Unheralded Grand Final Moments

[dog town]

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Pretty much anything Macrae did on the day was unheralded. Some of his handballing and grunt work was unbelievably good. As for a moment it's been mentioned but his handball to Stringer was huge. Incredibly underrated player for some reason.

[Ozza]

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Pretty much anything Macrae did on the day was unheralded. Some of his handballing and grunt work was unbelievably good. As for a moment it's been mentioned but his handball to Stringer was huge. Incredibly underrated player for some reason.

Yep, Macrae is the definition of 'unheralded'. Only the Bont has hands like Macrae - his ability to 'one-grab' in a tight spot and shovel it out to one of his team mates is extraordinary.

[LostDoggy]

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Agree 100% on Macrae. For a player whose kicking has been maligned at times, his kicking through the finals was superb. His ability to sum up a situation (even in traffic) and find the best option, often at unusual angles, is first rate. The more I watch replays of the finals, the more I appreciate what a massive asset he is. Our midfield really is exceptionally good and will be for a long time.

[The Pie Man]

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The Biggs smother/tackle follow up is my favourite minute of the game....probably of my life...but outside of this.

The Bont sidestep in the 2nd quarter to find room to kick it to T Boyd in the GSS pocket (Nice LFS from big Tom too)
The Libba blind turn to dart away from the pack on the wing and kick it forward half way through the last.

Imagine if Stringer held that mark from the Cordy kick half way through the last (Stringer....StringAARGHH)

That Roughead mark from the Rampe kick in was soooo important - put to death an extension of the curse. Great steadying moment from a bloke who nearly didn't play, and whose spot in the side was questioned by the likes of Matty Lloyd late in the season.

[dukedog]

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Im not sure why macrae has had people attacking his kicking. He has been a player beyond his years since he has started. He works so hard off the ball with his running. One of my fave players to watch since he started. Silky smooth. Loved when he kicked the goal in the gws game. The family in law seen the other side of me that night!!!

[Twodogs]

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What I love most about Jack Macrae and Jake Stringer is we pinched them from under GWS's nose.

[hujsh]

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What I love most about Jack Macrae and Jake Stringer is we pinched them from under GWS's nose.

/They weren't smart enough to pick them before us

[AndrewP6]

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Im not sure why macrae has had people attacking his kicking. He has been a player beyond his years since he has started. He works so hard off the ball with his running. One of my fave players to watch since he started. Silky smooth. Loved when he kicked the goal in the gws game. The family in law seen the other side of me that night!!!

I've been guilty of being critical of him, but he ranked 16th for effective disposal this season, 20 per game.

[Twodogs]

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It's more the fact that for a while Jack just wouldn't kick with his opposite side and it got frustrating because he'd get into great position but not be able to kick the ball because he was on his right foot-I'm pretty sure he's a left footer. So it wasn't so much his kicking it was his lack of a right foot. Those hands cover for a problem that wasn't a problem during the finals.

[Sedat]

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The only time I'm nervous with the ball in Macrae's hand is when he is having a set shot for goal. He is a wonderful compliment to our midfield with his inside/outside game and his amazing workrate to gut run both ways. His tackling numbers are exceptional and I daresay would surprise most people.

[Twodogs]

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I'd say that I'm not confident when Jack is lining up but he went back and nailed the most important set shot any bulldog player has taken in more than 50 years.

[bulldogtragic]

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Back on track of the thread, in the third quarter, Jack standing under a high ball knowing he was going to be crunched and didn't flinch at all. Not one bit. Shame he missed the goal, but great leadership to take his turn, as he always does.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Macrae had a massive finals series, it was a truly remarkable effort given his injury.

Thought he was in our best 3 for the finals. His handballs, poise and vision were absolutely sublime. That piece of play following Biggs' amazing efforts where Macrae was able to show poise and deliver the ball beautifully to McLean (which then fell to Picken and resulted in a goal) highlights his importance.

[LostDoggy]

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I've been guilty of being critical of him, but he ranked 16th for effective disposal this season, 20 per game.

20 effective, thats huge!

[Twodogs]

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Magic Maclean's goal just before half time. I can remember looking up at the scoreboard and thinking that us getting a goal before halftime would make things really interesting, actually my exact words was "we desperately need a goal before halftime." And Toby came through. Not only did he kick the goal, he also kicked the ball to the goalsquare in the first place. And he kicked it at exactly the right time just before the halftime siren so it gave us some momentum going into half time and the second half.