Mattner 200 Games

[Moonwatcher]

Played 98 games for Adelaide, and now 101 for Sydney. All of a sudden will be remembered as a decent Sydney player and not a crow.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/136750/default.aspx

Ki Ki Kid is a bit ordinary

 

[cammo6556]

Played 98 games for Adelaide, and now 101 for Sydney. All of a sudden will be remembered as a decent Sydney player and not a crow.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/136750/default.aspx

Ki Ki Kid is a bit ordinary

If im honest ill think about him as a Sydney player who played a bit at the crows. Not sure why. Just the way my brain works.

Nonetheless, congrats Marty.

 

[Cap]

always a solid footballer and was a shame to see him go.

was really another player we all thought got played way out of position, but then from memory, doesn't he play that position at Sydney?

 

[Coopers]

Congrats to him.

 

[Moonwatcher]

always a solid footballer and was a shame to see him go.

was really another player we all thought got played way out of position, but then from memory, doesn't he play that position at Sydney?

We played him as a HBF , i think it was suggested by Roos that he may get some game time up on the wing?

A great player for us. At risk of turning this into an anti-Craig thread, the game plan didn't provide him options to kick to up field. This lead to him running in circles in his last days for us :/

 

[cmndstab]

Gah, 98?? There goes a father/son opportunity!

Well done Mattner, thoroughly deserves his 200 games. One of those players who wasn't the most talented guy on the park but he got the best out of himself through sheer guts and heart. I always respect them the most

 

[Cap]

We played him as a HBF , i think it was suggested by Roos that he may get some game time up on the wing?

A great player for us. At risk of turning this into an anti-Craig thread, the game plan didn't provide him options to kick to up field. This lead to him running in circles in his last days for us :/

I remember the kicking backwards and the fumbling and the HTBs, was a wingman of even a HFF no a HBF.

 

[Elder van Berlo]

We played him as a HBF , i think it was suggested by Roos that he may get some game time up on the wing?

A great player for us. At risk of turning this into an anti-Craig thread, the game plan didn't provide him options to kick to up field. This lead to him running in circles in his last days for us :/

This. He was often criticised for running into dead ends but that was largely because when he looked up, there was nothing to kick to and he refused to kick blindly and turn the ball over. Was one of my favourites and I'm still annoyed we used him so badly and ultimately lost him.

Congrats on 200 Marty

 

[Moonwatcher]

I remember the kicking backwards and the fumbling and the HTBs, was a wingman of even a HFF no a HBF.

I wrote HBF knowing my memory was a little hazy , but was definately a defender or defensive wingman.

 

[cmndstab]

He did play off the HBF for the year or so before he left the Crows. Before that he had formed arguably the best wing combination in the league with Burton.

 

[beartoo]

Agreed, Stabby. He and Burton were a great combination as wingmen.
I was sorry to see him go. he was/is one of those footballers who plays at 100%

 

[Elder van Berlo]

Excellent tackler as well. Just ask Shane Crawford.

 

[jenny61_99]

I was never a huge fan, and am surprised he made 200! But I am so pleased for him to have been able to do it. Congrats Mats!

 

[ruscy002]

"The opportunity they gave me at Adelaide I felt wasn't (the right) opportunity"

Bit average for a bloke that played nearly 100 games for the club, ingrate...

 

[Allefgib]

Well done marty on a very good career. Wish you hasn't left.

 

[BACCS]

"The opportunity they gave me at Adelaide I felt wasn't (the right) opportunity"

Bit average for a bloke that played nearly 100 games for the club, ingrate...

You are reading into that too much, he has never had hard feelings when he left Adelaide (and we didn't either), thought that was pretty common knowledge now... Just left for more opportunities after getting dropped for the finals in the last year he was with us.

 

[ruscy002]

You are reading into that too much, he has never had hard feelings when he left Adelaide (and we didn't either), thought that was pretty common knowledge now... Just left for more opportunities after getting dropped for the finals in the last year he was with us.

He left because Sydney were in his ear all season!

Torney was delisted in 2007, then Massie in 2008 - he had plenty of opportunities here.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

He left because Sydney were in his ear all season!

Torney was delisted in 2007, then Massie in 2008 - he had plenty of opportunities here.

He left because he saw the writing on the wall that his opportunities were drying up and how he was being coached.

The impression I got, the coach was trying to for a square peg into a round hole and wouldn't give up. The coach was getting frustrated at trying to make this change and the player didn't enjoy the changes being made.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

He turned from a good player into a bad player in his time at Adelaide.

His final season with us was cringeworthy. Had completely lost confidence and made error after error. Reckon the crowd got in his head too.

He had to leave for his own sake. Finished 3rd in Sydney's B&F the year he left from memory.

 

[Kenneth Tron]

One of the best tacklers ever

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Seemed to struggle with the increasing level of tactics, defensive structures, game plans, instructions etc that have become more prevalent in the game.

Get ball, run, kick ball, tackle... simple game. When he had to think about stuff he was sunk and constantly second guessed himself and hesitated.

Seems to have played a straightforward man on man role in Sydney's back half which suits him down to the ground.

 

[SugarShane]

Was one of my favourites while he was with us, in part due to him being an RMFL boy. Like big Ivan he was one of those that i personally hated to see leave even though it was best for him. Glad he's had the career he has and that the move worked out for him. All the best to him.

 

[Vader]

He left because he saw the writing on the wall that his opportunities were drying up and how he was being coached.

The impression I got, the coach was trying to for a square peg into a round hole and wouldn't give up. The coach was getting frustrated at trying to make this change and the player didn't enjoy the changes being made.

He turned from a good player into a bad player in his time at Adelaide.

His final season with us was cringeworthy. Had completely lost confidence and made error after error. Reckon the crowd got in his head too.

He had to leave for his own sake. Finished 3rd in Sydney's B&F the year he left from memory.

I think the two of you have summed it up nicely. Was a good player, but couldn't come to grips with what Neil Craig was asking/expecting of him and became a shell of a player before being traded.

Trading him to Sydney was the best thing that could have happened - both for him and for Adelaide. Like Maric, he was one player who left with no animosity felt amongst the Adelaide faithful.

 

[ruscy002]

I think the two of you have summed it up nicely. Was a good player, but couldn't come to grips with what Neil Craig was asking/expecting of him and became a shell of a player before being traded.

Trading him to Sydney was the best thing that could have happened - both for him and for Adelaide. Like Maric, he was one player who left with no animosity felt amongst the Adelaide faithful.

Could've got better compensation

 

[Sekaj]

Don't really miss him. Maybe my opinion of him is clouded by his head-down-running-into-trouble-without-looking style that he had with the Crows.