Impressive for mine.
His hands are amazing, his awareness of the game is amazing.
Needs time to figure out the speed of AFL.
Will be an absolute gem.
One of the all time great six kicks no goals games.
Come on mate, take off the red and black blinkers. We all hope that he turns in to a bone fide star, but letās not pretend that he wasnāt average yesterday. Wasnāt on his lonesome though.
I donāt mind persisting with him in the seniors and looking out for small cameos or glimpses for the future. But Iām not gonna bust a nut prematurely and say he was impressive when he didnāt really offer a shot.
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He is so unfit itās not funny. He canāt offer anything more than a jog 3/4 of the time. Huge liability
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If Francis was that good, what did you make of the game from the player he replaced ā Crows" game I thinkā¦ Dont be so easily satisfied.
Drop him to the VFL so we can pretend that when we BRING HIM IN, things will change.
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Ummm, what?
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I think weāve just got to keep him in. Him playing isnāt exactly halting a tilt at a flag this year and heāll only get to AFL match fitness and AFL standard by playing AFL games. Heās played 5 senior games, needs another 20 until we can really expect a four quarter performance. Needs to be kept in like JD was in 2014.
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Langers had 15 / 2 goals and was dropped against a far better side
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Maybe he has little lungs?
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I think you need to have a re-read of my original comment.
If there is any confusion, Iām saying that I thought Francis was rubbish!
The guy I quoted was saying Francis was impressive. I disagree
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if he kicks 3 goals instead of 3 points youāre tonguing something.
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Well considering he didnāt, my point remains valid
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each of those kicks missed by a combined metre, unlike joe who misses by a combined kilometre.
Iād bring in stewart but i donāt think heāll add much, basically frang (and lang to an extent) are holding lavās spot.
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Lol. Is this a new champion data stat?
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A miss is a miss, but anyway. I agree their all warming LAVās spot
Iām really not sure how franga will turn out. Iām not 100% sold that he will be as good as people think he will be
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Talent wise, or just the fitness?
I agree on the fitness thing. Itās pretty ordinary, and itās holding him back. Iām also not sure itās just gonna magically be good some day. Heās coming from a very long way back.
But talent wiseā¦ Holy moly the boy has skills.
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Letās hope itās not another Jay Neagle
Heās been in a professional environment for quite some time and well, it seems like he walked into the club yesterday with how puffed he gets. Itās neagle like. He has oodles of talent, itāll be interesting to see how hard heās prepared to work to get there
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The bit that concerns me is that it doesnāt appear to be because heās lazy, or wonāt work for it.
He appears to just be naturally unfit.
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Well if he never builds a real tank then he will just become a goal square player like Hawkins.
Certainly has way too much talent to just throw away.
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