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

[PatientMental]

This is the JHF thread no?

It's not the 'post inane ramblings of a jaded supporter of another club' thread though

 

[240volt]

We 100% will be overpaying for him and unless he changes history and becomes a 5-6x AA and a premiership player then it will always be an overpayment.

There arent many pick 1s that you’d pay this price for, let alone an unproven 19yo. Happy to do it, but history says it will always be an over payment

Your 100% correct I can’t understand how anyone can’t see this.

 

[gbear]

The bloke that thinks that Rankine should be traded for a future 1st not this years pick 5 so that the crows can get Philopou. One the biggest and dumbest flogs in the the Adelaide media!

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Hawthorn dodged all the future pick rules straight after they came in. No 1st or 2nd round picks over a 3 year period (traded in O'Meara, Mitchell, Wingard, Impey, Scully, Scrimshaw).

Yes but those were all negotiated over a latte with good blokes Clarko and Gil.

 

[Ischenko]

Assuming none get traded this year Port will probably be sniffing around all these blokes as Free Agents:

Ben McKay, Harry Himmelberg, Parish, Melican, Bailey Williams, Plowman, Weideman.

Ummmmm…look I know I’m on your board, and that you collectively rate North supporters even lower than your coach at the moment, but you’re not getting Ben McKay as a free agent. Melican, Plowman or Weideman maybe. I know you guys need a key back but the good one on that list is going nowhere. Peace, I’ll see myself out.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Haha Rowry

 

[PatientMental]

Ummmmm…look I know I’m on your board, and that you collectively rate North supporters even lower than your coach at the moment, but you’re not getting Ben McKay as a free agent. Melican, Plowman or Weideman maybe. I know you guys need a key back but the good one on that list is going nowhere. Peace, I’ll see myself out.

Port were in contact with him and his managment earlier this year already in regard to getting him over.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

There is absolutely nothing that shows that Jackson will be the best ruck of the decade? He doesn’t even do that great in actual ruckwork. It’s his ground ball and around the ground that stands out.

He's like an extra midfielder when the ball hits the ground.

 

[240volt]

JHF isn't overs. We are paying alot but it's not overs. If the Crows could ditch Rankine and do this deal they would do it in a minute.

Trick is to nail next year's draft with a couple of late picks.

Not much nailing with pick 512

 

[Ischenko]

Port were in contact with him and his managment earlier this year already in regard to getting him over.

It would be significantly worse for us to lose McKay than Jason. I very much doubt Ben leaves.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

You realise the word "few" means at least 3 right?

This year and next year is 2.

Kosi

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

So using Rowes logic, Clarkson is supposed to have not spoken to the club the last week about their trade activities and has only decided to voice his opinion now?

What a ridiculous comment once again just to fill in the space.

 

[philreich]

That should read "Rowey hopes Port don't land JHF"

That's obvious - he said he'd laugh his gizzards out when it falls through. When JHF wins the Showdown medal next year, I can imagine him saying, "And Stephen Rowe - you were wrong."

 

[240volt]

The bloke that thinks that Rankine should be traded for a future 1st not this years pick 5 so that the crows can get Philopou. One the biggest and dumbest flogs in the the Adelaide media!

Things might have changed since I left Adelaide but from memory there was never anyone decent in the media.

 

[PAFC66]

Doubt we'll land him to be honest. He'll just walk next year. North are a rabble.

 

[Schulzenfest]

That's obvious - he said he'd laugh his gizzards out when it falls through. When JHF wins the Showdown medal next year, I can imagine him saying, "And Stephen Rowe - you were wrong."

Horne-Francis wouldn't dignify Rowe's opinions by caring enough to bother doing something like that.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

Doubt we'll land him to be honest. He'll just walk next year. North are a rabble.

It’ll get done, north agreed to the mega trade. We just need to get our hands on a 2nd rounder now. Not an impossible task. Lucky we are trading prelim final superstar Bonner

 

[longdonkey]

Ummmmm…look I know I’m on your board, and that you collectively rate North supporters even lower than your coach at the moment, but you’re not getting Ben McKay as a free agent. Melican, Plowman or Weideman maybe. I know you guys need a key back but the good one on that list is going nowhere. Peace, I’ll see myself out.

No that's not true

 

[Ischenko]

North will be s**t next year, the year after that and the year after that. They don’t need a key forward, they need two kids like Rowell and Anderson to base their team around. There is no dynamism in their side - no one you can point to and say, “Well, he’s a point of difference.” For some incredible reason they played the one guy who could have been a point of difference in Horne-Francis at half-forward - the second most thankless position in the AFL, second only to key forward.

Half-forward is where you put your Hummer - guys like Powell-Pepper, who run all day, tackle all day and maybe bob up for a couple of goals. It's not a creative position, but a position with a defined set of objectives. The position Horne-Francis should have been playing from day one is deep forward - the position that Gray, Martin and Dangerfield play when they are in the forward line - where your Ferrari gets parked when it's not in the midfield. Horne-Francis should be rotating with Rozee and Butters in that role...between the three of them, they should be running at 90% TOG, with Rozee and Butters 80/10 midfield/forward and Horne-Francis 30/60 midfield/forward.

North literally prioritised keeping Cameron Zurhaar happy and making sure that he re-signed this year over making sure that their No.1 pick was engaged with the team by playing him in a role where he could impact the scoreboard regularly. Shows you where their priorities lie, and why they'll never win another flag for the foreseeable future.

Sorry but this isn’t accurate, Jason played 17 games for the year and had the 4th most CBAs for North. He played in the guts a lot.

 

[melanChronic]

Posting a Stephen Rowe quote/soundbite should be treated the same way as quoting some nuffy from the Adelaide BF board.

 

[finbarr]

I don't even want to imagine what Stephen Rowe's "gizzards" would look like. I'm eating lunch.

 

[PatientMental]

Sorry but this isn’t accurate, Jason played 17 games for the year and had the 4th most CBAs for North. He played in the guts a lot.View attachment 1531375

Ignore Janus.

Just the ramblings of a mad man.

 

[Bevoman]

He's like an extra midfielder when the ball hits the ground.

I rate Finalyson better tha Jackson (and he cost a lot less)

 

[Ischenko]

Ignore Janus.

Just the ramblings of a mad man.

Obviously a man who didn’t watch Jason play this year.

 

[PatientMental]

Obviously a man who didn’t watch Jason play this year.

Gonna be honest.

I don't think he watches a lot of anything