It could be that the injury recovery is the problem regarding lack of form. Both May and Pijnaker are otherwise decent players.
Francois is probably a bit overrated since his range of tricks and skills is somewhat limited. However, he is a young player still developing, and is an age-level representative for Australia (at least has been). As such he is what we call a "useful squaddie" rather than a team lynchpin. I guess he has been retained because A-FC was a bit light upfront after the last season and Cosgrove was still an unknown quantity.
Francois is probably a bit overrated since his range of tricks and skills is somewhat limited. However, he is a young player still developing, and is an age-level representative for Australia (at least has been). As such he is what we call a "useful squaddie" rather than a team lynchpin. I guess he has been retained because A-FC was a bit light upfront after the last season and Cosgrove was still an unknown quantity.