Is or was a talented mid? Players can peak at different times of their careers and players decline. He hasn't been that player for at least 4 years now. He'll be 28 next Feb and since then we're had three years of excuses ie limited pre-season, injury interruption, learning new game plan etc. And I have a feeling that if Hopper doesn't perform as you would expect with the length of his contract and salary, we'll still hear more excuses again next year. Frankly I'll believe it when I see it.
It cost us Nate Caddy, as I should imagine he would have been the most likely player we would have selected considering our KPF crisis. Depressing to say the least.
He has talent but I always thought he was overrated, even when he was playing his best footy.
Those guys won't make it. and just think about who we could have got if we kept the picks that were used on Hopper.
How did it cost us nate Caddy
Ding ding, this is something most our posters will not accept, they are plodders and stat getters --TTs output has been far greater than hoppers. At least TT can go forward and kicks goals, I still believe that his best position.
it won't happen.
if you cant do the basics right, fitness has nothing to do with it.
I have no issue with Jacob. in fact once he has a pre-season and teammates learn and read him and demand the ball from him it will be fine. he definitely knows how to get his hands on the pill better than most. problem is, most of our mids and half forwards are running around like headless chooks.
fitness has everything to do with it.
tell that to greg williams.
Stop torturing yourself with the past mate. Get over it.
And you can bet those same negative campaigners who want to relentlessly bag TT now would've also been carrying on with "but we could've had Taranto" had we not grabbed him, and were languishing at the bottom of the ladder and he was taking GWS to a flag in 2023 and maybe 2024.
TT would be lucky to make that midfield.
I think we need to hold the club accountable. Or else mistakes will continue to be made. I don't want to see us being bad for another 30+ years.
Is he better than Callaghan, Kelly, Cogs and Green? I don’t think hopper nor Taranto is so gws smartly cashed out. Tim quite literally couldn’t get a gig in the guts during 21 and 22 I think and was playing more time forward
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Our future first went at pick 8 . Adelaide used it on curtain. Then it was a GC academy player and then caddy. Either caddy or curtain would have been taken as we need key position players. I know people say picks might not work out, but a top 10 pick is the best way to snare a gun player. Sometimes you just need a few goes and some work and some don't. He hasn't really worked though which sees us drop and players now wanting to go.home or to clubs in the window.
