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One of the greatest players:  elite talent, humble and fair.

Classy farewell statement. 

He will be a much deserved AFL Legend.

Travel well Dusty.

The article above has been amended to include the retirement of Hawkins. 

This link is just about Dusty and deservedly so.  dustin-martin-retires-calls-time

 

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Legend player. up there with the greats

3 norm smiths. that will never be matched. definition of a big game player

and he may as well trademark the fend off

 

 

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One of the greats and a privilege to have witness during this era.

His performance in finals and especially grand finals was ridiculous. 

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True legend of the game. 

It's been an absolute pleasure watching this man go about it, the term generational is thrown around too much at the moment but he is someone who has defined his and then some. When you see kids at junior level running around doing the 'don't argue' you see this effect.

Not that I would have begrudged him the chance to head north for a few years, it is rather fitting to see him retire as a one club player. Thanks for everything you've given the game Dusty. 

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Good on you Dusty Martin, another Legend of the game clocking up the magical 300 games, 3 Premierships and if you don’t mind 3 Norm Smith Medals what more can you say.💕

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9 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Love that he goes out as a one-club player. Love even more that he keeps to himself and doesn’t voice his opinion on any little matter (cough***** Dangerfield ******* cough)

That's a bit unfair. Dangerfield is President of the AFL Players Association. It's in his remit to have opinions and state them publicly.

Agree with your other comments about Dusty, though.

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2 hours ago, BW511 said:

My favourite thing about Dusty is that he didn’t have to be dirty or disadvantage his opponent, he just beat them as honestly as you can, every time.

Although they did bring in a high fend off rule to stop him from disadvantaging his opponent :laugh:

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Great player and career hard not to respect what Dusty achieved on the field 

Hopefully he finds life after footy rewarding as he is coming off a pretty high base 

Always thought he would follow Dimma north but it appears not 

 

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6 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

As a matter of interest, who would you prefer to have been at Melbourne for their careers: Buddy Franklin or Dustin Martin?

There's no wrong answer, of course.

I think I would prefer Martin.

No contest  Martin and Jackson

Buddy can suit himself

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Imagine if Richmond managed to offload him when he had all those off field issues…

One of the greatest players, perhaps the best, I’ve ever seen play. The way he tore finals apart was something else. 
Absolute champion, the actual definition of one, not the BT definition. 

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14 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Imagine if Richmond managed to offload him when he had all those off field issues…

One of the greatest players, perhaps the best, I’ve ever seen play. The way he tore finals apart was something else. 
Absolute champion, the actual definition of one, not the BT definition. 

I like players who can "turn" a game with one kick in the right way at the right time.

Dusty rarely got high 20's possesions but they were often worth 30+ in another's hands 

.Melbourne mids could take notice ..its not a question of getting cheap possessions ,it's what you can do with the ones you get after you've earned them

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I remember seeing him sitting at the draft next to his bikie old man.
There was no way in the world we would have picked him up.
And if we did the media would've given us the WTF cause they had already decided Scully and Trengrove we're going 1 and 2.
And .... Even if we did pick him up we wouldn't have been able to control him and lost him anyway.

When Martin tried to shop himself around and got no takers was the best thig that happened to him IMO.
Decided he was gonna show 'em all.
And did.

 

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15 hours ago, bing181 said:

And to think he could have been ours ... Tom Scully, Jack Trengove, Dustin Martin.

Easy in hindsight of course.

Great player.

Can you just imagine.... Martin, Curnow, Trac, Oliver, Gawn, May, JV in the same team. 

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