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Posted

We got rid of Martin and kept Jake Spencer.

Only at Melbourne..

And Jumbo you are seriously delusional, The guy is playing fantastic footy and would easily be in our best 22. This bloke would have thrived under Roos.

Had nothing to do with the incident where Todd Viney had him by the throat up against a wall......

Posted

How did you gauge that, WJ? From his ATAR? The way he sipped his tea?

Not smart enough to realise his role in a team.

He's played two okay games in three or fours years and we're maligning his exit.

Give me strength.......

Smart enough to realise Neeld was hopeless - that's something

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Had nothing to do with the incident where Todd Viney had him by the throat up against a wall......

Explain?

Posted

His number one fan right here.

I'm very happy to see him do well at Brisbane. We never should have got rid of him.

Another Neeld f'up!

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His number one fan right here.

I'm very happy to see him do well at Brisbane. We never should have got rid of him.

Another Neeld f'up!

hope he does well at brisbane

it's true he may have been better than some we kept

but we have enough players who are inconsistent kicks and lack awareness/decision making

so not really a f'up

Posted (edited)

hope he does well at brisbane

it's true he may have been better than some we kept

but we have enough players who are inconsistent kicks and lack awareness/decision making

so not really a f'up

You keep the tall player who can ruck with the average skills, over the dime a dozen mid with average skills in my humble opinion.

We had a dozen other questionable players on our list. We got rid of Martin, but then Gillies was on the list. Remember him being awesome? yeah, me neither.

No doubt I am bias when it comes to Martin. At the end of the day he'll never be a world beater, and losing him isn't going to make or break us. But it wasn't the greatest decision, and I think he would thrive under Roos.

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You keep the tall player who can ruck with the average skills, over the dime a dozen mid with average skills in my humble opinion.

We had a dozen other questionable players on our list. We got rid of Martin, but then Gillies was on the list. Remember him being awesome? yeah, me neither.

No doubt I am bias when it comes to Martin. At the end of the day he'll never be a world beater, and losing him isn't going to make or break us. But it wasn't the greatest decision, and I think he would thrive under Roos.

well jaded as i said he was better than some we kept, but i don't think he provides what we really need

keeping him might have made a small difference but nothing significant

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well jaded as i said he was better than some we kept, but i don't think he provides what we really need

keeping him might have made a small difference but nothing significant

We don't need a 27 year old ruckman entering his prime who accumulates 20 touches around the ground and averages 4 tackles per game?

Our first ruck is on his last legs, and Martin is miles better than Spencer at the very least. We definitely could've used him. Spilt milk now though.

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Im with Daisy...Yes on one hand might have been more than handy but he's not really the ideal model of our needs going fwd. Not ideal. Having said that 50% of our current list isnt ideal.

so a pinch of salt with my enthusiasms not to include Stef.

Martin is a bit of an enigma footy wise. hes not quite there at anything but often proves more capable than many on a list.

Posted (edited)

We got rid of Martin and kept Jake Spencer.

Only at Melbourne..

And Jumbo you are seriously delusional, The guy is playing fantastic footy and would easily be in our best 22. This bloke would have thrived under Roos.

Martin was going thru many personal issues around the time following Bailey. We all new he has athletic talent, obviously.

#edit: & Jake will slither around you DD36, & put the squeeze on you, down the track, for Yet another about face.....

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well jaded as i said he was better than some we kept, but i don't think he provides what we really need

keeping him might have made a small difference but nothing significant

this is why its the wrong thing, to keep changing coaches all the time.... because they all have different gamestyles & players style preferences.

Martin, was the wrong fit, at the wrong time, & in a club with a bad culture,,, & all but No Leadership, learning & development don't occur...

Posted

We don't need a 27 year old ruckman entering his prime who accumulates 20 touches around the ground and averages 4 tackles per game?

