Traded #10: Aaron Francis - Traded to Sydney w. Pick 42 + Future fourth rounder for Pick 37. Thanks Frang!

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2022
Injury Status: n/a

My Boy Draft 2022: Pick 29, Mr Bultitude

 

[blitzer]

He's a smart footballer than can make a good impact from few touches That said I expect him to get dropped as the quantity of his impacts over a whole match and his ability to hit the scoreboard up forward is a bit limited at this stage. Right now he's a defender but the trio of Hurley/Hooker/Ambrose are performing so well together its keeping him out.

If he does get dropped to the 2s I reckon there's still plenty for him to work on, particularly if we'd like to develop his forward craft a bit more to give us more options in the future. Sure eventually he'll settle down back but for his medium term future I think it could be advantageous to him and the team.

 

[dnbassador]

Two weeks in the wet hasn’t helped him

 

[Jesse Custer]

Keep playing him

 

[Donakebab]

He might not have played well in the last two weeks, but I think he's been working harder and making more out of second efforts. This still needs improvement, but I think he's starting to click with Franky of what he'll need to do to make it at the top level.

 

[citizen-erased]

Maybe time to put him back into the two's.

Does the vfl team play This week during our bye?
Wouldn't be opposed to keeping his game time up and building the continuity into his fitness
Bring him back against the hawks. Reckon he could do a good negating job on sicily.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

We also have to address the elephant in the room...

He really needs to play in the backline.

 

[eth-dog]

Does the vfl team play This week during our bye?
Wouldn't be opposed to keeping his game time up and building the continuity into his fitness
Bring him back against the hawks. Reckon he could do a good negating job on sicily.

Nope. Club wide bye.

 

[Jesse Custer]

Watching the first half and I like the little things he did. Not a great performance so far but you have to do those things when you’re having a quiet one. I think around 3 to 4 scoring involvements as well.

 

[rumply]

Keep him in, keep him learning & getting fitness up. Be very disappointed if he goes back.

 

[Eleven 38]

He needs to play back, but if the backs are all fit and there's a spare spot up forward I'd keep playing him.

If Brown Stringer Stewart are fit there probably isn't a spot up forward.

Brown may and Stewart will have to play some VFL first though,

 

[Vander18]

Francis has been good on conditions that don’t suit him....hard at it, clever by hand and cleaner than most.

Hasn’t hit the scoreboard but let’s see how he goes under the roof after the bye.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

He needs to play back, but if the backs are all fit and there's a spare spot up forward I'd keep playing him.

If Brown Stringer Stewart are fit there probably isn't a spot up forward.

Brown may and Stewart will have to play some VFL first though,

The guy’s a natural defender, feel like we have to find a way to play him there.

 

[Bjchan13]

Agree with everyone saying keep him in. Needs as many games as possible

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I swear some people just rate players on stats alone.

Francis had a genuine impact on the game.

 

[Liberator]

Keep him in, if only for my entertainment! (Important factor, I know.) Love watching the Frang....

 

[JETTA7]

Nuffies on guardians of the red sash facebook page spreading rumors that he hit worsfold last week... Any reason for concern?

 

[VelvetSledge]

Nuffies on guardians of the red sash facebook page spreading rumors that he hit worsfold last week... Any reason for concern?

There's your answer

 

[DapperJong]

LOL

 

[Run and carry]

Nuffies on guardians of the red sash facebook page spreading rumors that he hit worsfold last week... Any reason for concern?

Only if Worsfold hit him back.

 

[JETTA7]

There's your answer

That group is seriously entertaining. Prepare to lose brain cells if you read some of the posts.

 

[Yoda_]

I swear some people just rate players on stats alone.

Francis had a genuine impact on the game.

Have watched the recording of the game now and I must say he was surprisingly effective in the little time he had with ball in hand.

Think it was the one htb, but apart from that, was effective as a tall forward on a torrid day for them


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[Bombfire]

I swear some people just rate players on stats alone.

Francis had a genuine impact on the game.

Stats are like a sheila's bikini- reveal a lot but not all.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Stats are like a sheila's bikini- reveal a lot but not all.

I will have to remember this one.

 

[BrunoV]

Not a good sign.

Historically, this much talking up a nothing game coincides with a player getting dropped.

We all know what we're doing.

 

[Donakebab]

Not a good sign.

Historically, this much talking up a nothing game coincides with a player getting dropped.

We all know what we're doing.

That bloke Baggers, played a great game, what a legend!