Re: Casboult's Hands The Best In The Busniness
Reply #58 –
I can see a rough comparison with Gibbs in style but Motley was potentially better as he was a 100% footballer with precise footballing skills and superb balance. Beautiful soft hands and knew where to be. Really strong in the core and trunk. Perfect footballer's build, deceptively quick and never fell over. I mean never. Was probably on track to be as good a mid sized player as we have seen, but only what 20 games or so makes assessment tough.
Today's equivalent is possibly one of the great Cat's Half backs like Bartels, but Mots was quicker and a better kick. In a lot of ways Hird (on field) reminded me of Motley... similar attributes IMO.
Reality was that he should have played 300 games (and they would have been elite too) but for a prick in a Porsche (Meldrum was hurt as well if I recall). They never got that individual.
I thought he was a bit loose in the 86 GF even though he was close to our best that day. Gees, we were poor in '86, it was kind of like the whole side was overawed by a very hard, professional Hawthorn. We had a whole generation of players that day playing in their first GF and it showed.
Flogged them in '87, gees they came out fired up and the Hawks never had a sniff. Justine running through Tucky is the thing I remember the most.... still can't believe it.... Harry running through an icon to the game?
If memory is correct, Motts was also in a sports car, a 300zx or something like that, and Meldrum was driving in a car behind Motts at the time of the accident.