Play Nice Dustin Martin to North | 31/8: DM signed at RFC for 1.3m/7yrs

[SportsCentre]

Channel 7 following Martin to NZ is a joke. His manager is doing a great charade of making it look like the decision is 50:50 to try to squeeze Richmond for more. I honestly can't see Martin leaving Richmond - the lack of an announcement shouldn't be over interpreted. He just does things differently.

Almost stage-biz managed isn't it.
Ralph turning it into a show and the media can't lap it up quickly enough.
Gil's stripping of media accreditation can start right here with Ch7.

 

[Zondor]

............& the Arden Street Elephant is saddled and waiting in the Crown car park to deliver Dusty to the Tender Touch for an all expenses paid "Zondor Special"

I'll bring the Chocolate Quik. :stern look

 

[SportsCentre]

Yeah what are the chances Carr leaked the flight times?

I had a flashback to an early Simpsons episode where Homer calls the Dean.
"Hello Stevo, you're a stupidhead"
"Ralph is that you?"
"Ahhhhh"

 

[giantroo]

"If there is no annoucement before the Geelong v Richmond final, it is safe to say he is gone to North Melbourne" - Mick Warner

 

[utility]

I'm starting to have an 'Australian World Cup bid' feeling about all this.

I'm starting to have a 'Qatar World Cup bid' feeling about this.

 

[SMaturin]

The amount of goal post shifting that these mugs get away with...

 

[Jindrrk]

Any chance the guru Jindrrk could place Brad Scott at the airport?

I was in the middle of exporting it and had glitch colour issues with the GIF and had to get to Futsal....its coming

 

[Phillyroo]

Dusty will be playing for the North Melbourne Football Club next year... and for 6 years after that. Bloody hell it feels good!

 

[Hearts to hearts]

"If there is no annoucement before the Geelong v Richmond final, it is safe to say he is gone to North Melbourne" - Mick Warner

Which is where all this stupidity about him announcing this week inevitably leads. Why not let it rest at him letting everyone know after the season is finished? It's old-fashioned, but the club he's at deserves to have him and not be worrying about this until they stop playing. I was very disappointed to have Scott Welsh say he was staying up to the GF celebrations and then leave, but afterwards I was just glad he had that high point with his teammates. Media intrusion has gone way too far and it's not actually in anyone's interests to reveal sooner rather than later.

 

[SMaturin]

Dusty will be playing for the North Melbourne Football Club next year... and for 6 years after that. Bloody hell it feels good!

I am in a constant state of emotional paralysis as I want to believe and rejoice, yet dare not allow myself the premature indulgence!

 

[big_e]

Yeah what are the chances Carr leaked the flight times?

Nah, Stevo would have flown over a day earlier and "just sat in the arrivals area all day looking like an idiot".




The quoted bit comes from my news photographer brother in law, who did that at Perth in case Schapelle Corby took the long way home.

 

[LB2Snake]

Something not right about Carr going with him. Whole thing feels completely stage managed.......I don't reckon he's coming and I've been very confident all along.
Wtf is Carr doing? This says to me Dusty wants to stay at the onsie wearers and is desperately trying to get them to come to the party with the $.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

I am in a constant state of emotional paralysis as I want to believe and rejoice, yet dare not allow myself the premature indulgence!

Absolutely, but the moment it happens I'm unleashing a tirade of memes, gifs and general abuse on 1 particular Tiger mate.

Something that hasn't been witnessed since last night when my Melbourne mate copped it.

 

[scottydougs]

Dusty will be playing for the North Melbourne Football Club next year... and for 6 years after that. Bloody hell it feels good!

You'll be my worst enemy forever if you're wrong

 

[SMaturin]

whatever happens, I'll always have had MSPaint.

 

[the big lebowski]

Dusty will be playing for the North Melbourne Football Club next year... and for 6 years after that. Bloody hell it feels good!

**** man stop sitting on the fence

 

[SMaturin]

If we played 2017 with the conviction of Phillyroo we'd be looking at a home final on two weeks.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

I've believed for a while that Brad (Scott) is a huge key to the potential signing of Dusty and Kelly.

Like him or not I know for a fact that players that speak with him have nothing but respect for him and his no bullshit approach, he tells you what he's thinking and where you stand, but he will also back you in and tell you exactly what needs to be done. None of the bullshit like Nafan having a select few he likes over the rest of the list.

Say what you will about his coaching prowess (or lack thereof depending on your stance) but he is probably the most personable coach going round and he's a big ticket for list retention and trade talks.

Think back to Waite, Higgins, Dal Santo, Anderson, Ahearn, Williams etc, whats the one defining similarity they mention in regard to their desire to come to North?

Brad.

If we sign Brad for 2 years, I'll be more confident of our chances at signing one or more of our targets.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Ultimate torture for north Fan would be/
Martin has announced that he has an agreement to sign with North if Tigers won this years premiership.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Ultimate torture for north Fan would be/
Martin has announced that he has an agreement to sign with North if Tigers won this years premiership.

Rodney, please no.

 

[GreatBradScott]

I am in a constant state of emotional paralysis as I want to believe and rejoice, yet dare not allow myself the premature indulgence!

I want to believe.. but I shall wait until I see it.

 

[Jindrrk]

Brad waiting for Dusty and we get a glimpse of Dusty's phone from a airport camera.

 

[Snake_Baker]

"If there is no annoucement before the Geelong v Richmond final, it is safe to say he is gone to North Melbourne" - Snake Baker at about 8 o'clock this morning

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Rodney, please no.

Got to see the funny side of things always!

 

[Carlos Herrrnandez]

Smaturin and Jindrrk's work here to be immortalised?