AFL Rd 14 2023 Post Game Passion Carlton vs Gold Coast

[Gointocarlton]

No, Martin doesn’t have to get more than 8 disposals provided that he uses each one as effectively as he did against Gold Coast: two goal assists and five score involvements is a decent return from a small forward with no pre-season.

The intangible with Martin is that the opposition can’t give him a sniff and that means one less defender to run interference on Charlie and Harry.  And then there’s his defensive pressure when the opposition is trying to get the pill out of their backline.

Martin’s stats against Essendon are hard to reconcile.  He scored 1 goal and 2 behinds and had four score involvements.  In other words, half of Martin’s disposals resulted in a score.  I’d happily take that from a forward with no pre-season.

Who are you going to drop to enable Dow to play four quarters?

Dow is an inside mid with no other strings to his bow and, on form, he’s way behind Cripps, Kennedy, Cerra, Docherty and Walsh … and probably Hewett and Ed Curnow as well.  Paddy’s doing OK as the sub and I’d leave him there.

All true. However I reckon I can tell you with a fair degree of certainty that he will manage between 8 and 12 games a year. If the club feels the output mentioned above (I'm with EB in that it isn't enough) outweighs his games per year contribution then hang onto him, heck given him another 5 years.
I'd hazard a guess and say we are stuck with his contract and that's the only reason we are hanging onto him. If he was OOC this year he'd be gonski.