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

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You need to see it from a supporter's perspective.

I was only young in 2001 when we last won a final. Not a flag but a final. Fitzroy have won more finals than us since 1980.
I get that Richmond fans would be pissed to see him go.

The AFL will make so much money this finals series as Richmond are a massive drawer of crowds.
Swings and roundabouts.

After so many years of failure we are a genuine flag chance.
You're not. Richmond are top four by default. Your better posters admit this themselves.

It has been achieved through smart recruiting, long term thinking and strong administration. In the mid 2000s RFC was nearly broke we have come so far without AFL help.
Based on your clubs AFL history, a solid side has only been achieved by random chance, when all the previous failed attempts are gathered together.

Meanwhile North recruit ageing stars, are heavily subsidised by the big clubs like RFC are the lowest drawing Victorian club and need to..
1) Martin and Kelly aren't "aging"
2) The subsidy argument is complete bullshit.
3) We have always been a small club. This is irrelevant for the purposes of the Dustin Martin trade.

Don't shoot the messenger. If you believe player managers then I have a car to sell you. Go ask Tina Arena. Ralph Carr is as believable as his hair
You are being selective with your interpretation. GWS are an AFL owned outlet and would just as likely make this claim in support of the AFL in the event that Carr was telling the truth.
 
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You need to see it from a supporter's perspective.

I was only young in 2001 when we last won a final. Not a flag but a final. Fitzroy have won more finals than us since 1980.

The AFL will make so much money this finals series as Richmond are a massive drawer of crowds.

After so many years of failure we are a genuine flag chance. It has been achieved through smart recruiting, long term thinking and strong administration. In the mid 2000s RFC was nearly broke we have come so far without AFL help.

Meanwhile North recruit ageing stars, are heavily subsidised by the big clubs like RFC are the lowest drawing Victorian club and need to


Don't shoot the messenger. If you believe player managers then I have a car to sell you. Go ask Tina Arena. Ralph Carr is as believable as his hair
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You need to see it from a supporter's perspective.

I was only young in 2001 when we last won a final. Not a flag but a final. Fitzroy have won more finals than us since 1980.

The AFL will make so much money this finals series as Richmond are a massive drawer of crowds.

After so many years of failure we are a genuine flag chance. It has been achieved through smart recruiting, long term thinking and strong administration. In the mid 2000s RFC was nearly broke we have come so far without AFL help.

Meanwhile North recruit ageing stars, are heavily subsidised by the big clubs like RFC are the lowest drawing Victorian club and need to


Don't shoot the messenger. If you believe player managers then I have a car to sell you. Go ask Tina Arena. Ralph Carr is as believable as his hair
**** off.

Our smart recruiting, long term thinking and string administration has us in a position to make these offers. Despite getting the worst draws and being slightly reimbursed for buying Docklands, we make up for our bad luck by making money in imaginative ways, building our community, and hitting free agency as well as the draft.

Your club rattled tins and whined and was so crap on field you have received charity picks year after year. Richmond is not a big club in any way that counts any more. We get you're excited you might see a finals win at last, but how about you focus on that instead of coming over here making shit up.
 

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Just let us know when we get to stop subsiding you. How much big a loss is North going to lose this year? You should put a poll up.
Listen son, your time would be better spent by reading up on your footy history.

You are currently making a fool of yourself.


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Would be safe to say if Dusty does announce he is leaving before the QF, footy contracts and player movement will have changed forever. I would hate it if we go down the NRL path, but that's the way it will go.
He won't announce it

The narrative would be "deciding at end of year"
 

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You need to see it from a supporter's perspective.

I was only young in 2001 when we last won a final. Not a flag but a final. Fitzroy have won more finals than us since 1980.

The AFL will make so much money this finals series as Richmond are a massive drawer of crowds.

After so many years of failure we are a genuine flag chance. It has been achieved through smart recruiting, long term thinking and strong administration. In the mid 2000s RFC was nearly broke we have come so far without AFL help.

