(03-27-2018, 10:22 PM)malo link Wrote:Jeepers !!! ........some people have short memories. If Martin can pay another 8 or 9 seasons at this level, he MIGHT be able to be considered in the same breath as Ablett jnr......whatever you think of him & his later career choices.
I suppose there is an undercurrent that suggests a lot of Ablett Jnr's possessions are worthless give and gets where he accumulates two or three touches in the space of a few meters, often at the expense of some poor crushed team-mate. I know I always rated Ablett Jnr less than Judd for this very reason.
Judd would win a hard ball at the coal face, draw in opponents, take the heat and release team-mates moving the ball 40m with minimal disposals.
I'd say Martin is closer to Judd in this regard, I don't think Dusty needs any player to sacrificially take the heat for him, neither needed to put some other poor plebe in the hot seat to escape the traffic.
I must admit after he left Geelong, Ablett Jnr became far more Judd like, which I admire. However, he does whinge a lot about the attention he gets, I've never seen Judd or Dusty complain.
Am I being unfair?
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"