#10 St Francis de Agressi - up to 2021 round 2

[Tippa-the-Iceberg]

Ease him in

[Gatsby]

Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game.

[bltn]

Okay, seems like a good time to rip this out again…

[theDJR]

Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game. Please have a good game.

Agreed. A big percentage gain against the worst team in the league will put us in third spot on the ladder.

[SCarey]

I can feel a thread title change coming on …

[Reboot]

What does Austin think about this?

[Riolio]

Reckon in this very specific case it’s important to remember there’s a bit more that goes into when a selection is made than just immediate on field gratification. Aaron’s been doing really well in the VFL and everyone is rapt to see him going so well but he’s also recently been through a really tough period pretty publicly, those loading up on the petulance regarding why he hasn’t been picked prior to now could probably remember that. Woosh has done a good job being pretty open and honest on that IMO. Been fantastic to be reminded of his ability over the past month or so though, he really is a super talent.

tl:dr ITS TIME

[premature_rookie_ele]

Austin Lucy’s diminutive appendages

[pbomber]

FRING

[Paul_Cousins]

On board.

[Clark_Griswold]

IMO what Francis brings is exceptional intercept marking…but at the expense of mobility.

So his role overlaps a bit with Hooker.

I can’t see him being picked unless Hooker is injured or moved forward again.

[conjunctivitus]

This is what happened the last time someone compared Francis’ mobility to Hooker’s.

[chris_64]

Since going back, Hooker is now going to the no 1 opposition tall forward. He is playing a much more negating role. The role Francis would play is more like Dea or Marty: intercept defender. But Francis is not slow. In the VFL, Francis even has stints in the midfield and plays OK.

[frosty]

His mobility is good. His burst/power over a short distance is really good. He’s not a lumbering type at all. His tank is never going to be that of one of the elite running mids, but I don’t think he’s costing the side mobility compared to many whose role he might be rotating through. (Dea, Goddard, Ridley, Hurley, even Stringer and Laverde if he was to go forward, etc etc)

[Tippa-the-Iceberg]

FRANGS ability to burst from a standing start gives him a distinct advantage over many his size,and particularly Hooker.

This kid WILL be a star,as long as his mental health is maintained,and he continues to tick all the training boxes.

[Fella]

Nahhh

[Killer_Mike]

Mobility is definitely not a problem with Francis

[westozziebomber]

Someone should mention that he’s a talent again

Seriously, I don’t think anyone’s ever questioned that.

[Killer_Mike]

Sure they have.

Read through some of the posts from early in the year where people had him written off at 19-20 years of age.

Please don’t tell me it was all based on his mental health either because I doubt anyone on here really knows much about that either, other than the little details that were reported.

[stir_fried_ewok]

FRANGS ability to burst

Child No. 1.