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Player Watch Jason Horne-Francis - You were always one of us
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Jason makes us a better side. He needed a rest but he made a difference yet again in a critical game. Has an absolutely undeniable will to win and freakish talent. Can't wait to see him with a full pre-season and more experience.
It didn’t come off through no fault of his own but that pick up, acceleration through traffic and poise to hit up Farrell at the death is as clear indication of an absolute top line talent as any.
To have the composure and skill to not just blaze away but also perfectly hit up a player inside 50 is something not many player could or would do.
Shame he didn’t hold the mark and slot the goal as that set up would be getting spoken about a lot more if so.
It’s been a long time since we’ve had someone who will just grab the team by the scruff of the neck and take ownership in big moments.
To have the composure and skill to not just blaze away but also perfectly hit up a player inside 50 is something not many player could or would do.
Shame he didn’t hold the mark and slot the goal as that set up would be getting spoken about a lot more if so.
It’s been a long time since we’ve had someone who will just grab the team by the scruff of the neck and take ownership in big moments.
He went head to head with Daicos (last quarter) and DeGoey (first half) and won his share of those battles. Also used the ball better than he has for the past month and looked sharper and quicker again. I thought it was a very encouraging return to fitness and form. If he can improve even more on that, it’ll make us so much more potent at the end of this year.
Huge hypothetical here but I like hypotheticals......if you could swap JHF for Nick Daicos would you do it? I would.
They're both freakish talents and young stars but if I could only take one of them I'd have Nick Daicos....just.
They're both freakish talents and young stars but if I could only take one of them I'd have Nick Daicos....just.
Carn. Daicos is clearly the better player now and probably into the future.
Doesn’t mean JHF can’t also be a star
If he had long stocks in his boots he would have played twice as well imo the amount of times he slips over is outrageous
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Theres already been a massive backtrack in the last week from 'greatest player ever' to 'its unfair that he needs to play in the rain'. lol
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As good as Daicos is and will be, I expect JHF to be just as good and ultimately even better. It will still take him another 2-3 years to get anywhere near the peak of his powers, but with the right examples being set by Rozee and Butters, this might happen even sooner. Horne-Francis has every individual quality in his game that makes Daicos a young superstar. The difference at the moment is health/fitness, match experience and the headstart that Daicos had by being in a better and more supportive environment, under an excellent coach, in 2022. If Horne-Franics learns quickly to prepare himself as professionally as Daicos, Ashcroft, Petracca, Boak and Rozee are all reported to, then he'll overtake everyone.
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The difference is that Daicos already has an elite tank (and credit to him)
JHF will be pound for pound the strongest player in the league when he matures.
Thirty games ago half this board including myself was getting ready to write off “ringa ringa” rozee as a bust. Then we had many complaining that Butters hadn’t really come on as hoped. JHF is 19, about 25 games in, having come off an interrupted and operative pre season and with all the trauma of changing clubs and then having to perform as the pantomime villain. He is tracking pretty well.
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The thing is, his best moments are about as good as you'll get, from anyone, ever, period.
When he manages to make those happen more often, and make the stuff in between a bit better too, you won't be asking about swapping for anyone in the league.
When he manages to make those happen more often, and make the stuff in between a bit better too, you won't be asking about swapping for anyone in the league.
I'd take the Hornet over Daicos because of the oozing potential and that he is one of us.
The last thing we need is for Boak to infect Jason with the good-bloke-work-life-balance mind virus.
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He must have done that to Rozee last off season when they went to the US because he is having a shocking season and credits Boak with where he is at.
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If he was overly concerned with his work-life balance, he wouldn't do those training trips at all.
Orazio Fantasia and Tom Jonas, he is not.
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Yeah, the digs at Boak on this forum of late are some of the most rubbish posts I'm ever going to read. Kind of funny in some ways.
Yes, one of the main tips from that trip was special training to strengthen Rozee ankles.
Where our young superman has a kryptonite ankle.
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