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AFL large Kane Cornes has reviewed Lance Franklin's worrying decorativeness to the play aft the prima guardant failed to marque an interaction during Sydney's harrowing expansive last defeat.
Franklin was constricted to conscionable 5 disposals and held scoreless by Geelong's Jack Henry arsenic the Cats stormed to an 81-point triumph astatine the MCG connected Saturday.
Speaking connected Nine's Sunday Footy Show, Cornes voiced his interest astatine Franklin's deteriorating beingness successful important matches.
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"Two of his worst games successful the full of his vocation person travel successful this finals series," helium said.
"Firstly, [Franklin was] sadly beaten against Steven May (during Sydney's elimination last triumph implicit Melbourne) and yesterday had the food fingers early, wasn't speechmaking the shot successful flight, and whilst determination wasn't a full batch of accidental for him, he's intelligibly not the aforesaid subordinate that helium was."
Franklin ended speculation surrounding his playing aboriginal past week by agreeing to a one-year extension with the Swans conscionable days retired from the expansive final.
Cornes, who has previously questioned the timing of Franklin's announcement, said it would beryllium "interesting" to spot however the new woody plays retired for Franklin and the Swans if his tally of underwhelming performances were to travel into adjacent season.
In different coagulated twelvemonth for Franklin, the four-time Coleman Medallist scored 50 goals during the regular play to spot himself ninth successful the contention for the stat.
A four-goal haul successful circular 2 besides saw the 35-year-old notch the historical 1000-goal milestone.
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However, determination was nary uncertainty the eight-time All-Australian was silenced during 2 of his club's astir important matches this year.
"Leigh Matthews made a large constituent I thought aft the game," Essendon fable Matthew Lloyd said.
"He said that his athleticism has allowed him to play arsenic similar a running, mobile forward. But present helium hasn't got that anymore, helium has to play similar a cardinal guardant for the remainder of his vocation and that's not what helium is.
"So, [Geelong] played Jack Henry connected him yesterday - who's got the mobility to spell with him - but past helium hasn't got the aerial ability. So it's going to beryllium a existent situation for him adjacent twelvemonth - helium has to play similar a Jonathan Brown oregon a (Wayne) Carey successful his past year, which helium isn't due to the fact that helium can't determination similar you utilized to.
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"He was wholly wrong his rights to spell connected [one much season] but you hatred seeing players truly struggling successful their last year."
This year's premiership decider marked a 4th expansive last nonaccomplishment for Franklin - his 3rd arsenic a Swan aft besides losing 1 arsenic a Hawk successful 2012.
Franklin's blockbuster commercialized to Sydney disconnected the backmost of securing the 2013 premiership with Hawthorn was expected to elevate Sydney to a premiership certainty, but successful a cruel twist of fate, has not eventuated.
"He's won the 2 (premierships with Hawthorn), mislaid the four, it conscionable goes to amusement however a feline who is going to beryllium a fable of the crippled erstwhile helium retires, has present mislaid treble the magnitude of expansive finals that he's won," writer Damien Barrett said.
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