Dustin Martin has to be top 5. He did it all - Home & Away and Finals. He burnt both ends of the candle. People often forget that he has also won 3 Gary Ayres awards - Player of the Finals. He wasn't just a "Grand Final specialist". Add these awards to his Brownlow medal, AFLMVP, AFCLCA Player of the Season, four All Australians and two Best & Fairest awards for Richmond, he was very good in Home & Away football. You thrn combine his Home & Away footy with his record in Finals.....to me he is a top 5 player. Everyone will say that Finals football is when it matters most. At times far too much emphasis is put on Home & Away footy. Home & Away football sets a team up for a Premiership but it's Finals football that wins a Premiership. Home & Away footy is important, it decides the ladder, decides the Brownlow, Coleman medal, All Australian team and other awards, but Finals footy is when it truly matters most. Finals footy may only last for one month and it is a short window time wise but that's when you want players playing at their best. Dustin Martin, surely had to be in the top 5 for players since 2000..
Loved this interview Matty. I have always admired Gary as a dedicated copper, but seeing another side to him was great. Many emotions and laugh out loud moments. Love his Podcasts also, especially those with families who have had their lives torn apart but have such amazing dignity and strength.
A 2 conference NRL is on the cards and I'm all for it. I think it would be a huge success. NSW conference: Canterbury Parramatta St George Illawarra South Sydney Roosters Wests Tigers Cronulla Sharks Penrith Panthers Canberra Newcastle Manly National conference: Brisbane Nth Queensland Dolphins Gold Coast Western Bears Melbourne Storm Auckland Warriors Sth Island Kea PNG Top 4 from each conference goes into the national finals series. There's more teams in the NSW conference because if you took Newcastle and Canberra away from playing the Sydney teams, that would kill a lot of interest and possibly kill the club. The teams outside of NSW have less teams thus a higher chance of being in the finals and I would consider that compensation for having to travel further every other week in their competition. You can't kull or merge any more Sydney teams. Too many have gone already. At a push, you could introduce another QLD team or reluctantly bring in an Adelaide team but I don't think they would be a success. A dedicated few weeks for men's and woman's NSW v QLD and an Islands origin. Tonga - NZ - Samoa.
What CRAP!!!!! Ponga is an overpaid coke head. He played 2 decent games at the end of the season and most are calling for Roo Selection….. imo I WOULD NOT PICK HIM AT ALL!!!! He’s a selfish dog who has now snubbed his country and Australian coach. Him and his old man manager are complete dogs and should NEVER be considered for rep footy selection ever again.
A month in the preseason to help build combinations towards the season is far more impactful then missing 2 games mid season where hopefully the combinations have been formed and they’ll be fine not to mention the knights have had back ended runs the past few years and need to actually start the season good if they want the best chance to make the top 4 because as we know your chances of winning a comp outside the 4 is slim
10 years you say. Yet you in the press/media constantly question the jt deal at the cowboys. Look at the heat you give nicho and his deal. Just saying.
0:51 that's why you talk rubbish in the media instead of running a team 😂 What an absolute flog this guy is, there's no way Sam's leaving us to go to wooden spoon contenders.
I agree that this is the last dance for Penrith. It’s been incredible they’ve kept winning this long, but unfortunately the salary cap is ripping into the core of the side now
Exactly our problem is Sam Walker and Keary are 6's not 7's, it was literally a year ago the flogs in the media were all saying this because they just repeat each other and don't have an original thought of their own. The Broncos should target Jake Elliot one of our young halves in NSW Cup and just use Josh Rodgers until he is ready. We have Hugo Savala as well but he is a gun and we need him.
Biased fool. Why do we need eels back in finals?, I would say we need every team in finals. Not good for a team to be out of finals for awhile, titans, tigers, rabitohs, dragons, theor fans would like them back in finals. Cmon buzz.
If Ashley Klein's dad John Klein played for Penrith & Grant Atkins is a Lifetime Member of Penrith Referee Association why were they Ref/VideoRef for Penriths 2022 GrandFinal win & atleast 1 of them was Ref or VideoRef for Penriths 2021 & 2023 GrandFinal wins & both Were Ref & VideoRef for Penriths latest win that put Penrith 1 game away from a possible 4th title,they both should be sacked immediately & Heavily investigated,you wouldn't want Brad Fitlers son to Ref a Penrith or Roosters game or Andrew Johns son to Ref a Newcastle game so why is Ashley Ref for most of Penriths games,Final games & GrandFinal games.NRL #OurGameIsRigged
