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Player Watch 23. Lance Franklin

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Thanks for the great work by hawkaz1, Rusty & phil so far. I really think I will be very busy this year with Buddy and promise to do my best to compile everything I can but I really do welcome everyones' contributions.

I'm planning on trying to keep everything in a chronological order if possible so I'm thinking maybe if you come across an old gem of an article or vid somewhere maybe it could be submitted to the mods so they can slot it into the timeline of things? Is this even possible?

Anyway, in starting season '08 I thought we can begin by looking back to one of the biggest highlights of '07 - the day some said Buddy became a star, but for the majority it just confirmed it.

Also thanks in advance to H2F for me ripping off one of his many awesome vids.

I'll do my best, mate. Just tell me what you want done and i'll try to make it happen.
 
Some of his matches have been amazing this year- I can't wait until he puts a four quarter match together. Hopefully it will be in the finals this year, not since Dermie's debut have I seen anyone who stood up to the pressure of finals football in there first appearance and make an impact like that.

Dermie's impact was no where near the level of impact of Franklin's. Dermie is one of our all time greats and a top bloke. But Buddy's first final stands alone.
 

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We will see more of the buddy show next year. As far as I'm concerned he was a standout this year. The scary things is he still has room to improve. Scary!
 
I can't see him getting the same amount of goals with Willo up forward. Maybe he will play up the ground a bit more in 08 and win a few more posesions.
 
Well done to Thatswhatimtalkingabout who with the number one selection in the 2007 draft has selected the Mercurial Buddy Franklin.

We look forwad to TWITA's updates throughout the season, and he has promised to stay out as late as possible to keep him in check from the nightlife and the ladies.

Go get em Thatswhatimtalkingabout:thumbsu::thumbsu:
 
http://afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=54495

Buddy puts on a show
4:20 PM Sun 30 December, 2007
By Jennifer Witham, Jason Phelan, Mic Cullen and Ben Broad
Exclusive to AFL BigPond Network

No.6: Essendon v Hawthorn, round six, MCG, second quarter

THE MATCH wasn't a nail-biter, nor was it at the business end of the season, but Hawthorn's Lance Franklin-inspired 35-point win over Essendon in round six was impressive for another big reason.

'Buddy' booted nine goals for the game in an outstanding performance and his electrifying second term was one of the best individual efforts of the year.


http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=54500

Buddy's big finish

7:26 AM Tue 1 January, 2008
By Jennifer Witham, Jason Phelan, Mic Cullen and Ben Broad
Exclusive to AFL BigPond Network

Adelaide v Hawthorn. elimination final, Telstra Dome

LANCE Franklin kicked his way into finals folklore with his last-minute match winner, and the fast-paced, high-intensity football that preceded his now-famous long-range bomb combined to make this one of the most memorable matches of the season.
 
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/foo...E20322,00.html

Franklin on a mission
20 January 2008 Sunday Herald Sun
Jackie Epstein

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LOOK out for a bigger, stronger and better Buddy this season.

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Getting stronger: Lance 'Buddy' Franklin is looking bigger and stronger says Simon Taylor. Picture: Peter Glenane

Hawthorn ruckman Simon Taylor said Lance Franklin had a swagger that meant defenders were in trouble.

"Buddy's really flying at the moment and has not missed a session," Taylor said.

Photo gallery: Hawks pre-season
 
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,23166881%5E20322,00.html

Goodes: Franklin's a top player
06 February 2008 Herald Sun
ADAM Goodes vividly remembers his first extended encounter with "Buddy" Franklin.


Talent: Adam Goodes (front) and Lance Franklin.

It was the at the MCG in Round 9, 2006, when the Sydney Swans star, on his way to his second Brownlow Medal, found himself alongside the then teenager with the growing reputation.

"I had a bit of a field day that day, but I knew there was something about him," Goodes said this week.



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Buddy Love

Well few would doubt the natural ability of Lance Franklin in the Hawks forward line and he proved during the finals last year that he is going to be a superstar of the competition. It is going to extremely tough in 2008 for “Buddy” he will be getting the treatment that Jonathan Brown from the
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Brisbane Lions gets, in terms of double and triple teaming him. This is where the other forwards need to be smart, the likes of Jarryd Roughhead (2nd in the goal kicking) and Tim Boyle (3rd in the goal kicking) can have a field day if defenders are going to apply this tactic to Franklin. The key is for the Hawks midfield not to be to “Buddy” conscious in the way they move the ball into the forward line. Don’t forget Mark Williams, who is expected to be back in full training by January, will come back in the line up as well. Quite a potent forward line don’t you think?
 

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Buddy the new Derm

20/02/2008 4:07:48 PM
Ronny Lerner

Sportal

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Hawthorn midfielder Sam Mitchell has hailed up-and-coming superstar Lance Franklin as the new version of the club's legendary centre half-forward Dermott Brereton.
 
