Player Watch #2 Jacob Hopper

[captain cotch 9]

Im done with this guy.
Bring in the mid-season trade period

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

In his prime, wallet wise?

Fixed...

 

[Calcium Man]

Knees are shot, he needs every ounce of pace he had and they’ve robbed him of it. McAuliffe should be taking his midfield spot.

 

[The_Kraken]

Knees are shot, he needs every ounce of pace he had and they’ve robbed him of it. McAuliffe should be taking his midfield spot.

I was wondering if he was injured. If his knees are done we can’t play him again.

 

[tigs2010]

TT plays mostly Fwd and only goes into the middle when Hopper has a rest

TT isn't great but don't think he is VFL bad.

 

[copthat]

Only played half of the last quarter and attended one centre bounce. He got benched. Had a shocker and we looked better without him in there especially as he’s being replaced by Lalor.

Can’t run, not clean and panic handballs to the oppo.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Havent seen this guy play decent consistent footy since he arrived at the club...
Off to the VFL wid ya...
And don't come back to the seniors when you have some regular form to justify your inclusion...
You can spred your AFL experience around with the kids in the VFL...

 

[Sol23]

Came with a big reputation but has not lived up to it. How many games has he torn apart?
First game of the season and he was running up and down in the one spot and hand passing to the oppo.
He must be sent back to the magoos.

 

[JAYSTIGERS]

Was the biggest liability in the midfield and looked super slow! A little bit worrying

 

[Grechy]

We're quick to write players off but gee he struggled last night. He used to have a great side step but he looked so slow last night. I am not one of these people that writes off slow players either as not every player is physically quick but he is very slow to make decisions with ball in hand which is the bigger issue.

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Maybe we should play him in the forward line?

 

[Grrr]

We're quick to write players off but gee he struggled last night. He used to have a great side step but he looked so slow last night. I am not one of these people that writes off slow players either as not every player is physically quick but he is very slow to make decisions with ball in hand which is the bigger issue.

And he has no ability to run with a player who is heading towards goal, they just burn him off. Smith did it to all our mids last night early, imagine what Daicos will do.

 

[DontArgue4]

His efforts were a disgrace, a few times i watched him off the ball and he gave absolutely no effort at all to provide a contest or provide any pressure

Literally sat there and watched the oppo stroll past him

And then when the ball was actually at his feet he squibbed contest after contest and let spuds outbody him and win possesion

This isnt even mentioning the odd occassion he actually got the ball, and as usual tried to sidestep 4 players and had to rush a disposal because of it. Refuses to give the first option and always tries to do something "special"

**** him off to the 2s

 

[Rocco sifreddi]

He flipping destroyed our momentum, absolute liability, ,Cripps has more pace than him
Zero skill level fmd what have we done recruiting this lemon.

 

[Karp3_dm]

Can only be used as a tagger otherwise it’s the 2’s for Hop’a’long

 

[beema limapep]

3 years into a 7 year contract. Still got this year plus another 3 years to go. Til the end of 2029.

Play him in the twos.

 

[Roachy8]

Maybe we should play him in the forward line?

Can he kick straight?

 

[RJK Tiger]

such a bad trade. Was at the time & has never looked good.

What we have gotten out of him so far we could have gotten by rotating Veteran Freebies like Mitchell, Parker, Steele, Mitchell.

The club has really failed on the bargain deals. There have been plenty of good cheap deals since 2022 we have just slept on.

Hopper is not even half way through his deal. 7 years to this guy.....wtf were they doing. Those who supported it, put your hand up

 

[Grechy]

such a bad trade. Was at the time & has never looked good.

What we have gotten out of him so far we could have gotten by rotating Veteran Freebies like Mitchell, Parker, Steele, Mitchell.

The club has really failed on the bargain deals. There have been plenty of good cheap deals since 2022 we have just slept on.

Hopper is not even half way through his deal. 7 years to this guy.....wtf were they doing. Those who supported it, put your hand up

We all did at the time and I'm still not writing him off completely. He has shown in a few games he can be a very valuable contributor and right now until the likes of Smillie/Cummings/Hotton can hold up we still need him for at least the next 1-2 years.

 

[juss]

Was always an awful trade. There is zero chance Yze drops him however because he's "senior" and supposedly has "runs on the board".

The real problem is how do we mitigate this for the next few years, as no ones going to trade for him, unless we did a large chunk of his contract.

 

[Ctl]

He is a one position player, midfield or nothing. Don't think there will be a trade market for him, much like Tom Mitchell, Oliver, Steele, etc. Can't see us dropping him to play VFL, do we just delist him and pay out his remaining years? ($2-2.4) million) Hotton, Cumming even Smillie will all go past him as soon as they are fit

 

[Sol23]

It’s pretty simple- drop him or delist.
He’s clearly not up too it. The senior body theory is crap as he provides nothing.
I like Yze but he needs to start making the tough calls.

 

[Coach_Required]

We're quick to write players off but gee he struggled last night. He used to have a great side step but he looked so slow last night. I am not one of these people that writes off slow players either as not every player is physically quick but he is very slow to make decisions with ball in hand which is the bigger issue.

Weve had him for 3 years and haven't seen anything from him that convinces us he makes us a better side.

Nothing quick about it, not even his running. I wanted this guy to succeed but last year was the final straw for me, last night confirmed it, surely our coaches can see what we all see? He is now holding our development back and just taking up space, at least Taranto is playing well for us.

 

[Grechy]

Weve had him for 3 years and haven't seen anything from him that convinces us he makes us a better side.

Nothing quick about it, not even his running. I wanted this guy to succeed but last year was the final straw for me, last night confirmed it, surely our coaches can see what we all see? He is now holding our development back and just taking up space, at least Taranto is playing well for us.

Problem is right now who replaces him? Sonsie possibly or Prestia immediately? The younger guys aren't there just yet.

 

[Coach_Required]

Problem is right now who replaces him? Sonsie possibly or Prestia immediately? The younger guys aren't there just yet.

Rather play one short.