FFS, Tom Highmore must be selected !!

[SunnyErnie]

They won’t select Highmore because our backline are going so well apparently

[CQ SAINT]

I like Higmore, 30+ and intercept marks on a string but didn't his last opponent kick 5.2?

[shanegrambeau]

I was surprised Battle was chosen as the KPP CHB this year, but what do you think now?
He certainly drops back and takes a lot of marks.

Just don’t wanna criticize him but, is our defense really that good? After that run of wins, it was lauded in the press.

Watching the Essendon game?

Watching us kick out from behinds is often nerve wracking.

Carlton’s forwards will test the set-up again. Curnow played on Battle pre-season. Curnow was rusty and had hardly played. He took four shots at goal having out pointed Battle. He missed all four. To be fair, he had to run to far and wide places sometimes.

How players like Lienert and Highmore can’t fit in suggests that we might want to look at being more flexible.
Can the interchange have slots for defenders? Or is that lost opportunity coast?

Players like Hunter, NWM, and Paton are obviously talented, but we know they are being played at less than 100% …They are being ‘Runi in’ like a new or re-conditioned engine.

But we are in a race!

Players like Windy and Sharman look fully formed but not optimally tuned.

I think we have to think of Friday as a grand Final selection wise.

No more ‘development games’.

[meher baba]

I like Higmore, 30+ and intercept marks on a string but didn't his last opponent kick 5.2?

That’s irrelevant. He didn’t play on Saturday night so people didn’t get a chance to get angry with him so he’s guaranteed to be better.

The only player permitted to have a crap game in seniors and still have everyone demand he be selected is Sharman.

[Sainternist]

Highmore named as an emergency

FFS, what does the kid need to do in order to get a game?!?!

[D.B.Cooper]

Highmore named as an emergency

FFS, what does the kid need to do in order to get a game?!?!

No selection integrity.

He’s our best intercept mark.
Park him forward and tell him his job is to intercept the bombs from our midfield.

Seriously this is a joke, they are refusing to promote based on form.

[shanegrambeau]

Highmore named as an emergency

FFS, what does the kid need to do in order to get a game?!?!

No selection integrity.

He’s our best intercept mark.
Park him forward and tell him his job is to intercept the bombs from our midfield.

Seriously this is a joke, they are refusing to promote based on form.

Lack of intercept markers at the Bulldogs last night. Expect Highmore at the Western Oval next year. Plp tell me Webster is better..better hands, ground skills whatever… don’t know.

[spert]

Highmore named as an emergency

FFS, what does the kid need to do in order to get a game?!?!

No selection integrity.

He’s our best intercept mark.
Park him forward and tell him his job is to intercept the bombs from our midfield.

Seriously this is a joke, they are refusing to promote based on form.

Lack of intercept markers at the Bulldogs last night. Expect Highmore at the Western Oval next year. Plp tell me Webster is better..better hands, ground skills whatever… don’t know.

Webster did a few horrible tunovers in the backline last week- he gives me the impression of being a nice penetrating kick, but hitting the right targets seems to be an issue

[samoht]

Defence was our strong point ... but, the sheer number of inside 50's our underwhelming (and hence overwhelmed) midfield is allowing past, it's becoming too much to deal with and it's playing on the psyche of some of our defenders, and is really affecting their confidence.

Highmore would have been handy (even as a forward marking option as DB Cooper mentioned), I would have thought - but the real problem is our midfield.

[Lennylegs]

Thought he was great when he got his chance. Composed, threw himself at the contest. Happy for the kid.

[Wayne42]

Hopefully Highmore has now introduced himself to Boris and he gets a fair go.

[skeptic]

Thought he was great when he got his chance. Composed, threw himself at the contest. Happy for the kid.

He was absolutely superb

Came in already switched on and was taking marks from the off-set

Worked hard and got to contests.

Needs to stay in

[Banger9798]

Attacks the ball and the man as well as anyone in the team.
Like his presence.

[Scollop]

Love having a player like Tommy in the team. Hope he get's more opportunities. Well done to the midfield for doing all they could to prevent clean delivery to the Carlton forwards

Just on another subject...Hope they don't treat Highmore like Long (or like Ryder). Both would have been crucified for that bump on Saad

...and Michael Christian would be looking at his little chart of criteria to rub him out for a couple

That's how the Match review officer somehow justifies his position and the AFL pretend they are protecting the head. By screwing St Kilda!

[ace]

Highmore came on early in third quarter and yet the AFL stats show him with 51% game time.

[Lennylegs]

Love having a player like Tommy in the team. Hope he get's more opportunities. Well done to the midfield for doing all they could to prevent clean delivery to the Carlton forwards

Just on another subject...Hope they don't treat Highmore like Long (or like Ryder). Both would have been crucified for that bump on Saad

...and Michael Christian would be looking at his little chart of criteria to rub him out for a couple

That's how the Match review officer somehow justifies his position and the AFL pretend they are protecting the head. By screwing St Kilda!

