Surely I wouldn’t respond with nonsense to someone saying “you called him soft, you may as well call him a child rapist”? What an incredible thing to suggest.
However were you aiming for irony by decrying as nonsense what was essentially agreement with your argument that all AFL players are tough.
Francis has a tendency to back himself aerially rather than engage in body on body contests.
In this he’s similar to Joey.
Similarly it’s something to work on, particularly as a defender, although I think there’s an argument that he’s still growing into his potential muscles, so to say. It’s also a tricky development point to sell to him, given he’s so good at playing his way.
Well i am really pleased to hear that
It gives me comfort
We need to build a tough uncompromising team
If Francis watches also how Gibson played who was not very tall it may assist
I would love Francis to live out his full potential of what he showed last year and become a star
After all he wears no 10!!!
Some players do pull out of contests for self preservation. Doesn’t mean they are soft all the time but it’s not a good luck and you wouldn’t want to see it regularly or you have issues.
Just as an example, Gibbs last night just before the 1/2 time siren had a chance to drop in front of Hawkins and yes he would have been crunched but he pulled out and allowed an easy chest mark for a shot on goal after the siren. Compare that to Dalhaus who twice without fear backed into a contest to effect the spoil and was crunched for his troubles. I would drop Gibbs for it and that was always my non negotiable as a coach
Bacchus is just saying it’s the worst thing, ie the biggest put down you can level at an AFL footy player. If you want to be a literalist and pick a fight whenever someone sensationalises or uses hyperbole to catch attention, don’t ever read a newspaper, watch a movie or eat anything from a Michelin star restaurant, especially if it’s called l’escargot.
Now I could be really annoying and argue that I wasn’t being literalist but anti-inflationary-sensationalist, but my coffee is here and a headline about the Royal family has me in a dither.
Worth noting that on a couple of these occasions where he was “soft” or “easily outbodied” it was because he was pushed square in the back in the contest.
Late in the game he approached a couple of players wrestling for the mark, flew in front of them hoping to kill the ball at the highest point, misjudged it, missed it and was left in no-mans land and completely out of the contest while his opponent picked the ball up and goaled.
I think he needs to use his talent but also play the common sense percentages.
Geelong almost 100% of the time make the correct disciplined percentage decisons despite being talented.