Player Watch Jason Horne-Francis - You were always one of us

[El_Scorcho]

Judd like. 3 votes. Clearly our best player.

 

[Brian McGee]

This guys ability to hit the ball moving at pace through a stoppage is as good as anyone the game has seen. And he is only going to get better at it as he develops. We have a lot to look forward to for a long time as port supporters here.

 

[Macca19]

His stoppage work is insane

 

[jakey]

There's only one guy in our team who can confidently talk smack between taking a mark and then drilling the shot.

 

[TeeKray]

Love how nobody is even talking about JHF. All the talk about Reid, Daicos, Rankine but this guy is destroying every game he plays in.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

It is an absolute delight to watch him play. Extraordinary footballer. The moment he gets it you look for the damage he can do.

Moves like Ebert, yaps like Clifford.

 

[SC_Power]

Love how nobody is even talking about JHF. All the talk about Reid, Daicos, Rankine but this guy is destroying every game he plays in.

Edit: actually I apologise was looking at wrong data, will revise below now. It’s only the first three.

if you want to have a laugh at Champion Data, this year, these are the North Melbourne players having better seasons than Jason.

Harry Sheezel (#1 in the comp)
Tristan Xerri
Luke Davies Uniacke
Zac Fisher
Tom Powell
Bailey Scott

 

[Chewy316]

He's the best young player in the comp. Will be close to removing the "young" from that sentence by the end of the year, too.

 

[TeeKray]

He's the best young player in the comp. Will be close to removing the "young" from that sentence by the end of the year, too.

Yep. The damage he does is extraordinary. He breaks games open and just demoralises opposition teams. I think he's without doubt a top maybe 10-15 player in the comp right now and rapidly rising up the ranks.

 

[cosmicwinduptoy]

Seems like a tagger moves to him around the halfway point of each game. Oppo coaches quickly learning they can't let him run free

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Seems like a tagger moves to him around the halfway point of each game. Oppo coaches quickly learning they can't let him run free

Then Butters towels them up

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[TimTime]

The way he drops to his knees to stay upright when taking a mark, allows him to have an option to handball to a player running past. I remember Ebert doing the same when he played, always staying within the game. A lot of players drop/fall to the ground but leaves them out of position to keep the play going/playing on. He understands fast transition & the need to stay involved as much as possible.

 

[PAFC66]

Lol I still can't get over that North should've had Reid and JHF in their starting 22. What a joke of a club

 

[PAFC66]

The way he drops to his knees to stay upright when taking a mark, allows him to have an option to handball to a player running past. I remember Ebert doing the same when he played, always staying within the game. A lot of players drop/fall to the ground but leaves them out of position to keep the play going/playing on. He understands fast transition & the need to stay involved as much as possible.

Actually the way he moves around reminds me of Brett Ebert. Just better in every way.

 

[pstew2dstew]

He actually reminds me of peak Akamarnis

 

[TeeKray]

He reminds me of peak O'Shea.

 

[afl2004]

He reminds me of peak O'Shea.

How many months were you waiting to pull this one out

 

[Troopsy]

He reminds me of peak O'Shea.

Is that finals O’Shea or Home and Away season O’Shea?

 

[Schulzenfest]

Fun fact: Jason Horne-Francis (20 years old, 50 games) had his 25th career win today, overtaking Cameron Zurhaar

44

Cameron Zurhaar

Age

26

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

4.6

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.9

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

9.7

2star

K

5.9

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.2

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.8

4star

(26 years old, 108 games), who has 24 career wins.

 

[Phar Ted]

Jed Mcentee, 40 games for 25 wins.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Seems immune to the big game jitters the rest of the club has.

This is a massive game for him against his old club who have made him a supervillain and piled the pressure on him, and he didn't just show up, he ****ing destroyed them.

Make him captain. No offence to Rozee at all, but this guy will put us on his back and drag us over the line.

 

[Chewy316]

Seems immune to the big game jitters the rest of the club has.

This is a massive game for him against his old club who have made him a supervillain and piled the pressure on him, and he didn't just show up, he ******* destroyed them.

Make him captain. No offence to Rozee at all, but this guy will put us on his back and drag us over the line.

Robbie Gray did the same for years and to my knowledge was never even in the leadership group.

Don't get me wrong, I think in time JHF is going to be captain. But he's not even 21 years old yet. He's no where near ready to be captain. Just let him continue on his current path because the trajectory projects higher than the Burj Khalifa.

 

[Pappagallo]

Fun fact: Jason Horne-Francis (20 years old, 50 games) had his 25th career win today, overtaking Cameron Zurhaar (26 years old, 108 games), who has 24 career wins.

Fun Fact 2: Since May 2023…

NM: 1 win
JHF: 2 wins against NM

 

[PowerBaz]

It is an absolute delight to watch him play. Extraordinary footballer. The moment he gets it you look for the damage he can do.

Moves like Ebert, yaps like Clifford.

I like his right kick on a burst that puts a left to right on, dont see many players have that kind of control.

 

[philreich]

It'll be interesting to see how he goes in the Brownlow this year. Pretty sure he got 14 votes last year, and he's definitely having a better year in 2024.