Dustin Martin [merged]

[yellowandback]

  choice!

[Gigantor]

Tend to agree that his kicking can at times be woefull.I think his kicking problem is just laziness on his behalf because there are times when he unloads either at goal or to a teamate when i sit in awe of his kicking.Laziness seems to be a a common theme with Dusty i reckon

[TigerTimeII]

Lazy bastard

Get his old man to threaten to send him home to Tonga 

He is maori.. Brutha

What's the diff bro

tongans are from tonga

maori from new zealand

during cannabilism, tongans eat feet first,, moari eat head first 

all Polynesian but different, its like calling an italian a greek, asking for a death wish

[mightytiges]

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.

I agree Claw. The only thing that went backwards this year was Dusty's goalkicking. Whereas in 2011 he had games where he'd hurt the opposition on the scoreboard from midfield (eg: 4 goals in our come from behind win over North); this year he was kicking a lot of points from gettable shots so he wasn't having those 'momentum' goal games that stand out. 

[Phil Mrakov]

Lazy bastard

Get his old man to threaten to send him home to Tonga 

He is maori.. Brutha

What's the diff bro

tongans are from tonga

maori from new zealand

during cannabilism, tongans eat feet first,, moari eat head first 

all Polynesian but different, its like calling an italian a greek, asking for a death wish

We're all human.

[Phil Mrakov]

Not happy with the snip 

[TigerTimeII]

Not happy with the snip 

Smile be happy lol
And are we all human  lol
Some like tom cruise are alien lol

[Phil Mrakov]

Not happy with the snip 

Smile be happy lol
And are we all human  lol
Some like tom cruise are alien lol

Vlad is a hairy monkey from outer space

[TigerTimeII]

Not happy with the snip 

Smile be happy lol
And are we all human  lol
Some like tom cruise are alien lol

Vlad is a hairy monkey from outer space

I am a hairy monkey from inner space lol

[MintOnLamb]

Not happy with the snip 

Neither was my dog.
I think Rodan was from Tonga/Samoa

[Penelope]

pretty sure its Fiji

[Phil Mrakov]

same shet

[TigerTimeII]

Elephant and lion same.... Both eat Both poo both die... Elephant lion same

[Phil Mrakov]

Elephant and lion same.... Both eat Both Sh it both die... Elephant lion same

Richo and Lloyd the same.

Both lead both mark both goal both sh...

[eliminator]

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.

I agree Claw. The only thing that went backwards this year was Dusty's goalkicking. Whereas in 2011 he had games where he'd hurt the opposition on the scoreboard from midfield (eg: 4 goals in our come from behind win over North); this year he was kicking a lot of points from gettable shots so he wasn't having those 'momentum' goal games that stand out.

A fair analysis