News Hopoate ready for Bulldogs contract crunch

[Spoonman84]

JAC is a very experienced player and would off set the loss of Hoppa’s experience some what.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Really?? Just like the morris twins hey!
He has been consistent and a great player for the dogs in what I must say have been very very tough times .
I have to say I really disagree.

Hoppa is no where near as agile as them and that's where the problems are. Hoppa only looks to have continued to decline in this area based off the trial.

 

[Ewan McGrady]

Sign him up 3 years on a moderate price. Get it done.

 

[bradtalo]

Thanks for the service Hoppa but I think it's time to part ways.

An outside back that is close to 30 and is already slow will be a problem moving forward.

He's been average ever since he returned from his Mormon mission.

 

[bradtalo]

Avo, Schoup, Alamoti are all going to be competing for Hoppa's spot and all 3 players have far more upside than Hoppa does so it's time to go.

If they do re-sign him because of his experience it must be for peanuts because we don't need him

I'd have Schoupp over Hopa this year. He has great leg drive and no wonder if you watch the video of him doing squats with massive weight

 

[Ant2611]

As good as he's been for us loyalty is dead in the time game and we shouldn't offer him a deal just because of the past. We did that with players like Eastwood and look where it got us. I do hope (and I'm sure he will) land a deal elsewhere for a couple of years.

No he won't maybe super league is his speed.

 

[Ant2611]

You 've got to be joking.....

Sign him up 3 years on a moderate price. Get it done.

 

[D.O.W.]

Pass.. you can have your sunday's back mate... Or I bet Des signs him..

Des doesn’t waste Manly money, he only perfected wasting ours

 

[Moedogg]

He's been average ever since he returned from his Mormon mission.

I reckon Hoppa was overrated as a youngster coming through..... he developed faster than his peers to get picked in FG but he's nothing more than a solid winger and he never had the pace.

 

[GDR]

Des doesn’t waste Manly money, he only perfected wasting ours

He signed Foran this year..

 

[bullanth]

Really?? Just like the morris twins hey!
He has been consistent and a great player for the dogs in what I must say have been very very tough times .
I have to say I really disagree.

Well said,he has been one of our better players over the last couple of years,some people have really short memories,he has played very well in an ordinary team,imagine if he was playing in a good team,

 

[Spoonman84]

I don’t get the argument about signing Hoppa for what he has done at this stage of his career. You are signing him on what he is going to do moving forward and his best football is behind him.

Good roster management is all about moving players on at the right time.

 

[SPEARTAKVIDREFS]

Well said,he has been one of our better players over the last couple of years,some people have really short memories,he has played very well in an ordinary team,imagine if he was playing in a good team,

I dunno about short memories. From memory he played well in what was a shit team. Wasnt hard to be a standout especially considering our cattle and his experience. He played poorly after he returned from injury late last year. Last week he looked mediocre and not because of the 2 tries down that side. After an off season he just looked as if the games has left him behind. The game is getting faster. We are on the move, we need to shed the tired and replace them with hungry.

 

[gazza]

Hoppa just doesn’t cut it. Lacks speed, lacks impact, defence poor and just another of Desball’s ex-Manly benefit fund member.

 

[albatross]

Unfortunately for Hoppa, the games getting faster while he's getting slower.

 

[KLil]

Love ya, warrior, footballer.. Good luck with your next club.

 

[piggy]

His defence was awful during the trial, way too easy to get on his outside.

His done and dusted....we need to have a big crack at staggs

 

[GDR]

Last year he played 13 games in those 13 games he managed 2 tries 3 line breaks and 2 try assist.... That's pathetic for a player in a prime attacking position..

Some of the better fullbacks managed those sorts of numbers in a single half of one game..

And he's "apparently been great for us".. we don't have short memories.. its just that other have shit memories, and like to reminisce through rose coloured glasses..

 

[CrittaMagic69]

His done and dusted....we need to have a big crack at staggs

We're not signing Staggs

 

[DogsOfWar1704]

He signed Foran this year..

He signed foran for us at 3 years and 1+ million a year.
Signed him for manly on a 1 year 300k or so deal. He definately liked wasting our money