roofaldo2 wrote:
Looking at his stats he's not a bad squad player and means we've more options for rotation of injuries/poor form.
He seems to fit in with Cummins recruitment policy of getting in a solid group of young players to build a foundation on. Not much flash but a lot of hard work
Whatever else you get with Big Frank
hard work is not his strong suit. Liked him as a player but he was a bit of a luxury for us, great if we could afford to bring him off the bench late in each half to run at a tiring defence, strong runner and deceptively quick once he gets under way and scores a fair few tries. Not a grafter though, but he did make more of an effort later in the season.
If you can afford to play to his strengths and have plenty of hard grafting players in the 17 then he will be effective, if you rely on Frank to be one of the grafters you are likely to be disappointed.
That may say as much about the overall quality of our squad and the fact that it has been all hands to the pump at certain stages in both 2012 and 2013 with injuries (I realise that most squads are affected, but we perhaps didn't posses the strength in depth of most other squads). So with Franks skill set its a case of horses for courses, if you have enough other people doing the graft he will get you some tries, if you rely on him to graft as well as run he will disappoint as it seems to blunt his effectiveness. Obviously players respond to different situations, so he may play differently for you!
