Dustin Martin [merged]

[cub]

A tear in my eye

[Andyy]

I'm in a meeting at work with about 15 people.

Trying not to cry.

[Simonator]

I have a jumper with lots of signatures including Tommy Hafey, Richo, Cotch, Jack, Shane Edwards, Rance and Dusty who was the last active player. Time flies

[Francois Jackson]

Perfect way to end. We got our farewell at his 300th.

You could tell he was done about 2/3 months ago.

no words can describe what he has did for our club.

[cub]

Im guessing there will be no presser?

[lamington]

The 300th was basically the farewell game. Forever a champion that deserves a statue. Generational talent so great that every power mid/fwd has been compared to be “dusty like” when they’re strong in the contest. Holy moly we were fortunate this guy put on the yellow and black for us

[Simonator]

Im guessing there will be no presser?

Lunch time apparently

[cub]

Don't know if he will ever realise just what he did for mostly us as supporters, made dreams come true
So So So lucky to have lived this era especially with family and friends, the ABSOLUTE best of  times I will cherish forever

[Hard Roar Tiger]

I'm in a meeting at work with about 15 people.

Trying not to cry.

Same, just left the room. My favourite footballer ever.

[Simonator]

There will never be another like him. Imagine if he was drafted in this day and age with all the hype and social media.. probably wouldn’t have turned out the same. What a legend. Deserves a statue as much as anyone if not more for completely owning the G in the biggest games

[JP Tiger]

Champion.  Selfless.
More deeds than words ... thanks for the memories ...     

Now, don't screw it up by signing with GC!     

[camboon]

Congratulations of a wonderful career, history will show he is one of the best to ever pull on a Richmond jumper.
And to all those media who said he was leaving Richmond you were delusional or deceitful .

[Simonator]

Few things to note from the press conference. Someone finally noted that whilst gale was talking up our future, that this time next year gale will be working against us.. so it’s hard to listen to gale say we’re on the right path etc when he isn’t invested.

Also when asked whether dusty would be an attractive option to bring to Tassie in whatever capacity gale said they will cross that bridge when the time comes. Strange answer…
And finally he took a long time to answer the question of when he found out that dusty would retire when finally admitting it was over the course of the weekend.

Why not just be honest and say you’ve known for a coupla weeks or months or whatever it is.
Why not be honest and say you will try and get dusty to help at Tassie in a role, instead of this spin.
Why not be honest and say you’re not invested in the future of the club anymore instead of reeling off these hopes and dreams for our future.

I would love some honesty from the club in this down period instead of just useless spin.

Say we are in for some pain while we hit the draft but we still will aim to be competitive.
Say we are gonna lose a lot of experience this off season and there could be
Another  season or 3 of development

It’s a strange time at tiger land

[Andyy]

Few things to note from the press conference. Someone finally noted that whilst gale was talking up our future, that this time next year gale will be working against us.. so it’s hard to listen to gale say we’re on the right path etc when he isn’t invested.

Also when asked whether dusty would be an attractive option to bring to Tassie in whatever capacity gale said they will cross that bridge when the time comes. Strange answer…
And finally he took a long time to answer the question of when he found out that dusty would retire when finally admitting it was over the course of the weekend.

Why not just be honest and say you’ve known for a coupla weeks or months or whatever it is.
Why not be honest and say you will try and get dusty to help at Tassie in a role, instead of this spin.
Why not be honest and say you’re not invested in the future of the club anymore instead of reeling off these hopes and dreams for our future.

I would love some honesty from the club in this down period instead of just useless spin.

Say we are in for some pain while we hit the draft but we still will aim to be competitive.
Say we are gonna lose a lot of experience this off season and there could be
Another  season or 3 of development

It’s a strange time at tiger land

Gale still works for RFC I suppose.

I doubt Dusty will go to Taz. They're AFL mad down there. The only silly options for him were NSW/QLD where the media might give him a break.

As for the retirement thing...well I suppose he's sticking to the party line, isn't he? Can't exactly say 'we knew months ago that he was cooked, checked out, getting paid $1.4mil/year' while the club is struggling. That's an internal decision really.

You'll never get that sort of honesty in a presser IMO. Club shouldn't be airing their dirty laundry to the media maggots.

[Tiger_In_Sicily]

Retiring immediately as he did was BS.. everyone is now sugar coating this.. not buying it.. his whole year has been a pathetic circus full of lies.. yes he was a champion, but this was a truly pathetic and weak exit