Meanwhile North recruit ageing stars, are heavily subsidised by the big clubs like RFC are the lowest drawing Victorian club and need to


Don't shoot the messenger. If you believe player managers then I have a car to sell you. Go ask Tina Arena. Ralph Carr is as believable as his hair
And yet, north NEVER rattled cans....and remember, all the other club supporters actually donated to your "save our skins" campaign.

North (like all lower supported clubs) are subsidised, due to the lack of "marquee" games, such as anzac day/season opener etc.

we were the ones that started friday night football, only club in melbourne without pokies, fought the afl re relocation with absolutely no help from anyone, and are almost debt free.
yes we have recruited a few older guys (waite and del santo) but we didnt lose any picks for them, and now those players we picked up in the same years those two came over, are starting to look the goods after a few injuries (vickers-willis, durdin, neilson, mountford)

all i can say is, ive actually seen 2 flags as an adult, numerous prelims (2 in very recent times) but yet somehow Richmond are considered a more successful team to play at.....

Oh, and all those massive crowds havent helped richmond win a final for a while, maybe your actual players feel too much preasure from you guys. :)
 

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Shane Martin understands the importance of club loyalty at all costs. I'm sure that will be discussed when it comes to loyalty v money.

If that was true he would of signed there would be no need for a face to face at all as a call or Skype would do it. How you peanuts don't get that I will never know. If you don't think we are up to our eyeballs in this you are kidding yourself.
 

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They blame North,
They blame Carr,
They blame the media,
They blame the AFL,
They blame the High Court,
They blame everyone except the one single person who has the power to make this all stop with the stroke of a pen.......
Dusty

You have to search far and wide to find this level of dissonance elsewhere.
You know most of us don't blame ANY of that....just like here, it's a couple of posters.

I blame no one, least of all Dusty. If someone offered me that much extra, I'd sign EVERY day of the week.
Couple that up with Scott getting a deal, I reckon he is yours.

And I blame no one.
 

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Does anyone here really believe that Scotts imminent signature means one of our targets has agreed to come on down ?
Just interested in opinions.
 

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Does anyone here really believe that Scotts imminent signature means one of our targets has agreed to come on down ?
Just interested in opinions.
His signature may not be imminent.

Talking footy just reporting that Gold Coast are looking to make Scott an offer.
 

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Does anyone here really believe that Scotts imminent signature means one of our targets has agreed to come on down ?
Just interested in opinions.
I want to believe it, as I can't see any justification otherwise. It will make him a 10+ year coach.
 
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Meanwhile North recruit ageing stars, are heavily subsidised by the big clubs like RFC are the lowest drawing Victorian club and need to
Hang on old mate.

Be very careful bringing this bullshit in here. Consider this a first warning.
 

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"It's a 7 year potential deal, so it's very important for his future"

Ralph Carr on North's offer to Dusty
to seal the deal and get two birds one stone and all that
>euge to request game against aints in NZ in 2018.
>Dad gets to watch dusty live.
> aints get to watch JK live.........

in the mighty Blue and white..
 

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I want to believe it, as I can't see any justification otherwise. It will make him a 10+ year coach.
It's an extraordinary show of faith in him.

And you'd have to think it is tied to Martin and a pitch made to him by the club that involves Brad to some degree. You can't include Brad in the pitch then let him walk.
 

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Grogg Squad was one:

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/dustin-martin.1156935/page-196#post-52139336

....and there was another in your boards Dustin Martin thread that was deleted by one of your pathetic excuses for a moderator who decided in his wisdom to delete my posts for fear that my crushing insight might cause the weaker elements of the Richmond readership commit hari kari en masse.
Haha, someone who uses the name Grog Squad is the last person you should be listening to. Top 4 by default, ffs, that's hilarious.

Oh, you said "better poster" what makes him better than the others?
 
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