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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6945 on: June 16, 2024, 12:19:08 AM »
Dusty should retire after tonight..
FFS the team couldn't even lift for him and all his done.
Even players like Baker, been totally poo.
Trade him while he has value
Are you suggesting that Dusty should retire because all the other players didn’t lift for him? Sounds like their problem not Dusty’s.
Dusty has absolutely nothing to prove anymore...  Nothing!!! All the others do, and today apart from Taranto and Lynch they all failed

Lynch? I’ll Ofcourse cut him some because he’s missed 8 weeks or whatever it is but he was way way way off it.

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6946 on: June 16, 2024, 12:40:28 AM »
Dusty should retire after tonight..
FFS the team couldn't even lift for him and all his done.
Even players like Baker, been totally poo.
Trade him while he has value
Are you suggesting that Dusty should retire because all the other players didn’t lift for him? Sounds like their problem not Dusty’s.
Dusty has absolutely nothing to prove anymore...  Nothing!!! All the others do, and today apart from Taranto and Lynch they all failed

Lynch? I’ll Ofcourse cut him some because he’s missed 8 weeks or whatever it is but he was way way way off it.

He was terrible.

Obviously out of touch but regardless no excuse to be that poor.

Ridley was BOG vs us after a long lay off.

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6947 on: June 16, 2024, 02:38:32 AM »
Lynch always takes a week or 2 to find his timing and touch.. he was not the issue , still provided a contest

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6948 on: June 16, 2024, 09:40:49 AM »
Dustin Martin: "i love this club more than anything" 


https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1578955/it-means-the-absolute-world-to-me-martin
https://x.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1801908371483664764

In an interview with three-time premiership teammate Jack Riewoldt after the match, Martin confirmed he would be back in the yellow and black in a fortnight after the bye, quashing retirement rumours.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1150804/never-made-it-about-himself-tigers-hawks-celebrate-quiet-superstar-dustin-martin


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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6949 on: June 16, 2024, 09:43:40 AM »
A fair few ex-Tigers in the rooms post-game from Dusty's early years at the Club - Kayne Pettifer, Kelvin Moore, Andy Collins, Sam Lloyd, Brett Deledio, etc ...

https://x.com/Richmond_FC/status/1801927223349551509
https://x.com/Richmond_FC/status/1801858032160411717


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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6950 on: June 16, 2024, 01:30:43 PM »
Dustin what a humble champion he is. Spoke very well. Very sad he did not get a win on his 300th game.

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6951 on: June 16, 2024, 02:02:03 PM »
A fair few ex-Tigers in the rooms post-game from Dusty's early years at the Club - Kayne Pettifer, Kelvin Moore, Andy Collins, Sam Lloyd, Brett Deledio, etc ...

https://x.com/Richmond_FC/status/1801927223349551509
https://x.com/Richmond_FC/status/1801858032160411717

Geez even his enemies the Cotchin family were there…..

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6952 on: June 16, 2024, 08:01:55 PM »
so good to see those faces. No Grigg.

Gee id love to have him back. Cats can have Teague

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6953 on: June 16, 2024, 08:19:32 PM »
so good to see those faces. No Grigg.

Gee id love to have him back. Cats can have Teague

Grigg is up on the GC with Dimma Frankie
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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6954 on: June 16, 2024, 08:37:14 PM »
so good to see those faces. No Grigg.

Gee id love to have him back. Cats can have Teague

Grigg is up on the GC with Dimma Frankie

fk he really got everyone didnt he Dimma.

Yze has the scraps

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6955 on: June 16, 2024, 08:42:11 PM »
Yze is the scraps.... :shh
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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6956 on: June 17, 2024, 09:05:10 PM »
Just curious

What did people think of the banner?

Personally, I thought it was poor. Yet again the caricature didn't look like the person it was supposed see d to represent

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6957 on: June 17, 2024, 09:19:33 PM »
Okay gunna cop it but it was Dusty's 300th and he bloody struggled. No point just having a go at his mates need to be honest and just say he was poor in this game.
In years gone by he has made a reputation for himself by rising to the occasion. He clearly is no where near the player he was.

That aside what a champion and what a great player. What a priviledge  we have had  to watch him play for us.

I will say though i hope he retires at seasons end i think he has been in real decline for the last few years now better to remember him as he was rather than a shell of what he was.

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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6958 on: June 17, 2024, 09:45:54 PM »
Okay gunna cop it but it was Dusty's 300th and he bloody struggled. No point just having a go at his mates need to be honest and just say he was poor in this game.
In years gone by he has made a reputation for himself by rising to the occasion. He clearly is no where near the player he was.

That aside what a champion and what a great player. What a priviledge  we have had  to watch him play for us.

I will say though i hope he retires at seasons end i think he has been in real decline for the last few years now better to remember him as he was rather than a shell of what he was.

I would give him a fresh 3 year deal if i was in charge, though i'm too biased with this bloke and think he should continue to get rewarded.

I will say this to your comment. The issue is much like Jack last year. It is not the player IMO, its the club and players left to fill the void. Quite frankly there is nothing due to their stupid decisions.

I mean Dow? Seriously. He was a late first rounder and look at him. Bolton is not giving us much at all and he is a lot younger than Dusty  :shh
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Re: Dustin Martin - 300 games [merged]
« Reply #6959 on: June 17, 2024, 11:58:13 PM »
I’d happily celebrate if we resigned him to a new 2 year extension. He’s not gonna be on anywhere near the money he is now and it’s not like our cap is bursting at the seams with all the retirements we’ve had over the past few seasons with more to come this year.

People have questioned his form and you’d have to blind to think he hasn’t been avg or poor in a handful of games, but the fact remains there are plenty others performing worse and there is no one in the 2s remotely close to his quality even in his decline.

At the very least he provides a reason to go to the footy in what looks to be a couple of lean seasons on the horizon.