Buddy is reported for wrestling in the NAB Cup quarter final against Carlton at the dome, Saturday 23.02.08. Buddy also sat out the entire second half after the Hawks blew the Blues away with a dominant 1st Quarter.

This is the 2nd NAB Cup that Buddy has played. Note: NAB Cup forwards have been Buddy, Tim Boyle, Mark Williams and Cyril Rioli. No sign of Roughead, Thorp or Dowler at this stage.

Three Hawks reported
Author: Jen Witham
11:27 PM Sat 23 February, 2008

HAWTHORN coach Alastair Clarkson wasn’t surprised by the three reports that marred his side’s NAB Cup quarter-final win over Carlton on Saturday night.

Clarkson conceded it was disappointing to end the match with three of his players in the umpires' book, after Campbell Brown (charging), Josh Kennedy (making forceful contact) and Franklin (wrestling) were all reported.

"That's always a danger when you're playing NAB Cup games but you've got to put yourself in competitive environments; you can't just go into the season opener with no pre-season practice games," he said.

"You're exposed to the element, and you put 26 competitive beasts out there against an opposition. From time to time, you're going to cross that fine white line.

"We'll see what the outcome of that is throughout the course of the week, but it was a little bit of a downer."

Clarkson was pleased with his side's explosive first half against Carlton, as it enabled him to inject valuable game time into his younger players.

He was able to leave Lance 'Buddy' Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Grant Birchall and Stephen Gilham on the bench for extended periods in the second half, after the Hawks amassed a 52-point lead by half time.

"We're really pleased with the way we played for the greater part of the first half, and in the second half, the risk is you're perceived as being arrogant, but it gave us a great opportunity to play some of our younger players," Clarkson said, after the eventual 34-point victory.

"They made plenty of mistakes, but that's what it's about at this level and we're really pleased with the outcome of the game.

"To play so well when the whips were cracking early in the game and to get the opportunity at that level to expose so many of our younger players on our list was really pleasing for our club."

Of the younger players, Cyril Rioli and rookie Cameron Stokes both caught the coach's eye, with Clarkson applauding the way the pair managed to fit in with the forward structure.

"They've both had real good blocks of training over the last three months since they've been at the club, and they apply a lot of forward line pressure, which is good," he said.

"It's not just about them getting their hands on the ball and kicking goals; they apply an enormous amount of pressure when the opposition does get the ball, and try and rebound it out.

"I was really pleased with the contribution those two guys made in particular, but our whole forward line with 'Buddy' and Mark Williams and Tim Boyle and Michael Osborne, and Hodgy (Luke Hodge) when he was down there early, applied a lot of pressure to the opposition, which was really good."

The Hawks will now play the winner of Sunday's Adelaide-Fremantle clash next Saturday night, with the match to be held at either AAMI Stadium or Subiaco.

Source: Exclusive to AFL BigPond Network
 
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/1,9191,23364160-11088,00.html

Pressure on Lance Franklin and Hawthorn defence
Mike Sheahan
March 13, 2008 12:00am

HAWTHORN has finished 14th, 11th and sixth in Alastair Clarkson's first three years at the helm.

Five wins in the first year grew to nine in the second then 14 last year, including one in a final.

It makes for an impressive graph.

The question now is whether Clarkson's group is ready to take the smaller yet infinitely tougher step into the top four, the platform for a genuine premiership tilt.
 
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John Barnes says Buddy Franklin is driving him nuts
John Barnes
27Mar08

THE way blokes celebrate after kicking a goal these days drives me nuts.

I don't mind a celebration of a goal when it means something to the team, but I draw the line at acting like Jesus Christ Superstar when your team is 70 points up.

That is exactly what Hawthorn's Lance `Buddy' Franklin did time and again during his team's demolition of Melbourne on Sunday.
 

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Hawks too polished for Dockers
Mark Duffield, Perth | March 30, 2008

A CHIP off the old block led the way for Hawthorn last night as it staved off a third-quarter Fremantle comeback and drove an early season dagger through the Dockers' heart.

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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23455750-19767,00.html

Lance Franklin just one piece of forward puzzle

IT COULD be seen as a measure of Lance Franklin's rise up the AFL pecking order that a return of four goals - including a game-breaker in the final quarter - is not considered a great game.

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http://afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=57242

Buddy is scarily good, says legend Hudson
Author: Ben Broad 1:12 PM Wed 02 April, 2008

HAWTHORN legend Peter Hudson says it’s scary to think just how good young spearhead Lance Franklin could be in coming years.

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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23491192-19767,00.html

Buddy hard to stop, again
Ken Piesse | April 06, 2008 12:00am

JUST how do you stop Lance Franklin?

He marks in the clouds, runs like the wind and has one of the deadliest left foots in history.

Stop the clock this morning and ask 16 AFL coaches, who they would recruit right now, and Franklin would win just about every vote.
 

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