Dustin Martin

[DavidSSS]

Yeah, a bit rusty, which is no surprise. I reckon he did look a little bigger around the middle but that should go. A few glimpses of the magic, will take a little time to get back to his best, there's little substitute for actual games. Great to see him back, and seemed to be doing more defensive efforts.

Definitely robbed of a goal, but, you know, the game is all about the maggots in flouro, we shouldn't expect it to be about the players .

DS

 

[seven]

Definitely robbed of a goal, but, you know, the game is all about the maggots in flouro, we shouldn't expect it to be about the players .

DS

Yep. And Shocking said they wanted more Dusty moments and the umpires do that crap.

 

[achillesjones]

Gold post Tenacious!

 

[Tigers of Old]

I thought he was great. Not GOAT great but played an important role. As he gets older that is all we need.

 

[The Sash]

Slow first quarter but then he really impacted the game in the second quarter.

He will cause a lot of coaches headaches as he float between deep forward and around the midfield. The Pies started Howe on him but then our talls cut loose. They then had to switch Maynard onto Martin. They literally were throwing the magnets around down back.

Been causing headaches for years floating. 3 flags and 3 Normies.
90% forward now to really hurt.

 

[tha8ball]

Could be the answer to the ‘third tall’ up fwd. Keeps Balta back. The GOAT floating between the goal square and the midfield.

 

[BT Tiger]

Watching Nick Riewoldt on the post match show...

"There were a couple of great fend off from Dustin Martin, Daicos was on the end of one... and then we (Fox Footy) were on the end of one after the game!"

Massive lol.

 

[Jason King]

Yeah, a bit rusty, which is no surprise. I reckon he did look a little bigger around the middle but that should go. A few glimpses of the magic, will take a little time to get back to his best, there's little substitute for actual games. Great to see him back, and seemed to be doing more defensive efforts.

Definitely robbed of a goal, but, you know, the game is all about the maggots in flouro, we shouldn't expect it to be about the players .

DS

That was highway robbery. Not a free any day of the week.

 

[tigerman]

Thought Dusty was great.
While he played predominately forward, 85% game time would indicate that the champ kept himself in good nick.

 

[Legends of 2017]

He was very good for a first game back. 23 possessions and 2 goals - great contribution

For a mere mortal, that would be one of their best games in their career.
For the GOAT just warming up
Great to see him back.
Awesome to watch the entire team run from all over the ground to swamp him after he kicked his first (official) goal. Shows how much his teammates love him

 

[Dont Argue]

After witnessing his first Don’t Argue yesterday afternoon at the G, I felt that order in the universe had finally been restored. Happy to share the trademark with such a legendary footballer

 

[tora]

Thought Dusty was great.
While he played predominately forward, 85% game time would indicate that the champ kept himself in good nick.

Great to see Dusty back. He's been the professional athlete for a few years now. Coming back from an injury would be worse than coming back from a break. He just needs to adjust to the pace of the game. Pies defence was very loose all round. Hawks are also a good team for Dusty to get match fitness back.

 

[TigerFlag2017]

Such a privilege to watch Dusty.

I wish he would never retire.

 

[tigertim]

I’ll take that return from Dusty on his “comeback “ game, will only get better. Look out Hawthorn!

 

[Tigers2011]

For a mere mortal, that would be one of their best games in their career.
For the GOAT just warming up
Great to see him back.
Awesome to watch the entire team run from all over the ground to swamp him after he kicked his first (official) goal. Shows how much his teammates love him

The 50+ metre pass to Lynch in Q3 was the perfect example of his genius. A Richmond legend - that simple.

 

[Redford]

Mr Magoo has had a crack at him for not talking to the media before or after the game.

 

[BT Tiger]

Mr Magoo has had a crack at him for not talking to the media before or after the game.

Who's Mr Magoo?

 

[Ghost of 29]

Not sure if mentioned earlier but Dusty was back in the 2016 Puma Evopowers. He must be the fussiest footy boot person ever!!

 

[amc11]

Who's Mr Magoo?

Robbo - https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...n/news-story/7f1eb2a7742bfd0b3b495c07316bcfaa

The footy world was delighted to see Dustin Martin back, but his return wasn’t perfect.

DISLIKES​

1. Dusty no-go

While Gillon and Co are in the States entertaining TV rights offers from global media giants – the most recent publicly disclosed deal was worth $2.5 billion – it’s ironic that the most fascinating name in football won’t talk to the media. Can you imagine the Yank TV execs (their brethren demand NBA players play on Christmas Day, mind you) being told they’ll need to cough up $3 billion for the rights but by the way the game’s best player won’t talk to you when you need him to? That’s what happened with Fox Footy on Saturday. The station contacted Richmond last week and said they’d like to talk to Martin before or after the game. The Tigers warned Fox that Martin wouldn’t talk. On the day, Martin was approached by Sarah Jones on the ground post-siren, where Martin waved her off, and then Nick Riewoldt, a mate of Martin’s, went down to Tigers rooms post-match, where he asked a Tigers media person to ask Martin for two minutes to answer two Dorothy Dixers. Like, what was it like to be back? Any message for the fans? It’s not known if said media person even asked Martin. It’s a funny world. The AFL is asking for billions and will get it, the players will ask for a billion in salaries and will get it – both paid by the TV rights – and yet Fox Footy asks for a minute and they get told no. You can understand why Martin would avoid a lengthy sit-down interview, but once you step on the ground, you can’t pick and choose. There are obligations to the broadcaster and to the game.

 

[JimJessTorp]

The Blob is a *smile*!