I thought he was very good against Freo - looked like the Motlop of 2013
Very ordinary against NMelb - clever bit of play in the last - resulted in a critical goal
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I thought he was very good against Freo - looked like the Motlop of 2013
Very ordinary against NMelb - clever bit of play in the last - resulted in a critical goal
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As long as he doesn't become the 'gasometer' ( apologies to Mick Nolan . Only those older heads amongst us will get that lame joke)
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the better he performs, the higher the draft pick we obtain for him.
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I really don't understand the point of that article.
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Reads like an opinion piece to fill in a quota.
Not that anything he says isn't correct but it just has no reason to be there IMO.
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What they're saying without saying it is that if Motlop has a good season, the club can offload him to free up salary cap space and/or obtain a good draft pick to use on Ablett, or someone else.
Christ Ralph is a complete degenerate, we're trying to win flags. Trading Motlop for Ablett isn't the answer. The HS is full of it.
It seems any article that can propose a new angle on Gaz returning to Geelong gets published now.
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Sounds like he saying - if Motlop plays well enough that we want to keep him we are on a good thing for the future.
But if he plays really well, gets taken as a restricted free agent then we also win because:
- we free about $600k from the salary cap
- we receive a round 1 (maybe round 2) compensation pick
- we then use that freed up salary cap space and either the newly acquired draft pick and/or the 2nd round pick linked to Carlton to get Ablett from the Suns.
I'm sorry but if we are going to pay Ablett anywhere near $600k and give up draft picks on the order of round 1 and/or 2 then he isn't worth it.
If Motlop leaves and we get a 1st round pick I hope we take it to the draft ourselves
But if he plays really well, gets taken as a restricted free agent then we also win because:
- we free about $600k from the salary cap
- we receive a round 1 (maybe round 2) compensation pick
- we then use that freed up salary cap space and either the newly acquired draft pick and/or the 2nd round pick linked to Carlton to get Ablett from the Suns.
I'm sorry but if we are going to pay Ablett anywhere near $600k and give up draft picks on the order of round 1 and/or 2 then he isn't worth it.
If Motlop leaves and we get a 1st round pick I hope we take it to the draft ourselves
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Which all and sundry already knew anyway. Just seems like he was struggling to find something to write about so closed his eyes and his finger landed on number 32.
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So we trade a bloke nearing his peak / prime and had a good season, for an old bloke way past his best? (As much as I love Gaz)
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I noticed this in the first JLT game, I'm pretty sure I commented on that same thing on here. He has definitely lost pace, and that's not a good thing for his style of play. I reckon he'll be traded at year end.
I am actually indifferent if he is traded or not.
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If we are trying to win a premiership, surely Ablett achieves a lot more than what Motlop will next year?
Even if Gary's possessions drop to 24, half of those will still be contested possessions and then you factor in his ability to kick a goal and we are essentially talking about a superior version of Motlop and that's a declining Ablett.
Furthermore, you would not need to worry about him under-performing in a final like you do with Motlop.
And of course, if you don't think Geelong are a chance at premiership (I don't), then we may as well use the Motlop 1st rounder on a young CHF.
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Compensation picks are tied to a club's original draft position, coming one pick afterwards (unless they're specified end-of-round picks). Geelong would only receive a top 10 pick if they finished in the bottom half of the ladder, which I assume you don't want.
