Jack Macrae V Zach Merret

[ManOfClay]

Continuation on from a D&T board discussion.

Two midfielders below the top rung but incredibly important to their sides.

Who is better?

 

[Dancing Dougy]

No contest...

 

[00Stinger]

Merrett

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[Bulldogs85]

Jack Macrae is the better player

 

[conrad_437]

Wouldn't have thought it was too much of a debate at this point. Merrett a gun but Macrae too good.

 

[Hamingja]

Wouldn't go into a game worried about either of them tbh. Paper stats warriors.

 

[Boristown]

Wouldn't go into a game worried about either of them tbh. Paper stats warriors.

Kind of like Guthrie, but better.

 

[BrownYouGun]

Macrae but Merrett has closed the gap in the past year

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Macrae but Merrett has closed the gap in the past year

Not going by today's standout performance by Big Jack he hasn't.

 

[BrownYouGun]

Not going by today's standout performance by Big Jack he hasn't.

Yep, was very good. Hands are so clean out of the contest and rarely wastes it by foot

 

[Hamingja]

Kind of like Guthrie, but better.

B grade mids all three of them.

 

[Spiritof82]

B grade mids all three of them.

Once they get another 10-15 years experience they'll be right to move to Geeeelong (Cats can't recruit anyone unless they have a valid aged care card)

 

[freddy mercury]

Meh. You'd be happy with either.

 

[Boristown]

B grade mids all three of them.

Another Macrae BOG. Not bad for a B grader.

 

[Daka]

Macrae just works all day he would be a player you would love to play with.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

B grade mids all three of them.

 

[Bulldog1954]

Wouldn't go into a game worried about either of them tbh. Paper stats warriors.

Macrae has 34 score involvements so far this season, more than any other full time mid in the AFL. He not only gets a lot of footy, but he uses it well too.

 

[ManOfClay]

Macrae has gone to another level this year.

His kicks to Naughton and Bruce for goals yesterday were champagne footy and he’s just an absolute endurance machine.

 

[Dancing Dougy]

Macrae has gone to another level this year.

His kicks to Naughton and Bruce for goals yesterday were champagne footy and he’s just an absolute endurance machine.

Agree. He’s becoming more damaging with his disposal. Seems a deliberate change to his game which is great to see. That goal he kicked a week or two back streaming from the pack is something he wouldn’t have done in seasons gone by.

 

[Daka]

Macrae's kicking was a bit of weakness in his game a few years ago has improved dramatically imo

 

[ManOfClay]

So eth-dog you don’t put stock in AA selectors rating Macrae over Merrett because “they are imbeciles” and think anyone who does is just bias against Essendon.

Given a week and a bit on this, are you coming around to the fact it may be you who has the biased view?

 

[eth-dog]

So eth-dog you don’t put stock in AA selectors rating Macrae over Merrett because “they are imbeciles” and think anyone who does is just bias against Essendon.

Given a week and a bit on this, are you coming around to the fact it may be you who has the biased view?

You do realize that the main difference in the poll is that there are about 35 bulldogs fans who've voted for Macrae to about a dozen Essendon who've voted for Merrett?

Also I never said I wasn't biased. I'm saying you are too and so are a bunch of these posters. I find your obsession cute though.

 

[conrad_437]

You do realize that the main difference in the poll is that there are about 35 bulldogs fans who've voted for Macrae to about a dozen Essendon who've voted for Merrett?

Also I never said I wasn't biased. I'm saying you are too and so are a bunch of these posters. I find your obsession cute though.

Yep. The club with comprehensively less members is responsible for more than double the votes.

 

[eth-dog]

Yep. The club with comprehensively less members is responsible for more than double the votes.

If you actually looked at the poll results, you would realise that it's true.

 

[conrad_437]

If you actually looked at the poll results, you would realise that it's true.

There’s about 15/48. Probably the same amount of Essendon supporters voting for Merrett. All it tells you is that neutrals observe Macrae to be better. Once again, this is certainly no slight on Merrett, Macrae has been the most consistent player in the AFL and has upped his output this year with improvements in his kicking.