That was actually Mason Wood. And I reckon he'll be fine. Saad played the rest of the game and it was incidental contact.

[Teflon]

Highmore is AFL standard
He either stays in or walk to another club
Dogs would love him
He’s a keeper

[Scollop]

Love having a player like Tommy in the team. Hope he get's more opportunities. Well done to the midfield for doing all they could to prevent clean delivery to the Carlton forwards

Just on another subject...Hope they don't treat Highmore like Long (or like Ryder). Both would have been crucified for that bump on Saad

...and Michael Christian would be looking at his little chart of criteria to rub him out for a couple

That's how the Match review officer somehow justifies his position and the AFL pretend they are protecting the head. By screwing St Kilda!

That was actually Mason Wood. And I reckon he'll be fine. Saad played the rest of the game and it was incidental contact.

Well well well Good on Woody

[hotdish]

Highmore came on early in third quarter and yet the AFL stats show him with 51% game time.

game time is measured by running minutes, not time off, ie not all quarters are equal length. Assume that Hunter being stretchered off and the delay in game affected that.

[meher baba]

Highmore went quite well, and certainly looks AFL standard: far more so than the likes of Byrnes and Sharman.

However, we need to find a spot for him. The dilemma is that Battle is potentially a top player, and the best position for him appears to be CHB: we certainly don't want to see him regularly playing on the opposition full forward as he was last night: he isn't tall enough and I'm not sure he's quick enough either.

Highmore too looks to be best playing as a CHB. If we are to have both him and Battle in the side, we most likely will need to move one of them into a sub-optimal role and/or muck around with the backline structure to accommodate them both. It's certainly worth experimenting with roles for Highmore: either at Sandy or against Hawthorn or WCE at AFL level. But it's not a good idea in big games IMO.

Assuming Howard is out for a while, the obvious option is to promote Joyce and send Highmore back to Sandy. If that happens next game, I won't be logging into SS next Thursday night, that's for sure!

But no club needs two CHBs. And you can't keep someone as good as Highmore looks to be as a perennial backup. So a realistic scenario is that we might have to let him go at the end of the year. Again, I won't be logging into SS for a while after that decision is made.

[mad saint guy]

Highmore was very good. Composed under pressure, made quick decisions and used it well. Thank god we had him as the sub to come on when Howard got injured rather than a Byrnes type. Tom definitely gets a full game next week.

[Teflon]

Highmore was very good. Composed under pressure, made quick decisions and used it well. Thank god we had him as the sub to come on when Howard got injured rather than a Byrnes type. Tom definitely gets a full game next week.

Yep
We might be a bit small but hopefully that’s balanced by his ability to intercept
Looks AFL quality

[B.M]

My thoughts on Highmore

He is a player - way too good for VFL!

But DON’T play him as an undersized tall - play him as a oversized medium (hybrid) or even as a a small medium.

Then he can use his marking as a weapon either to outpoint his opponent or lay off… play him exactly like Tom Stewart - who plays on the weakest forward / regardless of size - and just sags off them.

A part of my premiership building backline

Wilkie - Howard - Paton
Coffield - Battle - Sinclair
Seventh - Highmore

[Banger9798]

My thoughts on Highmore

He is a player - way too good for VFL!

But DON’T play him as an undersized tall - play him as a oversized medium (hybrid) or even as a a small medium.

Then he can use his marking as a weapon either to outpoint his opponent or lay off… play him exactly like Tom Stewart - who plays on the weakest forward / regardless of size - and just sags off them.

A part of my premiership building backline

Wilkie - Howard - Paton
Coffield - Battle - Sinclair
Seventh - Highmore

Interesting you have Coffield in there ahead of Webster.
Is that an age or skill selection?

[B.M]

That’s a backline in 3 to 4 years time

Jimmy is a dead certainty atm but is 29. I reckon he’s got 2 years left as a best 22 player.

Paton needs to overtake him and get back to 2020 form

As does Coffield

My future forward line is

Billings - King - Windhager
DeGoey - Membrey - Higgins

My future Centre Line

Marshall - Steele - Gresham
NWM - Bytel - Clark

Spares
Long - McKenzie - Owens - Heath - Byrnes

Plus about 5 or 6 draftees

Gone
Ross, Crouch, Jones, Geary, Webster, Wood, Hannebery, Hill, Ryder, Sharman, Allison, Connolly, Adams, Peris

Players who can take big steps
Coffield
Clark
King
Bytel
Owens
Windhager
Heath
Byrnes
Highmore
Paton

That side with a couple more FRDPs will contend top 4 imo