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Welcome to the Tigers Jacob Hopper
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yes agreed…. our only method of payback is trading out dan rioli and requesting high currency, because dimma will give instruction to his list management team and wayne campbell to pay whatever to land rioli for the reunion ….
If Dimma wanted him so bad maybe we could trade him to GC?
i would give him away and offer to pay half of his salary…. and put an cross against hartleys name, and putting it down to a lesson to never chase a player on emotion
he doesn’t… the failure of the gws pair is one of the reasons he quit….
On top of it, we'd just given away two first rounders for a similar player, same age, same contract length.
I know the is not gunna be a popular post with some people but honestly Jack Ross who I do rate is a better option than this bloke. Less money, didn't have to give away picks, just as productive and actually uses the ball better. What a total flop Hopper and to a lesser extent Taranto trade has been. Say what you like about Karen Cornes but alot of what he has said about the tigers the last cou0le of years has been pretty close to the mark!
It's such an obvious crossroads moment. Someone should have been strong enough to step in and say Taranto and trading away one year worth of draft picks was enough. The wrong player, at the wrong club, at the wrong time. Hopper was just a bridge too far
[Takes massive pull on bong] I'm still optimistic, regardless of the merits or otherwise of that trade (I don't disagree with what most are saying). If he gets his body right and can play without interruption, he's a good player. Likewise Taranto.
The thing to remember with them, and Dion as well, is they need to be around until the Superhunks 2.0 find their feet. The midfield mix will be important over the next couple of years and if the elite picks come on quickly, well, they will be highly paid VFL players. Annoying on paper but it is what it is.
The thing to remember with them, and Dion as well, is they need to be around until the Superhunks 2.0 find their feet. The midfield mix will be important over the next couple of years and if the elite picks come on quickly, well, they will be highly paid VFL players. Annoying on paper but it is what it is.
I didn’t have an issue with the trade at the time. Was of the opinion that the more midfield strength the better off we are.
However, I guess injury has something to do with it, but this bloke is not half the player he was at the Giants. Slow as a wet week and can’t kick over a jam tin. Loses his feet all the time. Poor man’s Tony Shaw. He is nowhere near the player I thought he’d be.
Unfortunately this trade is looking like a disaster.
However, I guess injury has something to do with it, but this bloke is not half the player he was at the Giants. Slow as a wet week and can’t kick over a jam tin. Loses his feet all the time. Poor man’s Tony Shaw. He is nowhere near the player I thought he’d be.
Unfortunately this trade is looking like a disaster.
So he’s gonna give up the last few years of his $800k a year out of the goodness of his heart?
I’m not worried about his injuries. I’m worried about his form. He’s nowhere near the player we thought we’d recruited. He’s playing like a c grader on an a graders salary.
That happens when you are paid like an A grader but play like a C grader.
