Author Topic: Dustin Martin [merged]  (Read 849699 times)

Online WilliamPowell

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 38800
  • Better to ignore a fool than encourage one
    • One Eyed Richmond
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #630 on: May 04, 2011, 07:46:47 PM »
Most likely garbage as it hasn't be reported in the media anywhere but BF claiming Dusty may have hurt his ankle....

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?s=441fc4f8e5baa43eedb13f9329315683&t=821642

Mr OE you should know better it's BF after all  :rollin

Besides Dusty has tweeted he's playing Table tennis against Jack R :thumbsup
"Oh yes I am a dreamer, I still see us flying high!"

from the song "Don't Walk Away" by Pat Benatar 1988 (Wide Awake In Dreamland)

Offline TigerLand

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 5269
  • I <3 Mrs Hardwick
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #631 on: May 04, 2011, 10:47:19 PM »

The circus of Tigermonk lives on. :birthday :birthday :birthday :birthday

Just waiting for you to admit your wrong. After slagging off the club for drafting Martin ahead of Butcher, an honorable bloke would admit he's been a muppet and accept he is wrong.

BTW glad we kept Jack Riewoldt?  :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin

FYI "It doesn't surprise me one but" not "It don't surprise me one bit".


Popelord there is something majorly wrong with your mentality, l know your young but grow a brain.
you need to rethink l said we needed a forward not another midfielder. Your the one who put the names in. You never mentioned anything about Martin prior to the media releasing his name as protential top draft pick so please dont keep raving on about him as if your some effing bigtime football person cause you already been exposed on this Forum & others for being a LIAR  ;D Comparing 2 different types of players shows just how unstable you are.
You live fulltime on the forum cause unfortunately for you this is all you got LMAO what a life no future. Lucky you dont have kids  ;D the mental stress you put them through. Give it up you gobbler

Baha, another arguement won, thanks TM.

You're just wrong.. again. Surely pack it in lol.

*Plays the worlds smallest Violin.

Go Tigers!

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95131
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #632 on: May 04, 2011, 10:51:32 PM »
Back to the topic ppl  ::)

Most likely garbage as it hasn't be reported in the media anywhere but BF claiming Dusty may have hurt his ankle....

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?s=441fc4f8e5baa43eedb13f9329315683&t=821642

Mr OE you should know better it's BF after all  :rollin

Besides Dusty has tweeted he's playing Table tennis against Jack R :thumbsup
Just putting it out there for discussion and ridicule  ;D

Anyway Jack Riewoldt tweeted this tonight:

"@DustinMartin4 had a broken ankle this morning but it's fixed now cause he is @DustinMartin4!! #dustinmartinfacts #hesactuallyok"

 :lol  :thumbsup

Offline TigerLand

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 5269
  • I <3 Mrs Hardwick
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #633 on: May 04, 2011, 11:07:53 PM »
Back to the topic ppl  ::)

Most likely garbage as it hasn't be reported in the media anywhere but BF claiming Dusty may have hurt his ankle....

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?s=441fc4f8e5baa43eedb13f9329315683&t=821642

Mr OE you should know better it's BF after all  :rollin

Besides Dusty has tweeted he's playing Table tennis against Jack R :thumbsup
Just putting it out there for discussion and ridicule  ;D

Anyway Jack Riewoldt tweeted this tonight:

"@DustinMartin4 had a broken ankle this morning but it's fixed now cause he is @DustinMartin4!! #dustinmartinfacts #hesactuallyok"

 :lol  :thumbsup

Dustin Martin can't break his ankle cause he had metal injected into his bones to replace Wolverine.
Go Tigers!

Dubstep Dookie

  • Guest
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #634 on: May 04, 2011, 11:34:48 PM »
Another little know fact. in 2010 Dustin Martin participated in the running of the bulls. He walked.

