That assessment is pretty accurate I reckon. Hodge's career was parallel to Ablett's and there was never a second when he was a better midfielder than him. Or anywhere near close to it.
Opinion Dustin Martin is better than Dangerfield
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That assessment is pretty accurate I reckon. Hodge's career was parallel to Ablett's and there was never a second when he was a better midfielder than him. Or anywhere near close to it.
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Why would he tell you to get f'ed? By all accounts hes a very approachable bloke, he's very humble and down to earth, certainly not rude.
So you think if a random person approached him on the street and said "hey dusty, how come you always kick the ball on the outside of your foot, and you always snap when you kick for goal?", he wouldn't tell them to get ****ed?
How could anyone on here know what his response to that would be?
Be respectful, read the situation, don’t interrupt him if he’s with a friend or on the phone... why not? I get that some ex-Eagle players might be a bit paranoid or on edge when strangers approach but don’t tar Dusty with that brush.
I don't know, but that's why I'm asking people on a richmond forum for their opinion on the matter. I don't have access to dusty and even if I did, there's no way for me to ask him that question without it being awkward as *.
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Of course he wouldn't.
But then again, if he was an obvious smartass maybe yes, but a reasonable question, no.
Well if his responses to media questions are anything to go, I wouldn't get much of a response at all. But maybe he's a completely different person away from the cameras, I don't know.
Also, if I asked him about his haircut, which IMO makes him look like one of those velociraptors from jurassic park 3 with their feather quill mohawks, that would probably come off as obnoxious and he would definately tell me to get ****ed.
I think asking trent cotchin about it would be a better bet. He seems like an affable bloke, more willing to answer these types of questions.
It's obvious why he does it. He has a bad habit of kicking a set shot drop punt from in to out. Which makes the ball swing to the right or the odd one that hits the inside of the boot and goes left. So pretty much every shot in front or in the left pocket he will snap and bend it the other way.
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WTF is your issue? You seem hell bent on trying to find issue with Martin's character.
I doubt he'd tell you to get ****ed, I also doubt he'd give you a very good answer given his description of how his tendency to don't argue came about is along the lines of 'if someone tries to tackle me I just push them away', but he'd be absolutely respectful of your question.
Fair enough. What if I told him his haircut reminds me of the velociraptors from jurassic park 3?
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He'd tell you to stay in school, be good to your mum.
Depends how you ask, though I doubt he'd be blatantly disrespectful in any case
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This is part of the enjoyment
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Houli: 26 disposals
Martin: 22 disposals, 4 goals
Prestia: 22 disposals
Vlastuin: 22 disposals
Pickett: 22 disposals, 1 goal
Castagna: 21 disposals, 0 goals, 5 behinds
Riewoldt: 13 disposals, 5 goals
Possesions and goals. I'm not sure how you could argue he wasn't best on ground.
4 brilliant goals as well. Not the Joe the goose out the back for the easy goal (Jenkins). His goals come from a variety of positions nearly every single game.
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YYYYYYAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWNNNN....Barry Badbreath. No Martin is not better than Dangerfield but he plays in a better team!
If the option of 1 or the other to come to WC I'd take Martin.
Dangerfield would jinx us with his never to play in a winning GF team curse.
Dangerfield would jinx us with his never to play in a winning GF team curse.
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Yes he is. And that's no knock on Dangerfield.
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Dusty plays in a better team because he makes it a better team
Maybe that is all that matters.
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Yes and Dangerfield would also make any team a better team.
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In years where he actually played midfield full time, he was very highly rated, he just didn’t always play there though.
Of the two, I’d take Martin just, but wouldn’t be disappointed if I was ‘stuck’ with Danger.
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When Danger won the Sunday Footy Show POTY this year he talked briefly about feeling his footy mortality after the prelim. I'm expecting a Massive year from him in 2020.
Meanwhile Dusty has talked before about a lack of motivation after winning everything you could win in '17. Will he suffer this again?
Interesting to see how this thread evolves in the next year
Meanwhile Dusty has talked before about a lack of motivation after winning everything you could win in '17. Will he suffer this again?
Interesting to see how this thread evolves in the next year
