Jacob Hopper [merged]

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Football is a game of two halves son....be nice if you could try and turn up for both of them...

Agreed. Killed Cripps in first half and was then murdered in h2

[Tiger_In_Sicily]

Game plan changed completely after half time. Down a mid also. Can't really blame him. Taranto first half was quiet but his second was much better.

[Andyy]

Maybe we needed a different sub.

Losing 2 KPDs and a mid is rough when Mansell can't really do either role.

Our blokes looked very cooked but gutsy nearing 3qt and it's no surprise cripps got on top

[Tiger_In_Sicily]

Bloody hard job predicting injuries , unless it's Prestia !!!

[Francois Jackson]

the bloke is made of paper mache.

[MintOnLamb]

Maybe we needed a different sub.

Losing 2 KPDs and a mid is rough when Mansell can't really do either role.

Our blokes looked very cooked but gutsy nearing 3qt and it's no surprise cripps got on top

And it was  a 5 day break

[the claw]

Any idea on how long he will be sidelined. Same for Young. Anyone.

[Andyy]

Any idea on how long he will be sidelined. Same for Young. Anyone.

Young will just be this week for concussion protocols.

As for Hops we are getting the usual Meehan mushroom treatment - fed crap and kept in the dark.

[WilliamPowell]

Any idea on how long he will be sidelined. Same for Young. Anyone.

Young will just be this week for concussion protocols.

As for Hops we are getting the usual Meehan mushroom treatment - fed crap and kept in the dark.

Ummm... Hopper pulled up sore at training during the week. At the main session hasn't settled and low and behold instead of playing him they're being cautious. Will be having scans

[the claw]

Any idea on how long he will be sidelined. Same for Young. Anyone.

Young will just be this week for concussion protocols.

As for Hops we are getting the usual Meehan mushroom treatment - fed crap and kept in the dark.

Ummm... Hopper pulled up sore at training during the week. At the main session hasn't settled and low and behold instead of playing him they're being cautious. Will be having scans

Thanks WP. looks like Hopper is going to miss a few then. Bring on McAuliffe.
If Miller can play well as a kpd at last  and Young gets back then maybe we can release Balta fwd without having to worry too much.
Still think there is a real lack of tall quality back there with out Noah.

[one-eyed]

First-year coach Adem Yze said ... that Hopper’s injured knee was likely to undergo a procedure on Monday, and he might miss multiple weeks.

Source: The Age

Hopper is set for knee surgery on Monday and at least a fortnight on the sidelines.

"'Hop' is going to go in tomorrow for a look inside his knee," Yze said.

"He might be out for two weeks. He might have a bit of a cleanout.

"He could have tried to push his way through it, but he is too important. He needs to be able to train and get on top of that. But we are thinking a couple of weeks."

Source: AFL website.

[Francois Jackson]

Clean out already. How does this even happen?

Wonder if people still think it was a good pick up?

Doesn't play and we played a descent game with all things considered. When he does play we produce a similar standard. Said this many times having him was a complete waste of time results wise.

We would be lucky to get pick 20.

[Diocletian]

Taranto on his own was overs when you consider GWS were looking to offload players and clear space but it wasn't a disaster, adding this bloke and effectively doubling down has turned it into the Pitura trade 2.0.....

[Simonator]

I get that they wanted to have another crack at a flag and recruiting the two seemed like a really good move at the time. Now that there isn’t a soul who thinks we can win the flag any time soon, their long term deals look really really bad. What are they helping us do now, stay mediocre ? We NEED to bottom out to get the top talent in. Sydney haven’t bottomed out but they get gifted players through the academy and Geelong is the other example but I think their recent flag was a true fluke partnered with exceptional recruiting in Danger, Cameron, Tom Stewart

[Tiger Khosh]

I’ve defended hopper because he seems to be getting the blame for the draft picks we gave up and the length and $$$ contract we offered.

I am wondering whether the club did their proper due diligence though and put him through a proper medical examination. He was coming off a major knee injury which saw him miss 2/3rds of his last season with the giants, and so far has now missed 8 games (subbed out of 2 others) with knee related issues.

Like FJ is saying, how could anyone require a ‘clean-out’ 2 games into a season.