Offline WA Tiger

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 14257
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #635 on: May 05, 2011, 01:00:12 AM »
Who is our youngest B&F at the club to date? Will Dusty be the one??
DIMMA - You will be held ACCOUNTABLE...

“We are really excited about what we have brought in. We have got great depth of players that can take us where we need to go. We are just putting some cream on the top at the moment,” he said.

"Rucks:
Shaun Hampson is the No.1 man"

Offline Infamy

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4426
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #636 on: May 05, 2011, 10:00:56 AM »
Another little know fact. in 2010 Dustin Martin participated in the running of the bulls. He walked.
And "don't argued" a bull

gerkin greg

  • Guest
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #637 on: May 05, 2011, 10:13:18 AM »
He rightened the Tower of Pisa with a classic don't argue

Offline one-eyed

  • Administrator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 95131
    • One-Eyed Richmond
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #638 on: May 05, 2011, 11:39:53 AM »
Martin’s rise no surprise to former mentors
Luke West
Bendigo Advertiser
05 May, 2011



THE hottest name in the AFL at the moment is Richmond teenager Dustin Martin.

And neither of the Tiger star’s previous two coaches are surprised at the impact the 19-year-old has been able to make in the AFL less than 30 games into his career.

Martin – whose previous two clubs were Castlemaine and the Bendigo Pioneers – has been lauded by the Melbourne media and commentators in the past two weeks for his phenomenal start to his second season with the Tigers.

The powerfully built midfielder has recently drawn comparisons with a young Mark Ricciuto, who won a Brownlow Medal, premiership and selection in eight All-Australian teams during his 312 games with the Adelaide Crows.

Martin has played only 27 AFL games, but so explosive has he been this year he is already being spoken about as a Brownlow Medal fancy and All-Australian prospect this season.

He has been prominent in five of the Tigers’ six games so far this year – 21 possessions and three goals against St Kilda in round two; 25 touches and five tackles against Hawthorn in round three; 28 disposals and two goals against Collingwood in round four; 33 touches and four goals against North Melbourne in round five; and 35 possessions and one goal against Brisbane last Saturday night.

Yet, it was only three years ago in 2008 that Martin was a 16-year-old playing in the Bendigo Football League with Castlemaine.

The Magpies coach in 2008 when Martin made his senior debut in round one at Camp Reserve against Gisborne was Jamie Elliott, who believes Martin was ready to play AFL by the age of 17.

Right from that first game against Gisborne, it was clear Martin was destined for greater things as his penetrating kicking, ability to win the contested ball, speed and clean disposal was an obvious standout in the 69-point loss for the Magpies.

“I thought as a 17-year-old he could have played league footy,” said Elliott, who himself played 58 AFL games at Fitzroy, Richmond and St Kilda during the ’90s.

“I’m not surprised at all at what he has already been able to come in and do at Richmond.

“He was always going to be a good player, it was just a matter of whether he had his head screwed on right, which he has and he has obviously learned a fair bit since he got down there.

“This year the substitute rule has probably helped him in that he can go forward and be a power forward.

“Even when he was a 16-year-old with us, we use to play him in the centre and change him at full-forward, so it’s great he is getting that opportunity to play forward again.”

While Martin – who was a runaway winner of the BFL’s Rising Star Award in 2008 – played predominantly as a midfielder with Castlemaine, he possessed the goalkicking ability that has become an added string to his bow this year, as North Melbourne found out in round five with his four majors.

Martin won the Magpies’ goalkicking in 2008 with 22, which included kicking five of Castlemaine’s 10 goals playing a mix of centre and full-forward in a 79-point loss to Golden Square in round 16.

“He had one of the best work ethics when he was with us. I used to pick him up from Bendigo to go to training, and we would have a kick before training, he’d then do all the training, and then stay out afterwards and have another kick of the footy,’’ Elliott said.

“His work-ethic was always good with us. I spoke to him the other week and he hasn’t changed as a person, that’s for sure.”

