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Richmond positive Dustin Martin will stay if he plays on, Neil Balme, Liam Cook, most recent updates

.Veteran Richmond administrator Neil Balme says the Tigers stay "pretty self-assured" Dustin Martin as well as Liam Cook will definitely remain at Punting Road next season.Balme said Martin was unlikely to pursue an opportunity at another nightclub if he selected to use in 2025 and also it would be the "inappropriate" stage set of his job for an opponent to generate the three-time Standard Smith medallist.Martin, 33, has skipped 5 video games through accident this season as well as his schedule for Saturday evening's away clash versus Port Adelaide is clouded.Watch every video game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season deal with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free test today &gt Round 19WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Set a deposit limit.He performed not train last week as he combats a back issue that the group said very first emerged when he was actually subbed out of the sphere 16 loss to Carlton with back spasms.Neil Balme is self-assured Richmond super star Dustin Martin are going to stay at the Tigers if he chooses to play on. Photo: Michael KleinSource: Headlines Corp Australia" Every 2nd full week there is actually a Messy story that he is actually going somewhere, but I am actually really self-assured that if he participates in, he'll keep playing for our team," Balme informed SEN on Tuesday." It would additionally be actually most likely wrong for another nightclub to sponsor him because he is actually certainly not at the stage where he is actually heading to be his absolute best as well as he's never heading to be the chap who rises and does all the media for you either." That is actually the difficulty of being a solid club-- there is an odds you could drop your gamers at some stage, yet we are actually rather certain that won't happen." Balme acknowledged there was actually a "major draw" for Baker to come back to his home state after formerly sharing the wish to settle down in Western Australia following his having fun career.West Australian Liam Cook, that is out of deal at the end of the season, has been connected highly to West Shore. Image: Robert Cianflone/ Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesBut the elderly Richmond agent stated he still believed the 26-year-old was actually not likely to seek a profession to West Coast or even Fremantle at the period's end." We're a lot more knowledgeable about the demands of the players than our team used to become," Balme mentioned." Our company utilized to simply say, 'take a seat and shut up, you are actually ours, do what our team inform you'. Yet I believe our experts take all of them in to account even more, so there's constantly extra odds of that taking place (players leaving)." I believe we've got a fair environment. It will be actually rather unique for our gents to leave behind." Undoubtedly, there is actually a big draw for (Cook) to go back. Our company are actually pretty self-assured that he will not go, yet he might properly do ... if he carries out, then we'll just have to deal with it.".