The Age says Dusty.
Men who matter Matt Murnane
The Age
February 2, 2014 Coming into this season, nearly every team, except for a handful of building and re-building clubs, will feel it has a legitimate chance of playing finals. But 12 or 13 teams just doesn't go into eight.
So which players will make the difference when it comes to your club forcing its way into the finals?
These are the players who could give a club that little extra. It could be a player recruited from another club or a bloke on the comeback trail after injury. It may be a player usually rated as ''above average'' who, for whatever reason, only had an ''average'' year in 2013 and is ready to re-discover his best.
Simply put, here's a list of the men who need to step up and make their mark at your club this year.
RICHMOND
Dustin Martin Gms Disp Goals G.Ass
2012 20 22.4 23 8
2013 23 24.2 23 13
Martin is already good. Very good in fact. And there was nothing wrong with what he did in 2013 - he finished runner-up in the best and fairest to Daniel Jackson. But you just get the feeling the super-talented 22-year-old could be ready to make the final step and become one of the game's elite players this year. An off-season of controversy where the tactics used by both sides in his contract negotiations were questioned has no doubt raised the stakes, and Martin will be desperate to repay the club and fans that have stuck by him through off-field dramas. On the field, he has already produced play that belongs in the elite category, but not with the same reliability or regularity as players already in that zone. Doing so this year, or making improvement in that direction, could earn Martin his first All-Australian jumper and give the Tigers another rise as they aim to go deeper into September.
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