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

 

[DeezNuts]

Thought his effort was great

He’s plays undersized every week, if we can get a true full back the future is looking brighter for Francis

 

[NAB777]

I thought he was pretty good today, under a fair bit of pressure.

 

[citizen-erased]

those 2014 & 15 drafts not looking so bad now

Lav, Langford, Parish, Francis, Redman all cementing roles.
Wright not bad either

 

[fishardansin]

I love this guy. Laverde has been an absolute revelation down back and now having Stewart there to take the very tall Francis is to play on who suits us. I hope this means that Redman can push up the ground.

 

[Yoda_]

Watched a game with ant555 at Sandringham years ago and we both agreed the idea to play Frang as a mid ws dumb, hewas trying risky kicks with the hope of an exuberant delinquant but his go was always in the back half.

Doing the basics and doing them well has arguarbly been the difference from almost to lynchpin for mine. Knows when to mark &/or kill the contest now. His ability to understand what the team needs has been super with little to no whinging from him and it seems like he is simply enjoying his football.

Getting Stewart next to him will only benefit Aaron's ability to shut down deep in defence whilst adding Laverde to the leadership of Heppell and the rolls royce that is Jordan Ridley and the making's of a very reasonable back 6 is really coming together built around this man who seems thrive on being thee man.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

I too hope for an exuberant delinquent.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Needs to change his last name to something like Schwarzenegger or something.

 

[Lore]

Both of his feet look like they were mummified in the member video after the game. Completely covered in tape from the balls of his feet to above his ankles, with some sort of extra padding under the balls of his feet too.

 

[Kyptastic]

Sounds like his tank is finally AFL standard

Performance update | Round 10

Head of high performance Sean Murphy provides a performance update ahead of round 10.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[HirdyLannister]

Two games in a row I've seen him spitting chips at the umpire regarding being arm chopped, love it!

 

[Summer Nights]

Caught watching the ball/contest a bit on the weekend. A few miscommunications but I’m sure Rutten will help him/them sort it out.

 

[ant555]

Needs to refine his ground ball work. Clean bowled a few times in recent weeks.

 

[Ambrosia]

Caught watching the ball/contest a bit on the weekend. A few miscommunications but I’m sure Rutten will help him/them sort it out.

One piece of play where he gave up an easy shot at goal when he ran towards the North player with the ball ignoring the two free North players to his left when there was already an Essendon player pressuring the ball carrier was extremely poor.

 

[Summer Nights]

One piece of play where he gave up an easy shot at goal when he ran towards the North player with the ball ignoring the two free North players to his left when there was already an Essendon player pressuring the ball carrier was extremely poor.

Gosh, as a side note, remember in the Knights era when our players would constantly get sucked into the ball carrier in tandem, leaving loose options for the opposition everywhere? Was hard to watch lol

 

[Hak94]

Gosh, as a side note, remember in the Knights era when our players would constantly get sucked into the ball carrier in tandem, leaving loose options for the opposition everywhere? Was hard to watch lol

Please, we don't talk about it.... the PTSD of this era is still strong!

 

[astrowizzle]

Two games in a row I've seen him spitting chips at the umpire regarding being arm chopped, love it!

He has every right to be pissed about it. It happens to him all the time. Reverse the role and him spoiling and he gets done for chopping when there is none

 

[Hak94]

The guy just can't catch a break! Out with illness. Needed him down back tomorrow night too. BZT his replacement..... YIKES!

 

[Megabattimus]

The guy just can't catch a break! Out with illness. Needed him down back tomorrow night too. BZT his replacement..... YIKES!

BZT will be fine (I hope). Lav gets one of Darling and Kennedy. Other one gets taken by Stewart or BZT, depending on what the Eagles do with Allen. If Allen goes down back, I reckon Stewart takes one of Darling and Kennedy.

 

[Hak94]

BZT will be fine (I hope). Lav gets one of Darling and Kennedy. Other one gets taken by Stewart or BZT, depending on what the Eagles do with Allen. If Allen goes down back, I reckon Stewart takes one of Darling and Kennedy.

Darling is their most dangerous IMO, reckon Stewart takes him. I reckon BZT takes Kennedy.

 

[Megabattimus]

Darling is their most dangerous IMO, reckon Stewart takes him. I reckon BZT takes Kennedy.

W-Why would we not play Lav on JJK?

 

[Hak94]

W-Why would we not play Lav on JJK?

I reckon they might stick BZT on him first. It'll allow him to just man him up & for Lav to play his intercept game more, if BZT fails... than we make the move.

 

[11kgm]

I would have picked ambrose over BZT

 

[Hak94]

I would have picked ambrose over BZT

I would've picked anyone else over BZT.

 

[eth-dog]

Zerk-Thatcher was the obvious replacement.

 

[ghostdog]

I would've picked anyone else over BZT.

Harsh. BZT has shown signs of improvement and we should be doing what we can to find out about him this year. It's a rebuild. I love Ambrose, but realistically, he's not part of our future where BZT just might be.