Richmond’s Martin ill advised: RichardsonWritten by: AAP+
Filled in: AFL News | 19/9/2013 at 8:40pmRichmond great Matthew Richardson has criticised Dustin Martin’s manager as the Tiger young gun weighs up moving AFL clubs.
Martin reportedly flew to Sydney on Thursday, with manager Ralph Carr, to meet Greater Western Sydney officials.
Richardson said it appeared the Giants were the most likely destination for Martin if he left the Tigers.
But the Tiger great said the difference in money he could make with GWS, wooden spooners this year, wouldn’t make it worth leaving a club who played finals.
“Dustin, I think he’s getting poor advice from his manager, absolutely no doubt about that. I find it hard to believe myself personally,” Richardson told Melbourne’s 3AW.
“Because why would you want to leave a club where you’ve had a good year? You’ve just played in a final in front of 95,000 people; you played pretty well; probably nearly best on ground at halftime.
“I think the club’s supported Dustin pretty well over his four years so far.
“He’ll probably finish top three in the best and fairest and that will be his second top three.
“I wish he probably had a bit better think about it.”
The Tigers said earlier this week they were extremely disappointed that the 22-year-old, who they picked at No.3 in the 2009 draft, was considering other options.
Martin responded by saying he hadn’t quit the Tigers, but needed time to consider his future.
Richardson said Martin was within his rights to explore how much he could earn elsewhere, but doubted a move would result in a huge pay rise and said he would still earn plenty if he stayed a Tiger.
“He’d be in the top echelon of their salary bracket,” he said.
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