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Player Watch #4: Dustin Martin

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Sir_Loin said:
I didn't hear that - he was speaking about Robbo and Caros comments about him and Ralph Carr. I don't think the club would be backgrounding those journos to put pressure on him - the potential of that to blow up in our faces far outweighs the risk of doing in the first place. Tiges admin would be much too smart for that under Balme
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Hopefully his negative attitude towards the club doesn't influence Dusty's decision. But didn't like the signs at presser and how he answered for Dusty.
 

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Tiger Toffee said:
Really, then why did the RFC media manager pull Dusty out as soon as questions turned to the contract. If the club wanted the media to bully Dusty don't you think they media manager would've just stood there twiddling her thumbs. :rolleyes:
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Don't agree with those comment's either.
 
Sir_Loin said:
I didn't hear that - he was speaking about Robbo and Caros comments about him and Ralph Carr. I don't think the club would be backgrounding those journos to put pressure on him - the potential of that to blow up in our faces far outweighs the risk of doing in the first place. Tiges admin would be much too smart for that under Balme
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got it in one.

there is no club in the land that would do that
 
GoTigers2015 said:
Not the issue. It is whether his negative view on the club will influence Dusty.
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Dusty is a grown man plus I would worry more about Ralph .
I don't think Chocco is an issue and you're looking too much into it. I'd be more worried about how we perform as this is the negative factor that will influence him to leave.
I reckon if either Chocco or BC was our coach he would have signed up by now.
 
GoTigers2015 said:
Hopefully his negative attitude towards the club doesn't influence Dusty's decision. But didn't like the signs at presser and how he answered for Dusty.
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He did imply Caro is doing it off her own bat given she's a "Richmond person". She certainly does claim to know that the club doesn't like Carr and would prefer Dusty not use him as his manager. So there could be some smoke there. However that is different to what happened at the sherrin presser
 
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ri...r/news-story/42465e1da908f95f6752259799869ad5
DUSTIN Martin’s mentor Mark Williams has jumped to the Tiger’s defence.

Williams, a former Port Adelaide premiership coach and Richmond development coach, said the media’s treatment of Martin was “definitely a form of bullying”.

“He can speak as well as anyone, he just doesn’t dance to the beat of the mainstream media. If you ask things he’s not interested he’s just not going to comply, that’s just the way he is,” Williams said on SEN.

Martin made a rare media appearance yesterday to promote a new Sherrin footy but left early when reporters asked the free agent about his contract talks.

“When they asked him what his future was he politely said, ‘I’m not going to talk about that, I’m going to talk about the ball’. They persisted again and persisted again and politely he walked off.

“It’s easy to say Ralph (Carr, Martin’s manager) or I have stitched him up, but that really underestimates Dustin.

“It’s an insult to suggest he can’t take questions — he can do it as well as anyone else — but just because he doesn’t dance to their tune they (the media) ostracise him. It’s definitely a form of bullying, no doubt.”

Asked his own thoughts about whether Martin would re-sign with the Tigers, Williams said he trusted the star midfielder to make the best decision.

“His thoughts are he’s really happy to be able to say I’m just letting it go until the end of the year. If he says that, you just let it go.

“To question him every week, ‘What’s happening with your contract?’, it’s just a joke.

“If you look at his form over the past two years, he’s (finished) third in the Brownlow, he’s All-Australian and won the best-and-fairest ... because Dustin is what he is and he is his own man people treat him differently to the other stars of the game.

“He’s a very shy sort of person and he gets to a point where he’s just ‘leave me alone’.”
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TigerImposter said:
Dusty is a grown man plus I would worry more about Ralph .
I don't think Chocco is an issue and you're looking too much into it. I'd be more worried about how we perform as this is the negative factor that will influence him to leave.
I reckon if either Chocco or BC was our coach he would have signed up by now.
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Team performance will be a factor too if he delays signing. Dusty from all reports has a good bond with Dimma, so a change of coach could have the reverse affect.
 
Wacky Tiger said:
Had a listen to Choco on SEN this morning defending Dusty. What a media ******* beat up, so out there to get Dusty. Choco had a fair old whack at Caro and good on him too. That Sammy McClure needs a taking out the back and giving a good whooping too, such an annoying little nothing of a reporter.
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Do you have a link Wacky ?......:thumbsu:
 

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GoTigers2015 said:
Team performance will be a factor too if he delays signing. Dusty from all reports has a good bond with Dimma, so a change of coach could have the reverse affect.
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Team performance goes back onto the coach considering Martin has been there for the entirety of DH career. I used to remember reading pages and pages of posts of how wonderful Chocco was to Dusty in terms of his development and an inspiration to him.
Chocco must have joined the Hells Angels since he left us as he appears to be guilty by association.
 
Roachy8 said:
When is Fyfe going to get hounded about his non commitment?
Dude is a pretty boy :rainbow: - whereas Dusty has ink + a dad who has a past so let's all poke a stick at that bear.
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We all know how that ends........;)
 
Roachy8 said:
When is Fyfe going to get hounded about his non commitment?
Dude is a pretty boy :rainbow: - whereas Dusty has ink + a dad who has a past so let's all poke a stick at that bear.
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Fyfe did all last year and would have been more if not injured.
Ablett was hounded for 12 months.
Ditto for Buddy Franklin.
It happens to all players of that ilk!
 
Goldust said:
Caro is as pro-Richmond as Robbo was pro-Hird.
Fact!
I would be worried.
Kudos to Choco for calling it like it is.
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Thats bullshit. Caro is pro caro

She spent years attacking the club after the macek challenge failed (which she was the cheerleader for)

She stopped being a preferred reporter for rfc when wally was sacked (months of damaging leaks against the club ended when he left). Club tried working with her, givibg he exclusive weekly access, but she used it to burn us again and again.

Caro is a rfc supporter, but she will burn our club to promote her journo role
 

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Goldust said:
Fyfe did all last year and would have been more if not injured.
Ablett was hounded for 12 months.
Ditto for Buddy Franklin.
It happens to all players of that ilk!
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Yes it does and its about time the players change that habit.
I think what Martin did was very smart and I wouldn't be surprised to see more players doing the same in the near future.
 
Tigey said:
Anyone with some inside knowledge on here have any clue if there is some cause for concern? Tiger71 ?
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I dont have any inside knowledge but I reckon we will keep Dusty unless some club comes in with a huge offer ala Buddies. Or we play like complete arse this season.
 
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