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

[RedmanWasHere]

Heading in to his prime years and his 5th season.

5th season?

Gee that's gone rather quickly.

 

[Beerfish]

Yup and this is the Aaron Francis thread so let's nip this little impromptu segue in the bud right now.

 

[yaco55]

It's great to see that Francis is coming closer to having an AFL type body.

 

[Vander18]

Looks good

 

[blitzer]

Its a real good sign that he's looking so fit at this stage of the year. This bloke could be absolutely anything.

I had picked Langford as my 'breakout' player this year but i dunno I'm starting to get excited thinking about Francis making an impact at AFL level.

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

Will be great if both our rangas in Francis and Redman stay injury free during the pre season. Can't remember what Francis' specific injury was last year but Mason missed a lot with patella tendonitis.

 

[daffo]

Francis is looking really good. Hoping for 15+ games from him in 2017.

 

[MAAAATTDAAAAMON]

Francis is looking really good. Hoping for 15+ games from him in 2017.

I'm hoping for 15+ games within the first 10 games. #belief

 

[eth-dog]

Apparently the favourite for the RS.

 

[Dennis Trumpet]

Apparently the favourite for the RS.

Raging favourite At $4

Next closest are McGrath and mccluggage at $10

 

[Drummer_19]

Apparently the favourite for the RS.

I appreciate you trying to have a little wriggle room with your statements but this one you could have looked up and gone hammer over fist with it being correct.

 

[calyam]

Raging favourite At $4

Next closest are McGrath and mccluggage at $10

I'm surprised Hopper isn't favourite to be honest. Established himself as best-22 towards the end of the season.

 

[The Donners]

I appreciate you trying to have a little wriggle room with your statements but this one you could have looked up and gone hammer over fist with it being correct.

Extremely underrated post, needs to be read again.

 

[BrunoV]

I have performed a very careful analysis of the interview with Myers and consulted experts.

Francis does appear to be taller than Myers in the footage which would put him somewhere around 6'4.

My theory is that if you lined up everyone in the AFL listed as 190-191cm Myers would be tallest of them all.

 

[eDPS]

I have performed a very careful analysis of the interview with Myers and consulted experts.

Francis does appear to be taller than Myers in the footage which would put him somewhere around 6'4.

My theory is that if you lined up everyone in the AFL list as 190-191cm Myers would be tallest of them all.

Is training as a forward early in the pre-season but so is Hooker. The thought of Francis playing forward with Hooker and Daniher excites the hell out of me but surely one of those 2 play back with us getting Stewart.

 

[ezard15]

Its a real good sign that he's looking so fit at this stage of the year. This bloke could be absolutely anything.

I had picked Langford as my 'breakout' player this year but i dunno I'm starting to get excited thinking about Francis making an impact at AFL level.

I'm more excited/optimistic about Francis than I am Langford or Laverde.

Francis is just a footy player. Not am amazing athlete but a good footy player.

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

I'm more excited/optimistic about Francis than I am Langford or Laverde.

Francis is just a footy player. Not am amazing athlete but a good footy player.

I think he has quite a few athletic traits in his leap, speed and agility. And obviously he needs to work on his endurance.

 

[BrunoV]

I'm more excited/optimistic about Francis than I am Langford or Laverde.

Francis is just a footy player. Not am amazing athlete but a good footy player.

I find this to be a strange view.

Laverde in particulars has done everything Francis has done multiple times and at AFL level.

 

[daffo]

I'm hoping for 15+ games within the first 10 games. #belief

Or.. 15 games after the first 10 games... That's a GF BABY!!!

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I find this to be a strange view.

Laverde in particulars has done everything Francis has done multiple times and at AFL level.

really?

I can't say I can recall Laverde ever taking as good a set of defensive marks as Francis did in his very first game...

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

really?

I can't say I can recall Laverde ever taking as good a set of defensive marks as Francis did in his very first game...

Lav doesn't have a big bush ranger beard either like Francis.

 

[ant555]

I rated him as the best player in last years draft so he better have a break out year
I think he will play a lot and at both ends. Was down on fitness last year and has put in a big effort to get himself right after feeling he missed a bug chance to play more games last year. Nothing has changed my opinion yet. If he stays injury free I still think he will be a star.

 

[BrunoV]

really?

I can't say I can recall Laverde ever taking as good a set of defensive marks as Francis did in his very first game...

I don't place much stock in intercept marking as a defender. Sure, it's a useful skill but unless it's bossing contested marks it's just another part of the game the importance of which is overstated because it's a result of the tactical evolution of the game. The ability to cut off an attack is part of the job requirement for a defender these days.

To be honest, the point I was trying to make is moot anyway. I don't disagree that there are parts of Francis' game that are as exciting as anything we'll see and I expect him to become a star and clearly one of the best players from his draft.

 

[Capt Hindsight]

I don't place much stock in intercept marking as a defender. Sure, it's a useful skill but unless it's bossing contested marks it's just another part of the game the importance of which is overstated because it's a result of the tactical evolution of the game. The ability to cut off an attack is part of the job requirement for a defender these days.

To be honest, the point I was trying to make is moot anyway. I don't disagree that there are parts of Francis' game that are as exciting as anything we'll see and I expect him to become a star and clearly one of the best players from his draft.

But intercept marking is how we sucked saints into to giving up pick 5 for Carlisle and thus get Francis.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I don't place much stock in intercept marking as a defender. Sure, it's a useful skill but unless it's bossing contested marks it's just another part of the game the importance of which is overstated because it's a result of the tactical evolution of the game. The ability to cut off an attack is part of the job requirement for a defender these days.

To be honest, the point I was trying to make is moot anyway. I don't disagree that there are parts of Francis' game that are as exciting as anything we'll see and I expect him to become a star and clearly one of the best players from his draft.

fair enough too.

Just had a big internal lol at you hawking your love child

 

[The Fact]

I'm more excited/optimistic about Francis than I am Langford or Laverde.

Francis is just a footy player. Not am amazing athlete but a good footy player.

Id say both langford and laverde are both footballers... natural classy forwards