Wonder how good he is now, lots of differing opinions on the lad, some say he has an enormous ceiling, some have questions on his role. Will be great too balky get a look at him against AFL quality in the NAB cup.
I think he will slot in at the HBF for a bit and then in a few years a a few cms later take a KPD role. Gleeson better put in a big preseason as this guys could take his slot.
Doesnāt have a surname as first name or funky spelling.
Sensible parents.
But he has a first name as a surname
Probably the best player in the draft. Looks super.Wat.
PROBABLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT. LOOKS SUPER.
Oh, thatās why three clubs passed on him.
Okay.
When was the last time Pick 1 was the best player in the draftā¦Riewolt?
Even hodge had to deal with Judd at 3.
Goddard and probably Cooney.
Ps hands off, I'm driving this bandwagonYou can drive. Iām getting on the p!ss with everyone else in the back
Typical ā¦
I still owe you a cold one.
Iāll be up for the GC game if youāre about.
Long time no see.
Wonder how good he is now, lots of differing opinions on the lad, some say he has an enormous ceiling, some have questions on his role. Will be great too balky get a look at him against AFL quality in the NAB cup.I think he will slot in at the HBF for a bit and then in a few years a a few cms later take a KPD role. Gleeson better put in a big preseason as this guys could take his slot.
Tbh, Iāve never considered Gleeson as a HBFāer.
First thing that Francis does when he gets to the club....go to membership department and get a refund on his membership.Bet you they still manage to talk him into a 3 gamer.
Players should be members. I would think that most if not all employees are as well.
Probably the best player in the draft. Looks super.Wat.
PROBABLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT. LOOKS SUPER.
Oh, thatās why three clubs passed on him.
Okay.
When was the last time Pick 1 was the best player in the draftā¦Riewolt?
Even hodge had to deal with Judd at 3.
Goddard and probably Cooney.
Jobe beats Goddard in the 2002 draft. Heath Shaw closest to Cooney his 2003, Cooney wins though.
My gut feeling is that heāll track pretty similarly to Heppell where he plays across half back for a season, starts to push into the midfield in his second and finishes up there.
It seemed to become consensus in the phantom draft echo chamber that his tank is the one thing holding him back from a future in the midfield, which is a real shame, because no 17-18 year old has ever improved his endurance.
Wonder how good he is now, lots of differing opinions on the lad, some say he has an enormous ceiling, some have questions on his role. Will be great too balky get a look at him against AFL quality in the NAB cup.I think he will slot in at the HBF for a bit and then in a few years a a few cms later take a KPD role. Gleeson better put in a big preseason as this guys could take his slot.
Donāt see him competing with Gleeson at all, frankly. Gleesonās a running player who starts from half back, this guyās an intercept marking guy who rebounds nicely. Not going to be playing on the same guys at all, heād have about 15kg on Glees.
My gut feeling is that he'll track pretty similarly to Heppell where he plays across half back for a season, starts to push into the midfield in his second and finishes up there.It seemed to become consensus in the phantom draft echo chamber that his tank is the one thing holding him back from a future in the midfield, which is a real shame, because no 17-18 year old has ever improved his endurance.
My gut feeling is that he'll track pretty similarly to Heppell where he plays across half back for a season, starts to push into the midfield in his second and finishes up there.It seemed to become consensus in the phantom draft echo chamber that his tank is the one thing holding him back from a future in the midfield, which is a real shame, because no 17-18 year old has ever improved his endurance.
Not sure heās as far along as Heppell (in terms of tank), Hepp had played midfield all his final year of juniors, club TAC & champs level, and dominated, and also played midfield most of his career before that. There werenāt very many question marks there at all.
Francis has, to date, played more back than midfield.
Maybe from round 4 in his second season
Itās definitely not a slam dunk like Heppell where the HBF was just about him playing 20 odd games year one, but I do think heāll end up as a mid eventually even if it is largely something new for him.
Iām not sure if thereās any point taking a third tall defender at pick 6 when Gwilt and Brown have shown that you can get AFL-quality ones as DFAs or late picks. I think heāll end up playing elsewhere, wherever that is (even if itās as a creative HBF rather than a stopper).
My gut feeling is that he'll track pretty similarly to Heppell where he plays across half back for a season, starts to push into the midfield in his second and finishes up there.It seemed to become consensus in the phantom draft echo chamber that his tank is the one thing holding him back from a future in the midfield, which is a real shame, because no 17-18 year old has ever improved his endurance.
Not sure heās as far along as Heppell (in terms of tank), Hepp had played midfield all his final year of juniors, club TAC & champs level, and dominated, and also played midfield most of his career before that. There werenāt very many question marks there at all.
Francis has, to date, played more back than midfield.
Maybe from round 4 in his second seasonItās definitely not a slam dunk like Heppell where the HBF was just about him playing 20 odd games year one, but I do think heāll end up as a mid eventually even if it is largely something new for him.
I'm not sure if there's any point taking a third tall defender at pick 6 when Gwilt and Brown have shown that you can get AFL-quality ones as DFAs or late picks. I think he'll end up playing elsewhere, wherever that is (even if it's as a creative HBF rather than a stopper).And that was a big part of why he was at 6, rather than pick 2 or 4.
Play him as third tall forward.
Freak overhead. Beautiful kick. Super competitive. When pushing up to midfield can roost it to JD in the square.
Will overtake Ambrose pretty quickly IMO
But then again having both he and Hurley as contested brutes and attacking kickers out of defence is exciting.
I expect heāll play like Hodge does, the backline general, occasionally moving into the midfield when they want a bit more grunt there. Youād like Francis to have a bigger tank (which will come), but not vital if heās used as an impact player.
I do wonder if Melbourne took say Weideman or Curnow would we have drafted the two mids Parish and Oliver?
Probably the best player in the draft. Looks super.Wat.
PROBABLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT. LOOKS SUPER.
Oh, thatās why three clubs passed on him.
Okay.
When was the last time Pick 1 was the best player in the draftā¦Riewolt?
Even hodge had to deal with Judd at 3.
Goddard and probably Cooney.
Jobe was in Goddards draft
Stanton and Mundy in Cooneys draft
Both crap drafts reallyā¦we came out of it quite well.
Probably the best player in the draft. Looks super.Wat.
PROBABLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT. LOOKS SUPER.
Oh, thatās why three clubs passed on him.
Okay.
When was the last time Pick 1 was the best player in the draftā¦Riewolt?
Even hodge had to deal with Judd at 3.
Goddard and probably Cooney.
Jobe was in Goddards draft
Stanton and Mundy in Cooneys draft
Both crap drafts reallyā¦we came out of it quite well.
I know who was taken in what draft.
dodgey groins = dodgey tank=disco genius
The one player I really wanted us to draft. Stoked.