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Vintage Bay Mofra's Bottom 50 for 2023

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Is garfield even more boring then fred basset?

You’ve just outed yourself as obviously “young” to many in this thread, in a way that’s got nothing to do with Garfield or Fred Basset
 
Player 30 - Jacob Hopper
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Pictured: Ollie Wines from wish.com

Likes: Kicking
Hates: At a target

Jacob Hopper is yet another first round draft pick from GWS who decided to move to back to Victoria because, as a NSW resident growing up, he was homesick.

A former pick 7, Jacob is very good at winning the contested ball. But the problem with football is you need to kick the thing, and Hopper seems to think a Target is where you get a Kris Kringle gift for a co-worker you don't particularly like. It kind of reminds me of getting a discount vibrator for an ex-girlfriend and then she told me she couldn't use one anyway, because last time she tried she chipped her teeth.

Anyway after 114 games for GWS he disappointed their dozens of loyal fans and went to Richmond on a monster $750k, 7 year deal. They paid a second rounder and a future first round pick because Richmond mortgaged their future to try and keep Hardwick, who treated them like a 'first wife' and left anyway. Hopper really wanted to play under Hardwick... and for a few weeks of his 7 year deal, he got that opportunity. Richmond offered a similar contract deal to Taranto too, who is a bit like Hopper except he can play forward occasionally and gets a bit more of the ball. I think they do skills training together.

This year, as one of Richmond's highest paid players, Jacob finished equal 14th from 16 games in their B&F, kicking 7 goals for the season and going at 54 per cent efficiency by foot. He has officially killed the phrase 'you get what you paid for'. Teams can often carry a ball winner with poor disposal but two of them in the one midfield? Gippsland has better mushroom recipes than this so called recipe for success. Richmond wiped themselves out of two drafts, and both players are on 7 year deals. Given they missed finals this year and have nothing to rebuild with, Richmond are facing a future so bleak their fans rank somewhere between 'US action on gun control' and 'St Kilda's trophy room' on the hope index.

Fun fact: Jacob Hopper debuted in 2016 and managed a whopping 32 disposals on the way to a 92 point win against Gold Coast in his first ever game. He hails from Leeton NSW which considers itself 'Australia's rice capital', which also happens to be where Mark Taylor grew up. Hopper's lack of ability by foot led to the town closing their Target store in January 2021.

Jacob, Hoppsy (I made that up), enjoy the next 6 years at Richmond and welcome to the Bottom 50 for 2023.
 
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