Player Watch #2 Jacob Hopper

[blaisee]

This trade is neck and neck with the Yarran trade as the worst trade in 20 years

Disaster

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Does he know he’s not a left footer?


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[TigerImposter]

A good, well administered organization would have not let one man make that type of decision jeopardizing our future

It wasn’t his job that’s list management. Unfortunately Dimma got a lot of power after the three flags and became the mad Scientist of 2016 again.

 

[lizard man]

Maybe slim him down and play him on the wing Josh caddy

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Josh Caddy

Age

32

Ht

186cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.5

5star

CL

2.5

4star

D

13.5

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

6.0

3star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.7

3star

D

14.0

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

1.8

4star

style. Gives us a chance to put a player with breakaway speed at the centre bounce

 

[Tigerbob]

A good, well administered organization would have not let one man make that type of decision jeopardizing our future

They were too busy bathing in their own bath water by then. Couldn’t give a shit.

 

[Vassp]

Maybe slim him down and play him on the wing Josh caddy style. Gives us a chance to put a player with breakaway speed at the centre bounce

only one problem with that, josh was much much better

 

[Karp3_dm]

Hopper and Taranto should be putting all their pre season into working on their disposal

It’s putrid atm

 

[Vassp]

Hopper and Taranto should be putting all their pre season into working on their disposal

It’s putrid atm

they should both F oFF to another club where other players can make them look better than they are.

 

[TigerImposter]

Maybe slim him down and play him on the wing Josh caddy style. Gives us a chance to put a player with breakaway speed at the centre bounce

We don’t have any players with break away speed LM that can play midfield. Bolton and Baker are too small in the modern game and they’re failing atm as it is.

 

[TigerImposter]

Five more years of these two pedestrian and under skilled footballers. I don’t know how we could offload them with the size of their contracts.

 

[French Tiger]

Hate sos and carlton for that!!! They had to know he was on ice. Made that trade

I think we paid something like pick 19 on last day of trade period only after they were trying to get a top 10 pick the rats.


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[French Tiger]

they should both F oFF to another club where other players can make them look better than they are.

Tarranto won the b & f last year. Bit rough on him


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[JustTheTonic]

I cant watch Hopper plod around and spray it all over the place for years and years more. noooooo

 

[TigerImposter]

Tarranto won the b & f last year. Bit rough on him


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He was still ranked low overall in the AFL mids. He’s a ball butcher.

 

[SunshineBoy]

It wasn’t his job that’s list management. Unfortunately Dimma got a lot of power after the three flags and became the mad Scientist of 2016 again.

And the majority of the soft cap so the assistants left

 

[SunshineBoy]

I cant watch Hopper plod around and spray it all over the place for years and years more. noooooo

Or not make the distance from 35 out

 

[voorhees]

he had a shocking game today..
but trade talk is crazy and won't be considered.
A full pre-season and a injection of confidence in his body will pay off.
We can't draft new mid-field rookies and just throw them in the midfield with no big body protectors.

 

[blaisee]

Hopper is contracted till 2029

We are screwed

 

[TigerImposter]

Hopper is contracted till 2029

We are screwed

Yep a VFL plodder on AFL A-grade wages. I said it early last season if we could get a second rounder for him in return I would jump at it, but there's just no hope now as nobody is that gullible. I hope he has an honest heart and retires end of next season as that's our only saving grace.

 

[blaisee]

In a lot of ways the Yarran trade was better for Richmond than this hopper trade

It was better because Yarran was out of the system in a little over a year, and we could move on

Hopper has another 5 years after this one, he can barely run, falls over and is always injured

Not looking good

 

[Cdog71]

I think it’s pretty clear Hoppers ceiling was during the u/18 TAC, just so big and heavy he could push his way through the packs to get the ball and he hasn’t got that natural advantage anymore. I’ve heard Clayton Oliver

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Clayton Oliver

Age

27

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.8

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

18.4

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

6.3

5star

CL

6.3

5star

D

25.1

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

4.6

2star

HB

14.6

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.8

5star

talk about him as the oppo player everyone thought was unstoppable at that level.

I hope as a team we get to the stage quickly where we just bring him in to be a def mid against the Cripps types a wet weather specialist.
Was at the game yesterday, the game is that fast around the stoppages he just doesn’t have the reactions to get rid of the ball quickly and complete a pass.
Even Nank gets the ball away more quickly.
For a guy whose been as injured as often as he has and what he has to offer in terms of his game it’s looking like a poor decision.
Should not play at Marvel again.

 

[juss]

Five more years of these two pedestrian and under skilled footballers. I don’t know how we could offload them with the size of their contracts.

They're both second level, accumulator type midfielders but some people think the Taranto trade was a good one because he racks up the pill (and either does nothing with it or worse turns it over).

I'll admit I was all for the Taranto trade but I hated the Hopper idea even before it happened, never rated him at GWS and the price we paid deserves the hole it put us in.

 

[copthat]

His biggest flaw is that he gets down on his hands and knees in any contested situation. Voluntarily loses his feet 20+ times a game.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

The only good game was Melbourne iirc where he looked dominant and then he got the Louie treatment

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Hopper is clearly well below even the best we have seen of him at Richmond at the moment. He is lacking power and match fitness.

See if he gets a decent run at it in the future and gets back near his best, he will look a completely different proposition. Not a top shelf mid, but definitely a competitive one.