If teams are going to be ■■■■■■■■ themselves and putting an extra man on Hooker. What happens when we slot Francis into that forward line?
He will mark anything that comes near.
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Does he love a goal?
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How good is he going to be as a fwd! He is usually a one clean grab player even in contested situations. Hardly clunked a mark all night and still had 3 on the board. He is so quick with his 2nd efforts too if he does drop the ball he is back on it like flys on ■■■■.
Defiantly best to play him as the deepest fwd. Get the ball to him quick enough once he hits form and he will be unstoppable.
I tried to be annoyed with him when he kicked the ball into Vickery’s face when on the mark but I just couldn’t.
Still, should have kicked 4
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So far he seems pretty unorthodox, but i guess its working so lets see how good he can get.
Kicking into the man on the mark is unusual for a FF, hopefully he can learn the fwd craft (i hate that word) and maintain his unpredictability.
I assume if Hooker gets sent back during a game that Hurley will get moved forward. Anyone know if Hartley can play forward?
Agree. His reaction/recovery time was really impressive.
played the whole vfl praccy but your point is valid.
Don’t know if you picked it up, but Hepps had a word to Joey about leading away from Hooksey.
I pretended it was on purpose 
Someone needs to make a gif of all his over the top celebrations
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Couldn’t help but notice how he looks un-co when he runs.
5, had an easy snap that he missed in the third.
He’ll only get better as a forward the more games he plays there. Had a slightly ‘down’ game in my opinion but still found a way to meaningfully contribute. Love him, my favourite player.
Over the top? I don’t think so.
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It’s a credit to the strength and conditioning team that they tailored his program to get up and play for round 1 and run out the game without having played an AFL level pre-season match.
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Another couple of snags to his name & took some absolutely crucial marks across half forward in the last.
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The fact he is having an impact when he is still quite clearly rusty is so important. When he gets his clunking game back he will tear a game apart.
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Spreading the load beautifully by having Cale forward.
Joe and Cale kicking 5-6 goals between them with a couple small forwards kicking 30+ a year and you have a diverse unpredictable and multi pronged attack.
We.have.a.farking.forward.line
For the first time since,well…
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One of the big differences between Hooker forward, and when Hurley / Carlisle had their crack, is that when Hurley or Carlisle were quiet or not quite on, they’d go goalless.
Hooker has kicked 3 & 2, and he’s hardly left first gear yet.
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Is it just me or does he look like he hasn’t quite got the confidence in his body to fully stride it out yet?
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