To a degree. But Francis with confidence seems to have a far different level of strength to Francis with no confidence. And that confidence seems to ebb and flow with the movements of an obscured moon.
Forward he is bereft of all confidence. For team balance, Hooker forward and Francis back makes more sense than the other way around. Once again Woosha recognized the need to move Cale forward, but far too late in the game to have any real impact. He is too reactionary. As a coach his performance is insipid, as a player he was inspiring and dynamic. There is a huge disconnect between the way he played and the way he coaches.
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Wholeheartedly concur, CJ, and couldnāt put it any better myself. I continue to be confounded by his Superman as a player, Clark Kent as a coach split personality.
Granted, I donāt know what goes on behind closed doors, however, for once, I would like him to go on the record & categorically state that such performances are unacceptable. Iād like to see him admonish the group as a whole & make a bold statement publicly.
The team are looking to him for guidance & he is simply holding up a mirror. Woosha is the ultimate facilitator coach. This group doesnāt need that, IMO. They need a ruthless coach that finds a way for them to improve or starts ending careers. This belongs in another thread, so soz.
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Only took us 6 months to drain all the talent and spark out of him
EFC is the actual worst
How many players careers will they let Woosh ruin?
What a ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā .
A poster last week said that Frank was involved in assisting every one of our goals v Freo. I checked, and think he was wrong. There was one goal we kicked where I couldnāt see Frankās positive influence in the chain. Otherwise he was an important link in creating all of the other goals. Last night he played tall forward in the pouring rain and was ordinary, like most of his team mates until the sun came out for 15 minutes in the last.
Too many drama queens with goldfish memories on here.
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Backline is his only real go.
I dont.watch a heap of VFL but I remember people talking about potential for midfield on occasions. Boy oh boy. Thats never happening.
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Far too many. The most prominent thing thatās āwrong with this clubā. Some of them are more than drama queensā¦theyāre deadset ā ā ā ā ā ā ā arseholes.
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Aaron seems to lack an awareness gene and he is caught ambling along with the ball far too often. He needs to move the ball on quicker too after marking. Play him back so he can run straight at the ball.
There arenāt too many forwards tearing the game apart in their first 20 games.
You can make all the excuses you like, but heās his fourth season and heās still not very good.
I know that most of us are invested emotionally about this guy and want the best for him, but at some point the buck has to stop.
Iāve been saying this for weeks. Heās only good as an intercepting defender. People over-rate him and think he has to be played regardless of position. Itās a mistake.
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He shouldnāt have played last night considering the conditions, especially up forward.
Backman stop the experiment
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He obviously has the size, the athleticism and the skill needed to be a very good player.
The question on him, like many of our players, is whether or not he has the right psychological makeup to perform at the top level.
I thought he was pretty good last week an is clearly playing out of position.
Francis lastnight attacked the ball in the air like he would usually but nothing would stick in the conditions. As soon as he does that he basically eliminates himself from the contest at ground level so needs to learn when to fly for the ball and when to stand his ground and try and bring the ball to ground for the sweepers. Hurley is very good at doing that.
It must also be noted that Grimes is Richmondās best pure defender and one of the best in the league.
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Last week he was dominant at ground level. Winning the ball in packs in our f50 and feeding a pass out to a player in space to score.
He can do this.
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Francis is so laid back and lacking in intensity than he makes Langford appear manic.
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Marking tall plays awefull in the wet, who would of thought.
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We are nearing the halfway point of the season:
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We havenāt heard anything about his contract status.
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He isnāt able to play in his correct position. Donāt think that will change.
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I actually think both Redman and Ridley have overtaken him this season.
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Itās looking like some changes will be made at the end of the season.
What do we think is going to happen? I think he is going to leave. I have said for months that all of the signs are right in front of us.
mark kick player, once it hits the ground we are a man down, attitude is shiit house, look to get something for him at the end of the year.
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