Give him credit for taking on mindfulness, meditation, yoga, whatever it has taken has been hugely successful; his on ground demeanour and brilliance, on the whole, exemplifies a character at peace with where he sits in the (footy) world.
Yes he is a real 21st Century type of guy. Oh the Age of Aquarius. In the bruise free cross country basket ball game we call AFL he is a modern day Star.
Almost my top 6 in order!
Why so disparaging?
It's interesting as I often think back to how tough it was back in the old days etc etc. But you can only be the best where and when you are playing. Much and all as I am sick to death of the media wankfest over Dusty he is a genuine star of the game and would have been in any era. And vice versa applies of course. The stars back then would be stars today.
It is the 21st Century..is it not? Arguably the Age of Aquarius...depends who you believe. Modern Football has taken all of the bruising body contact out of the game and left us with the end to end running required to keep most players close to the ball ala Basketball. Martin is a star of the game. Not sure what is disparaging about any of that. Perception is a strange thing however.
The way Martin plays, his strength, poise, balance, skills, he would have been a star in any era, even the Age of Thuggery.
AS I said above
"Age of Thuggery" = Hindsight description and label...back in the day it was seen as no compromise accountable football. Tough and contested. Shirt fronts and big hip and shoulders no nonsense stuff. Great viewing. Yep their was some king hits as well and these were not condoned then or ever. Martins attributes as you describe would have been under a microscope and he would have been tested. So what... this is about Geelong's best team as far as I can tell Martin does not and never will play for Geelong.
We digress all the time, but yes, point taken about him being the wrong feline.
