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Dustin Martin
- Thread starter Rosy
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I reckon the fact he is quiet and doesn't do much media adds to the mystique and makes him more marketable. The image could allow him to get beyond AFL markets too, they can show a bit of footage from a game where he shrugs off opponents and you don't need to understand Aussie Rules to understand he is owning the play.
That is, apart from being clearly the best player going around.
DS
That is, apart from being clearly the best player going around.
DS
Agree.
"Better to keep silent and let people think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." -Abraham Lincoln"
Also agree re the footage. There are some unbelievable Dusty Martin packages on Youtube. There are plenty of packages for other players as well but Dusty's are different.
After a while you notice one stark point of differnce. When Buddy, GAJ or Fyfe kicks a stunning goal, they show three replays of it, from several angles. A five minute highlights reel has maybe 5-10 genuine highlights.
However, when Dusty does something special, like kick a 50 metre goal from hard up against the boundary, they follow it up with three more, exactly the same. There is no need for replays. Then they show 15 "Don;t-argues" in a row, where he makes grown men look like children. Then it is five bullet passes to Jack Riewoldt that hit him lace out.
And they can make a package for every year that he has played!
Google Dusty 2017 highlights or a Decade of Dusty. They are breath-taking.
if they showed a career highlights reel of Dusty, they’d need to have an intermission.
Alternatively, they could show it in 4 parts with a qtr time break between each segment
Kudos to Ralph Carr for advising Dusty of the additional sponsorship opportunities with RFC. It helps that he's won 3 premierships but it would have been a risk to turn down guaranteed $$ in exchange for sponsorship upside.
Don't worry, if it wasn't with Richmond, Dusty's outside football deals would've been with Best and less and Crobsy footwear if he joined North.
There would've been no chance he would be on the same deals money wise if he left for North.
Ralph Carr should be kissing Gale
I'm 58yrs old and life time supporter. Dustin Martin is the best player I've seen bar none.
And some furniture from Franco Cozzo
If he joined North he might've been the 16th player delisted 2 weeks ago.
Its Richmond then Dusty.
Not the other way around.
I'm not there yet Rinso, equal with Royce
When the history of RFC is written Dusty will probably get it because he will play 350 + games. Royce's career was cut short by his knee so Dusty will probably get him for longevity. On the other side Royce was a superstar and a premiership player in his first year and is a 4 time premiership player
Royce, KB, it is hard to put Dusty definitively ahead of players like that.
Maybe we just need to wait until the end of Dusty's career to really assess where he sits.
But, bloody hell, he is damned close to any I have seen and Dusty ain't finished yet.
DS
Maybe we just need to wait until the end of Dusty's career to really assess where he sits.
But, bloody hell, he is damned close to any I have seen and Dusty ain't finished yet.
DS
Dusty has more x factor than any player I have seen. He definitely has gears and in 2017 he was in top gear for a freakish season. Since then he sometimes sits back when not essential. But, as in the Grand Final he turns it to turbocharge mode when he is needed. This keeps him out of Brownlow contention but he is loved by his teammates because they see that for him it is ONLY about flags.
This is what sets him apart.
Many topliners have their best games against the weak teams.
Dusty's best games are when the whips are cracking.
This is what sets him apart.
Many topliners have their best games against the weak teams.
Dusty's best games are when the whips are cracking.
Just remember little Wait, Dusty, Cotchin and Grimes were all there before Castagna, Rioli and Bulter turned up.
Those 3 changed the club into the powerhouse they are today.
Where's the 3 hours of Castagna highlights.
