Open Mike - Jason Dunstall (2010)

[@heerkrupp64]

What a fantastic era Hawthorn was involved in, with such great players in it's club, you could argue it was the team of the Century I don't barrack for them, but you have to admire the clubs achievements, with players such as Jason.

[@hamishphistopholoes6540]

@M Soccer: beloved by lady boys the world over.

[@jeremybean-hodges6397]

Them, and Melbourne 1954 - 64. That said, it was a more uneven era - 12 clubs, with 5 of them (Melbourne, Fitzroy, St Kilda, Sydney/Souths, Bulldogs) just lacking the financial clout to really compete.

[@michaelmarshall1713]

He is not an ego maniac like others. He was always a team player and he was the best full forward I have ever seen and yes I am a Hawthorn man , but he was a Champion .

[@johnmac9572]

I am a crows fan but have always said that Dunstall is the best full forward ever. He could take every type of mark from slips catches to hangers to courageous to flat out on the lead - phenomonal hands ! A rubber ball who also handed off many goals and never staged for frees.

[@michaelmarshall1713]

@@johnmac9572 Do you know how good it is to hear a fan of another team say this ? I get accused of bias when I say it and maybe I am a bit ? But he was incredible and Dermott said if you wanted a guy to play for your season to get you when you want to go and be ? It was Dunstall.

[@alistairmills7608]

God I like this interview. Bloody excellent Mike. Thank you Jason for articulating yourself so very well. Great interview mate. Yes I'm a Hawthorn supporter ever since Winter 71 when David Parkinson brother gave me a Hawthorn jumper and I put number 27 on my Hawthorn jumper and then they won their second flag. I went to the school where they trained. First Form '78 Hawthorne Premiership. Final year '83 Hawthorne Premiership. Its hard to describe the extacy of seeing Hawthorn win a flag and 12 Premiership of the 13 in my lifetime. 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015. It would be absolutely remiss of me not to acknowledge the fabulous competition that teams like North Melbourne, Carlton, Essendon, West Coast and Geelong have been through Hawthorns era's. I never take a Grand Final for granted. Been to winning ones and loosing ones. I rejoiced when the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne won their recent flags. God I wish St Kilda would win one during my lifetime. Its not survivor guilt or victors guilt, its just humanity and empathy because as a fan, St Kilda fan/supporters/member are no less and no more than I am a Hawthorn fan/supporter/member. It must hurt barracking for a team all your lide and not seeing them triumph. I sure hope St Kilda win a flag before Gold Coast, Fremantle or Greater Western Sydney do.

[@afljack5137]

Dunstall is a all time great

[@hamishphistopholoes6540]

@M Soccer: beloved by lady boys the world over.

[@stephentot5011]

I remember how great Jason Dunstall was. A truly great player

[@kimharris2599]

Jason Dunstall definately the best full forward I've ever seen Why? Stands up in big games. Reliable, courageous, skillful, and had a great footy brain To top it off integral of the field

[@mattmurphy5419]

Never realised how smart he is. Speaks realy well

[@michaelmarshall1713]

Dermott said he is highly intelligent .

[@boysdontcry5487]

Smart enough, just grumpy

[@stevelozevski8151]

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[@benstewart9701]

What a great club coorparoo was . Back in the day . Remember jason playing there .

[@chloedog47]

I rate Dunstall as the best Full Forward i seen ahead of Lockett, was great when the ball hit the deck too Dunstall

[@michaelmarshall1713]

A natural.

[@michaelmarshall1713]

He was .

[@hanajinks1044]

Gazza was a better FF.

[@chloedog47]

@@hanajinks1044 For a shorter space of time yes totally agree, for a longer space of time Dunstall had it all.

[@hanajinks1044]

@@chloedog47 But he kicked as many as Dunstall even tho he played half of his career from the flank!! I was at the 89 GF and dreaded every time it came out of midfield quickly cos Dunstall would already have five yards on Darcy. But he didn't "have everything". He was tough, courageous and quick, and an extremely accurate kick. But he rarely took a pack mark and certainly couldn't fly. Gazza was one of the great aerialists, and could kick longer and more accurately than anyone. He was quick and tough - a bit of an enforcer actually, and was just as effective on his opposite side. It's possible that if Blight had've coached him his whole career that we'd be talking about the only player to kick 2000 goals...no exaggeration.

[@brendoncrofts6714]

He was bloody good .beautiful kick of the football

[@michaelmarshall1713]

The best full forward of all time. Don't mean about the goals but he was a team player four flags of which he said he would trade all his goals for ! He is straight forward honest and some might say arrogant but he has done and won and still is a Hawk. Allan Jeans saw what nobody else saw in him.

[@hanajinks1044]

Gazza was a better FF.

