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Feel sorry for him when he is earning 8 x the average FT wage to play 14/23 weekends a year?Feel sorry for him. Was sold a vision by Dumma then shitted on.
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Feel sorry for him when he is earning 8 x the average FT wage to play 14/23 weekends a year?Feel sorry for him. Was sold a vision by Dumma then shitted on.
It ain't an injury. He gets his hands on the ball. He has no idea when he has it.He's clearly battling injury.
He had the same issues at gws his last 2 seasons and has been a disaster for us to many excuses for this bloke. I would trade him. He can't even do the basics right.His body is absolutely cooked at the moment and his performances have reflected that. A fit Hopper doesn't fall to his knees in a contest, yet he's doing this every time. He wouldn't be playing if not for the fact we have about 7 fit players on our AFL list. Limping to the end of the season much like most of our team.
Trade him for what?He had the same issues at gws his last 2 seasons and has been a disaster for us to many excuses for this bloke. I would trade him. He can't even do the basics right.
People don't understand how much these guys are making, for subpar performance.Feel sorry for him when he is earning 8 x the average FT wage to play 14/23 weekends a year?
I can't defend this guy anymore. Time to seek a trade on him.
Spot on re selection. We are way to one dimensional.At his very best, Hopper is our best contest and clearance mid on the list. Whether he ever gets back to that will remain to be seen.
There are 2 factors that make me still defend him, one factor he controls, one factor that he can't.
First of all, he needs to get his body right. That is on him, If he can't do it this off season, then I wouldn't bother with the second factor, it would be Hopper making a choice of not trying to get the best out of himself, and I don't want that kind of player at the club. ATM, a lot of the issues with him going to ground (in my opinion) is his distrust of his own body in fear of getting injured again.
Assuming he does everything he can to get his body right, the second factor is team selection, which he can't control. I'm sorry, but just a look at the weekend's midfield, and we had TT, Hops, Prestia, Graham and Ross. Graham may be in the team occasionally to tag an opponent, sure, but he isn't really a Finn Maginness-type hard tagger, so if he sees a free ball, he will still try to win it. That makes 5 midfielders who are all slow, ball-first, one-paced, and generally poor kicks (apart from Ross, although I still wouldn't class Ross as an elite kick). I don't think you can name another club in the league that plays 5 similar-typed midfielders who all pretty much want to do the same job. Take 2 of them out, and only have 2 of the remaining 3 at any given centre bounce. Ross can clearly rotate off the wing if needed, and TT can play of a HF line as the midfielder that comes up to stoppages. Give some of these midfielders (and in this case Hopper) the space to actually do what they excel at, instead of crowding them out with too many similar-typed players.
His fan club were saying exactly the same thing about him this time last year. The only surprise will probably be whether the same excuses will be used or whether a new more creative batch will be invented for him when he doesn't deliver. Can hardly wait to see which it will be.Will surprise many next year if he can get a clear run at it. is literally our best contested possession player. Surely this bad luck of injuries ends and we see the best of him.
Noticed TT start forward this week, that should be the plan from now one.
It’s great watching him win the odd hard contested ball only to butcher it and give it straight back to someone from the opposition who uses the ball cleanly.Lol, in a team that struggles to win hard balls you want to get rid of our most prolific by miles hard ball get winner because you "can't defend this guy anymore."
Don't take up list management.
If that excites you, you need to get out moreHis fan club were saying exactly the same thing about him this time last year. The only surprise will probably be whether the same excuses will be used or whether a new more creative batch will be invented for him when he doesn't deliver. Can hardly wait to see which it will be.
Graham and Prestia are much more balanced mids than JH, JH is the main culprit in making us slow and bad on transition, but he also has been terrible on the inside over the last two years so we're getting beaten at all phases in the midfield thanks to him.We’ve committed to Hopper and Taranto long term. We need to build the midfield around them, and that unfortunately means no room for Prestia.