WOOF welcomes Jackson Macrae

[Missing Dog]

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Video of the last few minutes of the TAC GF which involves a bit of Jackson.

You can watch the entire GF replay here.

http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3020-0-0-0&sID=128230

[GVGjr]

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He won't develop into a senior footballer quickly but he has the talent to become a good player.

Can you fast forward 12 months and picture him entering into his 2nd pre-season with another 8kg on him. I bet the coaches are keen to start working on him.
I wonder who his boxing partner in the training sessions might be?

[divvydan]

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You can watch the entire GF replay here.

http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_p...0-0&sID=128230

Thanks for the link bulldogsman. Ended up watching the whole game. Not sure I'd agree with Macrae winning the medal but he was certainly cleaner and more poised than most there.

His kicking needs work, especially 40+ metres. He tends to get under it a bit when trying for distance. What I really liked though was his ability to seem unfazed by pressure, his vision and he generally made good decisions with the ball (bar one noticeable error). These last two qualities mean that a lot of his kicks tend to be chip kicks into space for teammates which usually do a good job of opening up the play.

Noticed that he was tagged for most of the game by two different opponents (one first half, the other second half). Played on the wing and spent time deep forward when rotating and also late in the game when Jaksch moved into the ruck.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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There's a good video of Macrae up on the website detailing his first few days at the club.

Worth a watch, there's some other good articles/videos too.

[boydogs]

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There's a good video of Macrae up on the website detailing his first few days at the club.

Worth a watch, there's some other good articles/videos too.

Yep must say the club has done well with coverage of the new draftees, Atherstone ads aside.

[azabob]

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Yep must say the club has done well with coverage of the new draftees, Atherstone ads aside.

Yes they are annoying, but the club is getting revenue for it.

[Eastdog]

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Yes they are annoying, but the club is getting revenue for it.

What exactly is Atherstone?

[Bulldog Revolution]

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Yep must say the club has done well with coverage of the new draftees, Atherstone ads aside.

The coverage has been sensational - we are all critical at times, so its fair we acknowledge how good their communication/pr has been over this period. The constant little snippets have been terrific for the hardcore addicts like us Woofers

[Axe Man]

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Will be a sad day when all of the Bulldog players are younger than me (apologies to all the older heads on WOOF - its just an alarming wake up call!).

That happened to me when Barry Hall retired. I'm just glad that Dustin Fletcher and Brent Harvey are still running around!

[Bulldog Joe]

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That happened to me when Barry Hall retired. I'm just glad that Dustin Fletcher and Brent Harvey are still running around!

More like when Dempsey moved on for me.

[Twodogs]

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Isn't it staggering! At 29 - I try to think of myself as still reasonably young - and these kids being drafted were born when I was finishing primary school.

I was a couple of years older than that when Ricky Ponting played his first test match. I'm thinking that it might be time to let go of my dream of captaining Australia.

[Ozza]

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Yep must say the club has done well with coverage of the new draftees, Atherstone ads aside.

Yes - completely agree also. The Bulldogs TV videos are good. Found myself watching through about 10 or 12 of them last night. Good seeing the footage of Nick Lower training also - he looks in terrific nick.

[Ozza]

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What exactly is Atherstone?

Its a new residential development by Lend Lease. I think its in, or next to Caroline Springs. Same sort of concept of house and land packages.

[wimberga]

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Agree with the comments above regarding the clubs online content - this really has been ramped up this year and it is terrific to see. Being given insights into the new draftees and what's going on in the off-season builds a lot of excitement and its something that I believe we could have been doing better for a few years. There is of course a fine balance between building excitement and managing expectations, but at this time of year, its just awesome to be given new content from our favourite club each day.

[Eastdog]

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Its a new residential development by Lend Lease. I think its in, or next to Caroline Springs. Same sort of concept of house and land packages.

I see. So basically a new estate in one of Melbourne's growth areas.