Dropped
No real surprise form what I saw the past 2 weeks
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Weideman has a long way to go before we start claiming heās a great success. Heās had 1 reasonable and 1 excellent game.
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He should go home and have a career in the SANFL. would probably do better at that level.
Against top sides
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I feel sorry for Francis
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Still only 2 games. I hope it continues btw.
Francis career was summed up in a couple of key moments yesterday. Came on and played forward. Had a couple of chances at critical times with set shots from 30. Missed them both. Then in the last with Collingwood getting away he gets into space between wing and half forward. Turns to see Buddy leading hard to the pocket, and kicks it perfectly to where Buddy was leading. The problem was Buddy hesitated in the lead, as if he was thinking of going back inside, and Francisās kick ends up missing him and rolling out of bounds. Commentary hacks into Francis, but in my view it was at least 75% on Buddy for not committing to the lead.
Anyway. They were all āalmostā moments. If it ever clicks for him you could see him becoming a footballer, but you canāt be confident in it ever clicking at this point.(and the missing the set shots probably cost his team the win.)
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He is has never been very good.
Would have been an amazing park footballer.
Wasnāt made for AFL.
He just shows you enough to have you thinking āif he can just harness thatā¦ā
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Itās somewhat ironic that with all the injuries in our backline we could probably do with him as cover.
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No we couldnāt.
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The guy is patently unfit and canāt put in repeat efforts so just comes off looking lazy.
Iām sure the reasons for that are quite complex and somewhat linked to his mental health struggles but yeah. Heās really done well to eek out an 8 year career in the system to be honest.
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Its bewildering to me. He still looks so undefinedā¦ Is it just just his genetics that he still looks so untrained in appearance? Youād think Sydney of all clubs would have built his body to compete better.
We all know the challenges he faced early on in his career with his mental health and such but Iād love to know in more recent years or at least since heās been up north is whether he has done everything possible to realize his ability with regards to his conditioning.
Those last 5 or 6 games at the backend of the 2018 season, especially that port game suggested he was going to be an absolute beauty. How wrong we all were.
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How would they manage that in one short pre-season and a few games?
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Not ironic at all, as he isnāt up to it in any way, shape or form. We have tried him in defence and hs isnāt even the question, let alone the answer.
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sydney were missing both mccartin brothers and rampe and still chose to play mills on hawkins.
if sydney donāt even see the point in using him as ācoverā with more backline injuries to their better starting 22 defenders, what do honestly think heād be providing us with, other than merely a person to plonk in the backline ?
and if thatās all heās going to provide, you might as well play one of the developing players down there and see if they can hold their own.
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Yep.Sydney have most of their backline out but still donāt put him down there
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Wouldāve made a handy AFL footballer if heād been delisted after a couple of years, gone back to local footy and jumped on the (good) gear for a bit then made a comeback through the SANFL.
Named at FB this week; BOG coming up
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BOG for the FF he is on.