Our first ruck is on his last legs, and Martin is miles better than Spencer at the very least. We definitely could've used him. Spilt milk now though.

funny that...Martin would be the perfect follower, to partner 1st Ruck Spencer.

Posted

as a ...what if

I do wonder what Roos might have made of Martin

hmmmm

Posted

I don't think Martin needs Roos at the moment he has been fantastic for the Lions this year.

Averaging nearly twenty touches, five or so marks and five or so tackles. Also 30 odd hit outs

I'm a fan of the Rush and have faith in Gawn being something one day but Martin is hell of a lot better than both

Posted

I doubt Martin would be selected ahead of Jamar as first ruck, and he sucked as second ruck. He got lucky with Leuenberger and West going down; had they not I expect he'd have finished out the year without getting a game and been delisted.

If he'd stayed, I don't think it would have panned out the way it has for him at Brisbane. I would not call it a mistake. I was also lead to believe that he was happy to go.

Posted (edited)

Stef was a late comer to football being primarily a basket baller and not a natural footballer. He may have turned into a great player if he had the development and guidance offered at better clubs when he first started out.

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Stef was a late comer to football being primarily a basketball and not a natural footballer. He may have turned into a great player if he had the development and guidance offered at better clubs when he first started out.

and if god had given pigs feathers.........well you never know


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and if god had given pigs feathers.........well you never know

They would have flown up to heaven and we would never have the luxury of tasting bacon.

If Stef Martin is responsible for that then I'm glad he went to Brisbane

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Posted (edited)

the hyperbole over the last couple of pages is hilarious

Martin is almost 28 and has played a grand total of 5 games this season, and was useless for them last season.

Yes hes had some good form since coming back into the Brisbane team. Good for him i guess

Do we miss him? no

Do we need him? no

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I felt at the time the right decision was made, I was slightly surprised however, he's having a great year but as we know ruckman take time, I think this fact is a huge reason as to why Spencer has been signed on for another two years,

food for thought

Stephan Martin vs Cam Pederson?

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If you're asking how I know that he has a colossally high IQ, he came close to topping the state in his VCE exams.

If you're talking about anything else I wrote, you're not really making any sense.

I agree with you WJ - I spoke to Stef at a couple of Debt Demolition functions and he always came across as a very articulate, clever, personable, young man.

And fwiw, my benchmark for 'smart' is not other AFL players.

Or various Demonland posters.

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Martin is a ruck who cannot play forward.

We are looking for a forward we can play in the ruck.

And we are doing this for a variety of reasons, the main ones being:

1. To keep Mitch Clark out of the ruck.

2. To have a player holding his weight when not in the ruck. Martin doesn't.

So you would be ok if we traded Martin for Pick 40 and gave that to North?

If so, what does it matter if we got a overpaid for Martin?

Our target isn't a pick - it is a player.

Martin for Pedersen I would do - so if it ends up that way then well done to all.

Two posts of mine that are largely right but the first is intensely bittersweet and the last one has been through the wringer over the last couple years but ended up right.

Note - Martin did not end up being traded for Pedersen.

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the hyperbole over the last couple of pages is hilarious

Martin is almost 28 and has played a grand total of 5 games this season, and was useless for them last season.

Yes hes had some good form since coming back into the Brisbane team. Good for him i guess

Do we miss him? no

Do we need him? no

I always felt that martin's only position was as first ruck and that he was actually very good at it.

I remember when Jamar got injured for a chunk of a season and Martin had to be no1 ruck for the first time for entire matches and he florished (doing exactly what he has done for 5 matches in brissy - with brisbanes ruckman all injured), but then when Jamar was fit again he was an auto in (hence Martin diminished and became inconsistent again). But at the time i felt that he was better than Jamar in the no1 position and i was suprised Jamar was an auto inclusion back in.

ANyway it's in the past and this is how i still feel.

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Martin is the best ruckman in the comp at the moment. He is proving that Leigh Matthews is right and hit outs are essentially worthless. We should get him back next year.

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