Dustin Martin [merged]

[Mr Magic]

Dustin Martin is destined to become a legend of this club, and you guys are shipping him off to GWS based on a HS article! 

Forgotten the sleeping pill incident have we? Equal 10th in the B&F last year..

Snap out of it, he's got to pull it together.

Forgetting his other 2 good years? Pull it together

Yeah I am actually because the previous 2 years matter stuff all.
His performances dropped away last year and he was in hot water at the club with his mate DCon.
You're only as good as what you deliver and Martin's graph is headed in the wrong direction most recently.

Very humorous thread. Anyone remember his 1st qtr against Carlton and his last qtr effort sprinting 90m to smother and spill the ball about of bounds seconds before McLean won the game for them.

Yeah that was great and stood out like dogsballs because most of the time he's jogging behind his opponent with hands on hips.
Most of the time he plays lazy.

You can defend him all you want but the club can't afford slackers who take their eye of the ball no matter who they are.

[Francois Jackson]

Relax people he will be fine

Some players have different attitudes

I'm mates with sewells good mate and he said buddy at one point needed hodge or someone equiv to go out with him most nights

Martin will be fine

I mean if we give 8 yrs to spuds like Edwards Jackson and Gus then I'm sure we can give a bit more to dusty

[jordie2tivendale]

He is 21 he is shagging hot birds and having fun , he needs a good girl that  makes him say  damm time to knuckle down i have kids a family and a career to worry about then the true Dusty will be unleashed , he needs a cause at the moment he is a compass without a needle at 21 i can't blame him ....
As long as he stays with us  till he matures mentally i will be happy
 2 more years of BS i think  though before he finds his feet

[DCrane]

Dustin Martin is destined to become a legend of this club, and you guys are shipping him off to GWS based on a HS article! 

Forgotten the sleeping pill incident have we? Equal 10th in the B&F last year..

Snap out of it, he's got to pull it together.

No, I haven't forgotten. I just tend not to get hysterical over vague, out of season hun articles.

[DCrane]

You're only as good as what you deliver and Martin's graph is headed in the wrong direction most recently.

Did you see his last few games, he was chasing backsides more than he was chasing kicks. Once he achieves the right balance between the two he should become the complete player we've all been waiting to see.

[Smokey]

Worryingly this is the 2nd time in 3 years that he has had issues and behavioral problems over the pre-season.  When you add that to his suspension during the year it does give cause for some concern.  I'm comfortable that the club are handling this the right way but I don't know if they will be very lenient much more.  I don't want to lose him but even more than that I don't want him to become a destabilising influence like Connors did - I would rather flick him if that became the case.

[the claw]

Dustin Martin is destined to become a legend of this club, and you guys are shipping him off to GWS based on a HS article! 

Forgotten the sleeping pill incident have we? Equal 10th in the B&F last year..

Snap out of it, he's got to pull it together.

Forgetting his other 2 good years? Pull it together

Yeah I am actually because the previous 2 years matter stuff all.
His performances dropped away last year and he was in hot water at the club with his mate DCon.
You're only as good as what you deliver and Martin's graph is headed in the wrong direction most recently.

Very humorous thread. Anyone remember his 1st qtr against Carlton and his last qtr effort sprinting 90m to smother and spill the ball about of bounds seconds before McLean won the game for them.

Yeah that was great and stood out like dogsballs because most of the time he's jogging behind his opponent with hands on hips.
Most of the time he plays lazy.

You can defend him all you want but the club can't afford slackers who take their eye of the ball no matter who they are.

i gotta disagree imo his season was almost a mirror of the yr before.  he sure didnt go backwards but i reckon peoples expectations soared.

we all know his weakness and the key to getting better is his aerobic capacity. until he builds a big enough tank he will plateu where he is.  sometimes it takes players 4 or 5 seasons to build the tank.
if he cant build the tank he will play primarily as a forward with rotations thru the middle.

gary ablett took how long his first 5 yrs was spent primarily as a forward with rotations.
look at dangerfield this yr its taken him 5 yrs to go from primarily a forward to a  permanent mid. martin is actually tracking better than both.
i dont understand the lack of patience  this is more about expectations than anything martin has done wrong.

[Gigantor]

or maybe Dermie was right ..hes a waddler....(gee i hope not)

[Chuck17]

Settle down ladies and get off the soap boxes

[Ruanaidh]

Apparently 'Choco' is on the case, I'm feeling more confident about the outcome now.

See post #8:

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/get-to-work-choco.979836/

[Hard Roar Tiger]

You're only as good as what you deliver and Martin's graph is headed in the wrong direction most recently.

Did you see his last few games, he was chasing backsides more than he was chasing kicks. Once he achieves the right balance between the two he should become the complete player we've all been waiting to see.

Hes been chasing backsides in the off season-ones covered with minis 

[Ox]

Since when do the stuffwits on BigFooty know Chocco personally and the "roles" he's to undertake?

LMAO @ Circle Jerking.

The post with such authoritative knowledge.

[Ox]

BF Quote

"Anyhow, met him about a month ago, got talking to him, told him how I'm a diehard tigers man and welcome aboard.

Before the conversation ended, I said to him, "mate, please take care of Dusty". He replied with, "Yep, already been told that he's a project of mine".
"


"I said to him, "mate, please take care of Dusty".



yeh....and he thought, "stuff off shitman"

[Penelope]

 

[tony_montana]

or maybe Dermie was right ..hes a waddler....(gee i hope not)

One of the ever increasing occassions where an "expert" doesnt do their homework before shooting their mouth off. I recall when he saiud that, he was under the impression that Dusty wasnt very quick and felt in a few years hed be too heavy and would turn into a waddler, obviously didnt know that he's surprisingly very very quick off the mark, 2.9secs for 20 metres at draft camp from memory.

His tank will come eventually, people are built differently, some are power athletes, some explosive, will take him longer to build up an afl tank (as long as he's committed i have no problems with how hes tracking)