In praise of Jackson Macrae

[azabob]

Unfortunately for Macrae I think his place in the team is dependent on if we want to rotate heavily through the centre bounce or stick with same 3-4 players all year.
Holistically I think we need to return to a lot more players taking turns through the midfield.

[Go_Dogs]

He still spends some centre bounces in the middle but is more likely to be our forward that plays high as the extra midfielder. If his running is on point and he can play his accumulation role, he should be fine.

[LifeLongBulldog]

Macrae got injured and experienced some rib damage in the first game against Melbourne last year but continued on throughout the season. As a result he was not his usual self throughout the year since ribs are such a difficult injury to treat. I will back Macrae in for a good year if he remains injury free. Before last year he was the model of consistency and would never have a bad game. I feel like we need to remember how good he is and why he has been All Australian for three years.