Bendigo Pioneers coach Mark Ellis agrees that despite now being regarded as one of the AFL’s hottest prospects, Martin hasn’t forgotten where he has come from.

After playing four games with the Pioneers late in the 2008 season, Martin – who first played as a junior with Campbells Creek in the under-10s – spent 2009 with the Pioneers in the TAC Cup where his reputation continued to prosper as the season wore on.

“Even now you can still ring him and talk to him, and he always asks how we’re going and who is playing well,’’ Ellis said.

“Last year he was more than willing to come up to one of our camps where we had some under-16 kids in... he’s just that sort of person who hasn’t forgotten where he has come from.

“He hasn’t changed at all. He’s very level-headed and appreciative of his time in Bendigo.”

Martin’s 2009 season with the Bendigo Pioneers included selection for Victoria Country in the mid-year under-18 national championships, with his stellar carnival capped by being picked in the centre in the All-Australian team.

“He was doing things in the TAC Cup in 2009 that were going to stand him in good stead to be able to play AFL,” Ellis said.

“The thing that convinced us of how far he could go was the way he played in the nationals. Every time he had to step up a level, he did it easily and looked comfortable.

“It was just the nature of the way he played. He didn’t rely on anyone to get the ball for him, he just went and got it himself.

“His kicking skills and strength was always going to be his big asset. He was a mini Mark Ricciuto in the TAC Cup.

“He never got ahead of himself or thought he was better than anyone else, he was very good for the club, and it’s no surprise he’s now playing the type of footy he is.”

Martin juggled his commitments at the Pioneers in 2009 with his job at Luke Arnott Electrical, but in late November he went from labourer to full-time footballer after he was selected by Richmond with pick No.3 at the national draft.

“He was a good worker with us, but he has shown he made the right choice in going down the footy path. We’re very proud of him,” Luke Arnott said.


Dustin Martin as a 16-year-old playing for Castlemaine.

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/football-australian-rules/martins-rise-no-surprise-to-former-mentors/2153355.aspx?storypage=0

Offline Stripes

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4261
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #639 on: May 05, 2011, 12:45:50 PM »
I don't want a be a kill-joy here but all the external hype Dusty is getting lately is making me nervious. Any hype we've had recently such as the when Cuz arrived has blown up in our faces. I pray this time it doesn't because I love to watch this kid play!!

Offline Oiafi

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 626
  • Against logic there is no armour like ignorance.
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #640 on: May 05, 2011, 12:50:02 PM »
Hype comes with the territory. If we're going to show good signs then the media is going to pump us and our players up. Only a problem if it's a false dawn. Doesn't feel like a false dawn this time. Here's hoping.  :pray

Dubstep Dookie

  • Guest
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #641 on: May 05, 2011, 01:02:48 PM »
Dustin Martin is so hardcore, when I'm unexpectedly interrupted watching highlights of him on the net, I quickly switch over to p*rn to avoid embarrassment.

Offline Dice

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 1357
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #642 on: May 05, 2011, 01:25:44 PM »
Chuck Norris' daughter recently lost her virginity.... Dustin Martin got it back !
Tanking has put the club where it's at - Paul Roos

Offline Penelope

  • Internet nuffer and sooky jellyfish
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 12777
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #643 on: May 05, 2011, 01:39:48 PM »
 :lol thats stuffed
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways my ways,” says the Lord.
 
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are my ways higher than your ways,
And my thoughts than your thoughts."

Yahweh? or the great Clawski?

yaw rehto eht dellorcs ti fi daer ot reisae eb dluow tI

Offline Dice

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 1357
Re: Dustin Martin [merged]
« Reply #644 on: May 05, 2011, 07:08:07 PM »

Dustin Martin as a 16-year-old playing for Castlemaine.


Geez that's nasty seeing Dusty in Collingwood colors. Kid cracks me up tho. He's just always got that ' don't argue ' look on his melon  :thumbsup
Tanking has put the club where it's at - Paul Roos