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Rather than missing something on the medical it could be down to tigers mismanagement, they do have a lot of players injured most of the time. Even during their premierships they had players missing.Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If they knew Hopper was going to battle injury like this there's no way they would of given up what they did. The question is was nothing picked up in a medical? He has lost more than a step but had some good years at GWS prior to the injuries started and there was a bidding war with Geelong from memory.
Taranto been good, won the BnF in the first year between the two of them they gave up picks 12, 19, 31 and a future 1 but got Taranto, 53 and 63 in
It looks tough now due to the Hopper inability to stay on the park and when he is out there he doesnt have the explosive pace he used to have but they got Taranto for unders and paid overs for this version of Hopper
Also looking past Taranto’s disposal numbers he’s an absolute butcher with the ball same as he was at GWS. There’s a reason GWS improved by moving him and Hopper on.