It is a team game and one was part of a team that won a premiership.
Rex Kwon Do
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Nah you should probably read the links before you post. They ran the survey prior to Dustin Martins record breaking season.
yep i sure would take Martins 28 possession 0 goal final (most in junk time after his opponent went off the ground injured) over dangers 26 touch, 8 marks and 4 goal performance with all goals coming in the opening half. Martins 20 touch 3 goal game also better um just because. and lets not talk about the joke of martin winning a norm smith. One of the least deserved norm smiths in the past twenty years.
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True. Richmond didn’t need to be carried by one player
exactly.
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Dusty destroyed Geelong in the final and Danger's goals were from dodgy free kicks and also Dusty actually played for his team and creating goals for his teammates Danger didn't only cared about himself
Interesting. I wouldn't have even tipped Martin until Danger got suspended, then he stood out as the clear alternative.
Those rankings were by the AFL players who had played on both for approx the past 8 seasons. I doubt 12 months later they all think he's magically the best now because the media and Leigh Matthews said he was only after Danger was rubbed out.
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Lets not forget that when Danger was suspended people were talking as if he was robbed of the Brownlow. His form did not drop afterwards and he was a beast for the entire season. Danger was every bit as good as Dusty this season. If you take the premierships and awards in to consideration of course Dusty had the better year. But purely based on individual performance they were very close to each other this season and i rate Dangers 2016 > Danger or Dusty 2017
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Well he won the afl pa mvp by some margin from Danger. almost doubled dangers tally. I am assuming the same player population was surveyed though.
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Pretty even, I guess you can't really argue with the "perfect" season, everything minus the Coleman.
Martins 2017 is always going to be better than Dangers 2016 because he won a flag, it doesn't mean he is the better player.
Prefer Martins style but I think Danger is the better player.
Martins 2017 is always going to be better than Dangers 2016 because he won a flag, it doesn't mean he is the better player.
Prefer Martins style but I think Danger is the better player.
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Add Fyfe from 2015, He was on this level easily.
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Who cares... You could make arguments either way depending on whether you value stats or awards more. I still think Danger is slightly ahead overall as a footballer. However I'll never forget what Dusty did in the QF. If you watch both players closely from midway through the 3rd Q to midway through the 4th, you will see Dusty lift his side while Danger makes multiple mistakes either side of 3QT. Looking forward to watching both beasts for a few more years yet, lets hope Fyfe can get back to his best this year too. All three have an edge in power and balance over the rest of the competition at this stage in my view.
not even close. fyfes last third of 2015 was frankly awful. only fyfes first 14 games stacks up but the other two did it all season.
midway through the third was just after martins opponent went off the ground injured never to return for the season.
Delediodamage
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Yeah, he did. And who was it that was tagging Dangerfield the entire game again?
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You don't think Dusty was gifted votes? Check out the GF. I wasn't surprised he won the Norm Smith, but IMO and the opinion of others he was not BOG. Yes he had a fantastic 4Q when the game was done and dusted, or should I say Dustined?
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So basically this will just be another Geelong v Richmond thread with people arguing about 2017 and how Richmond won the QF? Do we really need another thread dedicated to these arguments?
Both were very good. Dangerfield 2016 involved a lot of exciting play, ball winning and breaking away but it also involved a lot of long and not always accurate kicking à la 1965. Martin played in much the same way but his vision and kicking was better, often broke away, lowered the eyes and hit a target. Gotta give this to Martin as his ball use was far more damaging.
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Have just read about 5 posts, yep, I was right. **** me, same arguments, different thread title.
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Martin has a Brownlow-Norm Smith and a Grand Final medal, so Danger for me.
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both great but martin's 2017 probably gets the nod
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Oh shit argument settled now!
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