Past #23 Buddy Franklin - Thanks Buddy

[Kennedy Parker]

Lance Franklin
Lance Franklin is a giant of the game. The star Sydney Swans forward has played 300 AFL games, won two premierships with Hawthorn, is the seventh-greatest goal-kicker in VFL/AFL history, is one of just five men with eight All Australian blazers and is the most recent player to have kicked 100 goals in a season. The Western Australian is also one of just two players in the game’s history, along with former Swan and Saint Tony Lockett

Tony Lockett

Age

58

Ht

191cm

Wt

108kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.2

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

1.8

2star

M

6.3

5star

T

0.5

3star

G

4.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.2

2star

K

5.6

3star

HB

2.6

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.0

1star

G

1.4

5star

, to have booted 300 goals for two clubs. Franklin was added to a leadership group for the first time in his career ahead of season 2020, joining co-captains Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

31

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

and Dane Rampe

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Dane Rampe

Age

33

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

, as well as Callum Mills

14

Callum Mills

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.2

4star

. But the 33-year-old, who was named captain of the 2018 All Australian team, has long been considered an exceptional unofficial leader, so great is his impact on Will Hayward

9

Will Hayward

Age

25

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.8

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

9.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

4.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

D

9.4

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.4

5star

, Nick Blakey

22

Nick Blakey

Age

24

Ht

196cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.9

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.4

4star

MG

189.1

3star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.6

4star

MG

189.1

3star

D

7.2

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.2

2star

T

1.2

3star

, Ben Ronke

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Ben Ronke

Age

26

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.7

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.0

1star

D

13.2

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

5.2

5star

G

2.4

5star

and the rest of Sydney’s young forwards.

Lance Franklin
DOB: 30 January 1987
DEBUT: 2005
DRAFT: #5, 2004 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: Dowerin (WA)/Perth (WAFL)/Hawthorn

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[DeadlyAkkuret]

Agree about Essendon. It's appalling that we're copping flak for recruiting Franklin yet you rarely hear a peep about how ****d up it is that a team on peptides is still competing for points each week.

 

[Punts]

Franklins interview coming up on channel 7

 

[The Swans Blog]

Thought he played alright, still looks underdone considering his offseason injury issues.

What's doing my head in is that Reid who is clearly our best forward at the moment, is playing in defence.

 

[The King!]

Looked dangerous tonight tried hard but used poorly

 

[Punts]

Feel sorry for this bloke as he will go backwards playing under Horse

 

[The King!]

Perhaps he has yet to learn the club song hence the lack of wins

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Perhaps he has yet to learn the club song hence the lack of wins

He might be waiting a while

 

[RW]

He looks a class above anyone else in our team atm.

 

[barry fu]

The way we used Buddy The Blood at times tonight is akin to towing a caravan with a Ferrari.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Are we structurally better with Franklin or Mumford?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Are we structurally better with Franklin or Mumford?

Neither it's just Mumford is more likely to take a contested pack mark.

 

[The King!]

Are we structurally better with Franklin or Mumford?

Current play we need harry taylor, ben reid, luke mcpharljn etc

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Current play we need harry taylor, ben reid, luke mcpharljn etc

Once we recruit everyone in the league no one will be able to beat us.

 

[base615]

Considering Buddy has upset the dressing room, the players are doing a good acting job of looking pleased for him when he scores

 

[The King!]

Arrogant tool left the centre of the circle to join his team mates

 

[BarneyBent]

Are we structurally better with Franklin or Mumford?

I think we're structurally better with Franklin and Tippett than Mumford and Tippett...

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I think we're structurally better with Franklin and Tippett than Mumford and Tippett...

Agreed.

 

[MF]

How good is it watching such a gun player play for us?

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[BarneyBent]

How good is it watching such a gun player play for us?

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I'll admit, when he danced around Talia for that goal from 40 my dick twitched.

 

[Tuco]

Buddy kicks 4 goals, competes hard all day, plenty of assists, lands a desperate tackle or two...teammates all get around him when he's up and about. Swans smash Adelaide.

Result? Nothing but crickets from the 'Buddy destroying Sydney' brigade.

If he plays like that all year we're in for a great ride.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I'll admit, when he danced around Talia for that goal from 40 my dick twitched.

Lol.

That goal was beautiful and pure Franklin. Really makes a joke of the claims about him being past it when he can move like that.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Watched the post game footage for the first time today. It's pleasing to see how genuinely thrilled Franklin is to be playing for us.

Sure you could argue anyone would be happy with that contract, but he's all smiles and the players seem to swarm around him.

 

[The King!]

Watched the post game footage for the first time today. It's pleasing to see how genuinely thrilled Franklin is to be playing for us.

Sure you could argue anyone would be happy with that contract, but he's all smiles and the players seem to swarm around him.

its more how excited the others are to have him around that makes you think reports are a pile of BS

 

[Bloods]

It finally felt like he was a Swan on Saturday. Amazing how much more you notice when a player of that quality plays for your team.

It was probably going to take a performance like that to win all Swans fans over. I suspect most are feeling a bit better about the whole thing now.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

It finally felt like he was a Swan on Saturday. Amazing how much more you notice when a player of that quality plays for your team.

It was probably going to take a performance like that to win all Swans fans over. I suspect most are feeling a bit better about the whole thing now.

His workrate has been terrific since round 1 its only on the weekend where he got any reasonable level of service from our mids and some great blocking from LRT.

Remember he is still gaining match fitness due to a interrupted pre-season due to a quad he suffered in the Grand Final.