Motlop --- good choice/fit for the Crows? (chooses Port)

[Thetrader15]

To get motlop in an auction with port and GC, i think it will be well north of $500k but who knows

Imagine doing what he does and earning $500k/yr....if only!

 

[Vhaluus]

Ideally we would cut Otten and pay the snake his 800k but that runs the risk of inflating everyone's salary. I dont think bringing a FA like Motlop on say 500k does the same thing.

We're not going to outbid port with 500k

 

[Vhaluus]

Wow how fussy is everyone here? If Motlop nominates us then that’s a huge start.

I think he would work well at half forward with Lynch.

Don’t need a team of A graders. Yes he goes missing but so does 90% of our team at times. Motlop is an upgrade on Cameron but downgrade in terms of age.

He is not an upgrade on Camerons, do you even watch football?

 

[Thetrader15]

Would prefer others.

And before people ask who : anybody not named Motlop

Trengove? Watts, Otten?

 

[GreyCrow]

Trengove? Watts, Otten?

I would have Trengove of the Port Bulldogs variety.

Watts would be a perfect fit for the Power

Otten is cheap

 

[footy4ever]

Motlop won me over in his prelim match against the crows. In a good environment he can be a lot more consistent. Needs to get fitter but i think he would add pace to our team that is needed without smith and cc.

Motlop won me over/completely shat me off, when he belted us all by himself last season at AO.

 

[Thetrader15]

I would have Trengove of the Port Bulldogs variety.

Watts would be a perfect fit for the Power

Otten is cheap

Agree to disagree on this one (or all 3). Though I hope Otten is min wage

 

[Thetrader15]

Motlop won me over/completely shat me off, when he belted us all by himself last season at AO.

And made a good effort of it this year too

 

[footy4ever]

I don't really believe the report. This has Port chest beating all over it. Korns says crows have put a mammoth deal in front of motflop... only for motflop to choose port. A whole summer of motlop & polec choosing port references regarding our termultuous club culture. I can see it now

Formerly known as Turnover_Thommo

this is a distinct possibility. Not us getting Motlop, but Kornes setting up his dick measuring contest.

 

[Crowked]

So when does he choose? Does FA close tomorrow?

 

[footy4ever]

I don't really believe the report. This has Port chest beating all over it. Korns says crows have put a mammoth deal in front of motflop... only for motflop to choose port. A whole summer of motlop & polec choosing port references regarding our termultuous club culture. I can see it now

Formerly known as Turnover_Thommo

Oh, and also I don’t believe the report either. Since when have we offerered money that blows another club out of the water as has been reported? This has Kornes’ and Rucci’s MO fingerprints all over it.

 

[Thetrader15]

this is a distinct possibility. Not us getting Motlop, but Kornes setting up his dick measuring contest.

We will need to hose him down...if he doesn't quit early

 

[birdflu]

Any source on this not named Kane Cornes? If he's the only one reporting we have a massive offer, my guess is it was fed to him by someone at Port to make it look better when Motlop signs there. Sort of like how Gold Coast suddenly wanted Hinkley when Port's fanbase seemed to be souring on him after that elimination final.

As far as how he'd fit, I'm not sure what he brings that Milera doesn't, apart from experience.

 

[Hodgy]

He is not an upgrade on Camerons, do you even watch football?

Cmon mate. Up until he discovered McDonalds last year Motlop was a gun player in a premiership side. He has achieved 50 times more than Cameron at this stage and his best footy is much better than Charlie's.
my issue is wether he gets fit enough to ever play his best again. Because if he does, and we get him, then we are getting the steal of this trade period.

 

[Hodgy]

On a separate note I find it fascinating that when a player decides to leave AFC we get 300 pages of people spouting about how terrible our culture is, but when a great players looks like coming here we get 3 pages of "meh.."

 

[Thylacinus]

Cmon mate. Up until he discovered McDonalds last year Motlop was a gun player in a premiership side. He has achieved 50 times more than Cameron at this stage and his best footy is much better than Charlie's.
my issue is wether he gets fit enough to ever play his best again. Because if he does, and we get him, then we are getting the steal of this trade period.

His best is very good, no doubt about that, and while somewhat inconsistent, he is more consistent than Cameron. A new start may at a new quality club may see Motlop improve that consistency.

 

[Sttew]

Guys, Motlop's best is scintillating, his worst is embarrassing. Definitely has X factor and knows where the goals are.

 

[footy4ever]

Any source on this not named Kane Cornes? If he's the only one reporting we have a massive offer, my guess is it was fed to him by someone at Port to make it look better when Motlop signs there. Sort of like how Gold Coast suddenly wanted Hinkley when Port's fanbase seemed to be souring on him after that elimination final.

As far as how he'd fit, I'm not sure what he brings that Milera doesn't, apart from experience.

Ha ha ha it's no surprise at all that so many different posters have picked this, even without being influenced by other similar posts. How can fools like Kornes think nobody notices how pathetic his MO is?

 

[Vhaluus]

Cmon mate. Up until he discovered McDonalds last year Motlop was a gun player in a premiership side. He has achieved 50 times more than Cameron at this stage and his best footy is much better than Charlie's.
my issue is wether he gets fit enough to ever play his best again. Because if he does, and we get him, then we are getting the steal of this trade period.

His team has achieved, that doesn't change his evaluation as an individual player.

He has NEVER worked defensively and therefore is not an upgrade to Cameron for us because that is what we need Cameron for.

We have more than enough offensive weapons that don't work defensively thanks.

 

[CrowBloke]

Think we are missing a trick by not going for rockliff though.

I'd prefer Rockliff to Motlop, but has Rockliff expressed any interest in the Crows? From media reporting I'd say not.

 

[CrowBloke]

We dont need yet another soft player.

Just had a look at Geelong's B & F. Motlop did not finish Top 10 = not highly rated by their coaches, which is troubling. Btw, neither was Leaver.
Motlop ==> Crows depends what we're prepared to pay?
If Port are behind the Motlop story anyway then it doesn't matter.

 

[CrowBloke]

I find it odd that we might have to pay motlop in the order of $600k + to land him as a free agent, yet we were reluctant to pay a guy who was on our list that coin from the start who we drafted knowing he missed the year with a knee recon and has become the best young defender in the league..this one does not sit well

Would it be 600K? Sounds rich for a non-top-10 player.
Doesn't matter re Lever, who clearly doesn't want to play for the Crows within their salary range. Tex is reported to be furious, maybe because he took a cut to encourage players like Lever to stay, and to help pay for it?

 

[CrowBloke]

But Lever is a better player with better upside than Motlop.

Lever's gone. Better this, better that, is irrelevant. No way were the Crows going to get close to the reported 850K/year which is waaaay overs for him, too.

 

[footy4ever]

I'd prefer Rockliff to Motlop, but has Rockliff expressed any interest in the Crows? From media reporting I'd say not.

Isn't it just a formality now that he goes to Port? I thought I heard on trade radio it was just a matter of the paperwork.

 

[CrowBloke]

Ideally we would cut Otten and pay the snake his 800k

Not within the realm of possibility.
Lever's accepted a reported 850K/year, which would have made him our highest-paid player, even at 750K.
He's not our best player, not worth it --- his heart is a piggy bank.