Rate a Tiger's year - Dustin Martin?

[one-eyed]

Dusty is next. A fair bit of debate about how to rate his year after his freakish record-breaking 2017.


Martin played all but one game (missed the loss to Port in R12) in his ninth season of AFL to take his career tally to 201. His 2018 though will be mostly remembered for the speculation surrounding the severity of his 'corky' going into the Preliminary Final. His AFL fantasy ranking for that final was his 4th worst since 2013.

Season highlights
25 disposals, 7 tackles, 5 goals (vs Adelaide R2, 2018)
26 disposals, 10 marks, 4 goals (vs Essendon R22, 2018)
33 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles, 1 goal (vs Bulldogs R23, 2018)
30 disposals, 6 marks, 3 tackles, 2 goals (vs Adelaide R16, 2018)
26 disposals, 4 marks, 6 tackles (vs Geelong R20, 2018)

AFL rankings in 2018
Ranked 7th in Goal Assists Per Game in 2018     
Ranked 1st in Inside 50s Per Game in 2018    
Ranked 4th in Total Turnovers in 2018     
Ranked 1st in Total Score Involvements in 2018
Ranked 1st in Total Centre Clearances in 2018     
Ranked 6th in Total Bounces in 2018
Ranked 3rd in Total Clangers in 2018     
Ranked 9th in Total Kicks in 2018
Ranked 5th in Total Goal Assists in 2018     
Ranked 1st in Total Inside 50s in 2018
Ranked 1st in Score Involvements Per Game in 2018     
Ranked 3rd in Centre Clearances Per Game in 2018
Ranked 9th in Bounces Per Game in 2018     
Ranked 5th in Clangers Per Game in 2018

Career stats:
           Games  Kicks  KE%  Hballs    Disp.  DE%  Marks  Tackles    G.B      Clear.  In50  Re50  1%ers
2010      21      10.0             10.2     20.2             2.4       3.3       11.6
2011      22      14.1              8.0      22.1             3.5       3.3       33.14
2012      20      12.9   61.0     9.5     22.4   70.2    3.2       3.0       23.23     3.4      4.2    1.2      1.2
2013      23      16.6              7.6     24.2              4.8       2.7       23.32   
2014      22      17.5   60.1     8.0     25.5   67.5    4.9       2.5       27.15     2.4      3.8    1.9      1.0
2015      23      17.4              8.6     26.0              4.5       3.9       24.13     3.2      4.3    2.3      0.9
2016      22      19.4            11.7     31.1              4.5       3.6         9.9       5.2      5.1    2.5
2017      25      19.2            10.6     29.8              4.1       3.5       37.29     6.4      6.0     0.9
2018      23      15.7              9.7     25.4              3.7       2.2       31.21     5.4      5.9     0.2

http://finalsiren.com/PlayerStats.asp?PlayerID=1970&SeasonID=ALL
https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pc-richmond-tigers--dustin-martin
http://www.pro-stats.com.au/psw/web/player_profile?pid=2010003


So how did we all rate Dusty's year?

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Another top 3 - his 7th of 9 seasons.
We needed him fully fit and firing in the prelim but his record says it all

[amc11]

It's interesting to see how harshly Dusty is judged by some sections of the media and also fans although I do suspect some of those fans are more interested in the super coach points Dusty can deliver for them rather than his actual performance in relation to his role for the team.   I recently stumbled across an old radio interview done pre-draft in 2009 and it was apparent even then how humble and team orientated Martin was and still is today.

Despite most saying he started the season slowly, I thought he had a great start before picking up some kind of injury possibly around the Melbourne game from memory.  The club was managing whatever that injury was (hip/groin/knee?) and Martin was still able to play the role required although it was obviously to me his explosive power was impacted.  That last part of the season looked like full steam ahead until that corky - sucky timing all round really   

Who knows if we will ever see another season like 2017 and it's unfair to judge 2018 against that incredible benchmark especially because the improvement in the overall team meant individual match winners were less likely to be needed.  Still for a midfielder to be ranked 1st in total centre clearances, 1st in total inside 50's, 1st in total score involvements, 5th in total goal assists and kick over 30 goals himself in a season some feel was disappointing, well I'd be happy to be disappointed every year.   

[Andyy]

Agreed.

If this was any other player I'd give them an 8-10.

Because it's Dusty and I know he is a God...part of me rates him at a 6-7/10.

Credit to him for setting the bar so ridiculously high. Fingers crossed 2017 wasn't a one-off and he can do another couple of seasons like that.


But man let me tell you I will be so happy to tell my kids I saw this guy play one day in the future. Bloke will have a highlights reel for the ages...

[🏅Dooks]

probably needs to be more like Castagna according to some.

[Assange Tiger 😎]