Player Watch Harvey Harrison

[manicpie]

I didn’t say you were offering a knee jerk reaction, I said “the knee jerk reaction” was over the top. I was more referencing posters like HFF who seem to want multiple changes every week.

I’m just playing devil’s advocate. Someone has to make way for Harrison to come into the 22. If not Lippa, who? We generally play with a 7-8-7 starting 22. The 7 forwards on Thursday were Mihocek, WHE, Elliott, Hill, Schultz, McCreery, and Cox/Lipinski sharing the forward-midfield role. You shift Lippa into a more permanent midfield role (assuming therefore a mid is moved to sub) then which of the small forwards covers his midfield rotations? Will it be Harrison or do you move McCreery or Hill or Elliott? And that’s without even factoring in you’re changing something that’s been working (Lippa forward-mid).

I’m ambivalent on Harrison into the 22 as well, but I’m willing to accept the potential cost of doing it. He had an impact ANZAC day and I hope he goes well if they do do it. If it had of been up me though, I wouldn’t have dropped McInnes and I’d have gone into ANZAC day unchanged, Reef the sub again. I think we missed his marking potential late in the game and I think he’s better defensively than Harrison. I wouldn’t even have had Harrison held over for ANZAC day based on his game against Carlton where I thought he had a pretty poor game. I had Macrae, Allan, Bytel, and Sullivan well ahead of him on that game.

I wouldn't be surprised if HH starts sub again. Context is needed when a player comes on in the last Q and looks really good. I don't think we'll make any changes at all.

 

[manicpie]

SR is one of the least “knee jerk” blokes on here molly. He definitely doesn’t think Carlton will flog us by 10 goals

Those things are true about fonzie but Ultimately, he's a school teacher and he's still correcting me and trying to teach me and I'm 61yo, those guys just never let go

 

[Mollythedolly]

Harrison's game is unique. No fan has access to the vision or data the club would but it's all recorded. He benefits from elite players around him as he plays above the standard of VFL.

Not every player you mentioned played as well as it may seem. There's more the club looks at to determine whether a player has played well. It involves many statistics the public don't see from Champion Data and footage that isn't broadcast. They'll looked at off-the-ball work, GPS data from running, fitness, etc.

Gee, really? I've frequently said I'll happily defer to the selectors for the very reasons you've listed. We all understand that we're forming opinions based on what we're seeing and the stats that are available to us, without all the data. I've simply given my opinion. Thanks for letting us know Harison got selected because he ran a lot, but my preference is players who impact the game. Harrison had hardly any impact against the Blues. No amount of absent data mitigates that.

 

[sr36]

Those things are true about fonzie but Ultimately, he's a school teacher and he's still correcting me and trying to teach me and I'm 61yo, those guys just never let go

You're actually 63yo.

 

[manicpie]

You're actually 63yo.

I see what you did there

 

[Scodog10]

I see you Harvey! The numbers won’t jump off the page, but that last quarter was amazing.

 

[manicpie]

I see you Harvey! The numbers won’t jump off the page, but that last quarter was amazing.

He found his manic, I knew he could. We may have found one Sco

 

[well left]

I see you Harvey! The numbers won’t jump off the page, but that last quarter was amazing.

Every touch has some quality about it doesn’t it.


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[gouki88]

I see you Harvey! The numbers won’t jump off the page, but that last quarter was amazing.

He was everywhere. Picked off McKay's entry, and tapped it forward leading to the sealer. Is right up to it

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I only got to watch the second half intently, but he stood out for me, every touch was terrific, even knocked the ball into space for Nick to run onto for the winner.

 

[Scodog10]

He found his manic, I knew he could. We may have found one Sco

He just owned the moment. That intercept mark, the knock on to Naicos, the work up and back and he was so clean all night. He had 5 of his 13 in the last. Stop wasting energy on complaining about Fin missing out and get around him.

 

[manicpie]

He just owned the moment. That intercept mark, the knock on to Naicos, the work up and back and he was so clean all night. He had 5 of his 13 in the last stop wasting energy on complaining about Fin missing out and get around him.

I'm still in awe of his last quarter, very powerful unit

 

[Mudeo]

Going to get a lot of credit for the last quarter but go back and watch his 1st half carefully, he was involved in a lot of our scoring opportunities. Going to be a very good player

 

[Chameleon75]

He found his manic, I knew he could. We may have found one Sco

jump aboard the H train, the kid’s gonna be a player

 

[doofdoof]

Skill, speed, strength and clearly a footballer

 

[robertg22]

Big fan. Works so hard, not getting massive possession numbers now but that should come. 1 goal and 3 goal assists, 4 clearances, a nice night out.

 

[Piesinmyeyes]

Has football nous, can’t teach this.
Lovely intercept mark at a crucial moment.
Stays in from now.

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Three crucial wins in the last. Has put on some muscle. Plenty to offer going forward.

 

[Kes1984]

I think some players just look better at afl level than vfl level, with HH being one of those.

Absolutely this. Harvey Harrison belongs in AFL. He’s wasted at VFL level.

 

[Chilli Con Incarnate]

Deserves a few games in a row to see what he can achieve I reckon. Few, but important touches tonight.

 

[Kes1984]

Fly just called him an AFL player.

 

[Kes1984]

Deserves a few games in a row to see what he can achieve I reckon. Few, but important touches tonight.

He deserves at least that. Pressure on spots when we have this bloke.

 

[spartan-magpie]

Fly just called him an AFL player.

Definitely. He looks like he’ll build into something very nice.

 

[Kes1984]

Definitely. He looks like he’ll build into something very nice.

He has great composure. Especially for his lack of experience at this level. You can’t teach that. He’s a natural.
This was a big stage today. Doesn’t get much bigger.

 

[nahnah]

I see you Harvey! The numbers won’t jump off the page, but that last quarter was amazing.

Love this kid, he just has it