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Ambrose out too.Perfect opportunity to bring him in. Gold Coast right now are a shambles.
Listening to the post match presser. Worsfold being asked why Francis hasn't played yet this year; explains that he plays a similar role to either Hurley or Goddard.
Now that the season is shot, surely we play Francis in Goddard's spot?
I was just thinking this. I'm pretty sure Francis comes in but if not then exactly what you said. I'm sure he will be coming in for Ambrose.if he doesn't come in this week it will 100% mean he won't be here next year
Listening to the post match presser. Worsfold being asked why Francis hasn't played yet this year; explains that he plays a similar role to either Hurley or Goddard and that he's basically just waiting his turn.
Now that the season is shot, surely we play Francis in Goddard's spot?
It’s been time for a good month
With Ambrose pinging his hamstring it shouldn't matter. It will force Hurley to play a more defensive role, which we all know is what he desperately needs to keep doing, so Franky slots nicely into the intercepting 3rd tall. Noice.
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Hurley has already been playing a more defensive role. If anything Hookers been sagging off more frequently.
Redman is Goddard 2.0 and we fit him, Goddard and Hurley in the side with success earlier this year... But we can't with Francis?
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Hurley has already been playing a more defensive role. If anything Hookers been sagging off more frequently.
Redman is Goddard 2.0 and we fit him, Goddard and Hurley in the side with success earlier this year... But we can't with Francis?
He's a perfect replacement for Goddard.I want to see him play as well but I will say this. He would have got burnt yesterday. If you go back and look through his VFL games one thing that stands out is he does spend a lot of time just watching the game after the ball leaves the area and his second efforts around a contest / stoppage are limited. Has been fantastic reading the ball coming in and peeling of his player to intercept it but he also gets caught out of position a lot. He gets away with it to a degree in the VFL as the pace of the game is different and you get time to recover.
My heart hopes he does get a game this week but I am not going to be annoyed if he does not as although his form has been really good his current weakness is something that can be exposed in the AFL. Not that he is the only bloke on the list who can be found ball watching.
He's a perfect replacement for Goddard.
We would lose/gain nothing from the second efforts, but aerially he is far better.
It will take time. His first few years in the AFL i fully expect to see some goals slip through because of his approach to the game. But eventually i can see that translating into a weapon off HB (like Sicily, Rance, Lever, etc) where locking down their man is second to stopping the ball when it comes into our 50.
Given how much we suck at guarding the goal side when it hits the deck anyway, id rather have him in there cutting the ball off.
What other choices do we have? Ridley..? Dea? (Is he injured or just rested?) They seem to consider Francis as a KPD, not a third tall/medium defender type. I think Dea and Ambrose have a more accountable style of play than Francis too.I’ll wear the consequences of his endurance not being up to it, we won’t make finals and playing Francis won’t change that outcome at all, atleast give the supporters something to look forward too for the future.
The media wouldn’t bring him up if his form didn’t warrant selection, I can tell you right now teams like Geelong and Sydney would be giving him a go at the very least because they have shown a willingness to reward the form of younger players in the Reserves and most of them have repaid the faith.
I couldn’t give two shits about them being more accountable both Ambrose and Dea are solid depth players at best whereas if Francis can fix his endurance he should become a bonafide star. With Woosha saying Goddard and Hurley are keeping him out that would suggest they see him as a 3rd tall sweeper type which he is.What other choices do we have? Ridley..? Dea? (Is he injured or just rested?) They seem to consider Francis as a KPD, not a third tall/medium defender type. I think Dea and Ambrose have a more accountable style of play than Francis too.
I was hoping you'd say he has been sufficiently accountable in the VFL Everyone said Saad wasn't accountable either when we got him...I couldn’t give two shits about them being more accountable both Ambrose and Dea are solid depth players at best whereas if Francis can fix his endurance he should become a bonafide star. With Woosha saying Goddard and Hurley are keeping him out that would suggest they see him as a 3rd tall sweeper type which he is.
I was hoping you'd say he has been sufficiently accountable in the VFL Everyone said Saad wasn't accountable either when we got him...
At any rate the selection committee are running out of options, sooner or later the kid will get a chance by default if this injury list keeps going the way it has been.