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Problem was we had no one else to replace him with. McKay and Otten were already in the yeam and our safe selection policy throughout the year meant no one else had game time under their belt
We prefer injured continuity ahead of actual ability to run out a game of football. Mackay elevated from a s**t sub game into the 2015 semi final where he played his worst ever game. The selection of injured players in the 2016 semi and then again throughout last year's final series. It seems to be a very strongly held belief that continuity is more important than anything else. The issue with this is that it's not something that can change, so it's not an area that we can actually improve in.