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

 

[IHurley]

Id be happy for Frang to provide a target, halve his contests/bring the ball to ground and kick around 25 goals for the year.

Shouldn't be a problem for him to kick 3 times as many goals in one year than he's previously kicked in six.

 

[faible]

Shouldn't be a problem for him to kick 3 times as many goals in one year than he's previously kicked in six.

He's not played a full season forward, I'd say a goal / game would be around the pass-mark.

 

[fairbump_playon]

I hope someone is working on his tendency to run under the ball as an attacker

Not a problem he has when defending

 

[Milanista28]

Excited for his season, think he can impact well up forward, glad he's training the whole pre season with the forward group.

 

[JMarra]

What are his odds for the Coleman?

 

[Keystone agony]

He's not played a full season forward, I'd say a goal / game would be around the pass-mark.

Im not sure that will be enough to keep him getting a game with what little he offers from a pressure stand point and other categories ect

 

[faible]

Im not sure that will be enough to keep him getting a game with what little he offers from a pressure stand point and other categories ect

Well yes, he’s going to need to offer more than just 1 goal a game and little else, that was implied in the chain of conversation.

 

[Ants]

Shouldn't be a problem for him to kick 3 times as many goals in one year than he's previously kicked in six.

When he switched forward this year after missing a chunk of games and not playing forward in about 4 years, he had 8 scoring shots from 5 games. So if he works on conversion and plays 22 games he should do it easily.

Im not sure that will be enough to keep him getting a game with what little he offers from a pressure stand point and other categories ect

After his first game forward he averaged 1.5 contested marks, 3 inside 50s and 5 score involvements a game. That’s pretty impactful.

 

[crackers65]

Delusional pearler?

 

[Keystone agony]

After his first game forward he averaged 1.5 contested marks, 3 inside 50s and 5 score involvements a game. That’s pretty impactful.

Is it?

 

[Run and carry]

Well yes, he’s going to need to offer more than just 1 goal a game and little else, that was implied in the chain of conversation.

22 goals a year plus finals maybe is not too bad if goals are shared around. Agreed he needs to get involved more though.

 

[IHurley]

Even if by some miracle he's able to discover where the goals are, he's a massive liability in forward pressure. Like I said, an opposition coach would put his most attacking defender on him.

 

[Ants]

Even if by some miracle he's able to discover where the goals are, he's a massive liability in forward pressure. Like I said, an opposition coach would put his most attacking defender on him.

Is he compared to Wright, Hooker or Jones? Are we rating his forward pressure by KP or smalls scales?

 

[IHurley]

Is he compared to Wright, Hooker or Jones? Are we rating his forward pressure by KP or smalls scales?

Wright and Hooker aren't intrinsically great at pressure but they have a significant capacity to hurt you on the scoreboard if you ignore them.

Francis will struggle to run two ways after quarter time but he won't even do any significant damage running the only way he can.

Wright scored nearly as many goals in one game that Francis has his career.

 

[faible]

Wright scored nearly as many goals in one game that Francis has his career.

He also had a number of games with 0 goals.

Ben Ronke kicked 7 goals in his 3rd game. He's got a career total of 33 in 4 years of football.

Sometimes, the point you think you're making, isn't a particularly compelling one.

 

[Keystone agony]

Is he compared to Wright, Hooker or Jones? Are we rating his forward pressure by KP or smalls scales?

Francis kicked 2 goals in 5 games

Wright 29 from 21 games

Hooker 33 from 18 games

H.Jones 20 from 16

But yeh your also comparing him to a guy retired, a guy who couldn't get a game for Gold Coast and a guy who debuted this year

Obviously he plays much higher and fwiw I have him in the best side starting and also think he offers something different to HJ and Wright.

 

[Ants]

Francis kicked 2 goals in 5 games

Wright 29 from 21 games

Hooker 33 from 18 games

H.Jones 20 from 16

But yeh your also comparing him to a guy retired, a guy who couldn't get a game for Gold Coast and a guy who debuted this year

Obviously he plays much higher and fwiw I have him in the best side starting and also think he offers something different to HJ and Wright.

He had 7 shots in his last 4 games. He obviously needs to improve the accuracy, but is creating the chances. 1.75 shots a game puts him between Wright and Jones.

 

[IHurley]

He had 7 shots in his last 4 games. He obviously needs to improve the accuracy, but is creating the chances. 1.75 shots a game puts him between Wright and Jones.

Oh yes. Another thing he's terrible at. Accuracy.

It's amazing really. Francis has shown himself to be one tenth the player Wright is and Wright's no superstar and yet people are sure that any minute now Francis will come out and be a star.

If you're looking for someone to be handy depth then Francis has got you covered. If you're expecting him to fulfill his no 6 draft pick expectations or even just be consistently best 22, that ship has sailed. Lack of killer instinct and lack of tank and lack of KPP height is a bad combo.

 

[faible]

Francis has shown himself to be one tenth the player Wright is

Interesting.

 

[Beerfish]

and yet people are sure that any minute now Francis will come out and be a star.

Did people really say that?

 

[jmoo wan]

i’m pretty sure that any minute now Francis will come out and be a star.

 

[crackers65]

If I have a growth spurt I could still make the NBA

 

[ant555]

Every time he was able to lead up he Looked decent as a forward. When they kicked it on his head he struggled as you would expect. What he did do is give a good contest 90% of the time.
I think he will be fine as a forward.
Time will tell if the likes of Baldwin are good enough to take a forward spot.

 

[Mikevk123]

Try him as a mid

 

[TheUnicorn]

I don't recall which game it was but there was a game last year where he played forward and he brought the ball to ground 100% of the time when he didn't mark it, I was quite impressed he came from some pretty mad angles/distances too , I still have faith this lad can find his groove.