Bit of a slow start for our midpricers. Hopper's general meh-ness and Bruhn's fade out were a bit concerning. But it was round one so a) the score is in the rotation for 1 round and b) you can't judge a season on round 1 (those mortgaging the house for Daios/Rioli take note)
Just remember that we spent 332k on Hopper and 311k on Bruhn for a total of 643k. For our troubles we received 125 points. It's far from a disaster.
Our option, in isolation, was a 123k rookie maybe and a 520k 'premium'. On field. Now the 520 k premium wouldn't have averaged 100 last year, judging by his price so assume that again and that leaves as little as 50 or so for the 123k rookie. Not ideal. Not worth getting too worked up over.
What we got out of these 2 midpricers was just a bog standard result. Yes, we want more so that they can get their cash generation moving but they have a week up their sleeve to sort that out. Plenty worse things will happen this year. Just ask Stewart holders