[@michaelmarshall1713]

@@hanajinks1044 Yes he was so good Jeans sacked him from Hawthorn for being a drunken bum. How many flags has Ablett won ?

[@hanajinks1044]

@@michaelmarshall1713 Oh, l didn't realise you were an imbecile. Sorry, l try and avoid those.

[@michaelmarshall1713]

@covid1234 Well just proves that Alan Jeans was wiser and smarter and saw what they and others did not want to see? The best Full Forward I ever saw . The difference was in the flags won by Hawthorn and those not won by Carlton .

[@michaelmarshall1713]

He is not very approachable I am told ? But I have always admired his skill his intelligence and his quirkiness is just who he is.

[@christopherdale5243]

The best Queenslander to play the game. I put him up their with Guys like Wally Lewis, Allan Langer,John Eales,Tim Horan and not my fav person Jason Akermanis.

[@wades9327]

Very perceptive and a straight shooter. Pretty humble too. I agree that he just plays a role as the grumpy type, seems like a decent bloke in general.

[@Robert-mn8gc]

Jason Dunstall was a Sensational Full 4Ward . Gr8 Mark , especially down low . Awesome Kick . 👌 What does Ch 9's Sam call him 😅 The C

[@HereIsMyOffer]

The Chief looks like he should be carrying a sack of loot from a burglary, but hes pretty sharp!

[@KL2010]

I'm sure Jason's wearing the body shirt I donated to Good Sammy's in 1984.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

Always thought Jason was an introvert when I watched him play. Sure got that one wrong.

[@NoBody-ht1oh]

jacquelineandron same

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

If the best measure of a full forward's greatness is goals-per-game then Peter Hudson is Hawthorn's greatest ever full forward and Jason Dunstall comes in 2nd. Dunstall was a truly great player but Hudson was a freak. Because of their spectacular high marking Warwick Capper, Tony Modra and others were more spectacular than both Hawthorn champs.

[@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760]

ronandjac mate a full forward jobs isn’t to do Cyril Rioli type things it’s their job to get goals and it doesn’t matter how they get it

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

@@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760 I couldn't agree more.

[@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760]

Wait you said spectacular, does that mean you think they were better?

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

@@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760 No. IMHO Peter Hudson is the best of those mentioned.

[@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760]

@@IsaacAsimov1992 Yes I know Peter is the greatest forward ever.

[@RobbieBoy33]

Thanks Jason, I'd love for you to explain a little more about Hawthorne's superior tactics in the 2008 GF. You cant really tell much from watching the highlights but I see that Geelong had more scoring shots at goal.

[@RobbieBoy33]

@J G sadly soccer is a tedious game played by mummy's boys who are afraid to get hurt.

[@NoBody-ht1oh]

@J G so your gay then?

[@ashleckie]

There were a lot of rushed behinds for Geel, scoring shots prob same but Hawks played keepings off and kept the fwd line wide open whilst using Hodge as the interceptor down back.

[@dannyweggy7719]

11:28. Well the dynasty did eventually come

[@mondop5270]

I hate listening to blokes from our era bung on about how the games gone soft.... cowards punching you in the head in a game is not missed by anyone except bogan doosh bags who probably used to enjoy coward punching people ar the pub in the 80s.

[@trenclen5846]

Fred Fanning died in 1993.. way off Mike

[@chris8534]

I put to you Hawthorn weren’t a team of champions - just a champion team with a lot of well put together role players. If you had 10 champion players in the team there would be no such thing as a close finish or a lost grand final. We just pump up premiership teams but they are probably in the single to low double digit percentage points better than other teams. A team of dependables hitting form around the same time is how l would describe a lot of the 3 peat dynasty teams

[@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760]

10:30

[@inquisitorlord7535]

Funny how some of the older blokes put down the modern game. Even a bottom team in modern times would put teams in the 20th century to the sword.

[@hanajinks1044]

Utter nonsense. Even the better teams of today are filled with incompetents. No duds in the great Hawk, Bomber and Eagles sides.

[@Simon-nv5zj]

never understood people who say the game is softer now. mate, we have better athletes, stronger players than ever before, running faster, hitting harder. thank christ some rules have allowed for that. take ANY team pre 2010 hell even 2000 and put them up against the top side/s now, not even close.

[@scrotumguts5139]

I like to fart when ever I watch open Mike, it reminds me of the cat and when I do sniff dog butt my arse gets itchy you know what I mean. seven years I go I met Jason in 1943 and he asked me to pull his finger and he did a big fart and a little bit of poos came out.

[@junglejim11111]

i met you in surfers 1973, total flog

[@brettbrett9973]

What a big head , Hope he is off media

[@scrotumguts5139]

I farted too

[@scrotumguts5139]

i can't believe he farted at the 5.03

[@junglejim11111]

that was the door creaking

[@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760]

@@junglejim11111 5:03