, ▁saying ▁Martin ▁was ▁too ▁dynamic ▁and ▁too ▁effective ▁in ▁the ▁mid field ▁to ▁restrict ▁him ▁to ▁a ▁single ▁role . ▁Round ▁ 1 0 ' s ▁win ▁over ▁the ▁G WS ▁Gi ants ▁saw ▁Martin ▁record ▁a ▁then ▁career - best ▁ 3 6 ▁dispos als ▁while ▁two ▁weeks ▁later ▁he ▁added ▁four ▁goals ▁in ▁a ▁losing ▁match ▁against ▁. ▁Though ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁tri aled ▁across ▁half - back ▁and ▁up ▁forward ▁that ▁season , ▁it ▁was ▁at ▁this ▁point ▁that ▁Martin ▁declared ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁el ite ▁mid field ers ▁of ▁the ▁competition . ▁After ▁ 1 6 ▁r ounds ▁Martin ▁was ▁showing ▁real ▁progress ▁towards ▁that ▁end , ▁aver aging ▁▁ 2 7 ▁dispos als ▁and ▁having ▁k icked ▁ 1 8 ▁goals . ▁What ' s ▁more , ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁restricted ▁to ▁fewer ▁than ▁ 2 0 ▁dispos als ▁on ▁just ▁two ▁occasions . ▁By ▁July , ▁the ▁Her ald ▁S uns ▁Jon ▁Ralph ▁said ▁Martin ▁was ▁" m aturing ▁into ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁league ’ s ▁most ▁dam aging ▁football ers ." ▁Champion ▁Data ▁statistics ▁released ▁in ▁mid - August ▁revealed ▁Martin ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁league ' s ▁best ▁one - on - one ▁player , ▁winning ▁ 1 5 ▁of ▁his ▁ 2 7 ▁cont ests ▁that ▁year . ▁At ▁ 5 6 %, ▁his ▁win ▁rate ▁more ▁than ▁double d ▁the ▁league ▁average ▁of ▁ 2 6 %. ▁After ▁seven ▁straight ▁wins ▁saw ▁Richmond ▁go ▁from ▁cell ar ▁dwell ers