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I remember watching Steven King say in an interview back in 2015 that he's got a natural competitive edge where he just doesn't give up and will continue to grind out games, even if he's had a bad quarter or a bad half. After hearing him say this I decided to watch Macrae closely whenever he started a game slowly and my god he wasn't lying. He works his absolute ass off to ensure he ends up with his 20+ touches no matter how poorly he starts. It's almost as if he's aware of just how many disposals he's sitting on and has to make sure he reaches the 20 mark at a minimum. I now start smirking whenever I see him sitting on 9 touches at half time (rare I know) knowing he's probably beating himself up in the rooms and will come out and end up with 33 for the game. It's an amazing trait to have.
He's my favourite player. One of the toughest players there is, but is barely a part of the conversation. He will always take the hit, holding the ball for the extra second to help the team. I also think he is the best tackler in our team and his defensive stuff is seriously underrated. Gun.
22 would also put him level with Matty Boyd's total season including finals disposal record from 2009. Considering the only time he's had less than 22 touches in the last two seasons was when he did his hammy against Port last year he's a pretty good chance of doing it! Keep those hammys limber on Sunday, Jacko!Jacko reached 700 disposals for the year on the weekend, just needs 22 against the Crows to break the H&A disposal record for any Bulldog (M. Boyd - 2012).
Seems to me Jack sacrifices his own game at times taking the heat and doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the midfield early in games Gets whacked from piller to post but allows the other 2 to get of the leash, especially Dunkley.
Very true. He often passes up good opportunities to kick for goal and finds a team mate instead. It’s not the worst trait in the world but he should really have a crack when he’s in a good position to do so.A seriously underrated player. Get's tarred a bit with Hunter's brush for dinky kicks. Other than one or two games this year, his disposal particularly going into the forward 50 has been of a very high level.
His only area for improvement is to take and nail more goals once he is within 40 meters of goal
His only area for improvement is to take and nail more goals once he is within 40 meters of goal
Very true. He often passes up good opportunities to kick for goal and finds a team mate instead. It’s not the worst trait in the world but he should really have a crack when he’s in a good position to do so.
Very harsh. For a guy who spends so much time in congestion, he rarely picks a bad option.his awareness at times is bloody s**thouse.
Very harsh. For a guy who spends so much time in congestion, he rarely picks a bad option.
Player | TM | # | GM | Ave. | Year | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wayne Richardson | COLL | 748 | 22 | 34.00 | 1971 | B&F |
Chris McDermott | ADEL | 720 | 22 | 32.73 | 1992 | AA/B&F |
Dane Swan | COLL | 700 | 22 | 31.82 | 2009 | AA/B&F |
Dane Swan | COLL | 701 | 22 | 31.86 | 2010 | AA/B&F/MVP |
Matthew Boyd | WB | 701 | 22 | 31.86 | 2011 | AA/B&F |
Matthew Boyd | WB | 721 | 22 | 32.77 | 2012 | B&F |
Lachie Neale | FREO | 737 | 22 | 33.50 | 2016 | B&F |
Tom Mitchell | HAW | 787 | 22 | 35.77 | 2017 | AA/B&F |
Matt Crouch | ADEL | 726 | 22 | 33.00 | 2017 | AA/B&F |
Tom Mitchell | HAW | 786 | 22 | 35.73 | 2018 | AA/Brownlow/B&F/MVP |
Adam Treloar | COLL | 739 | 22 | 33.59 | 2019 | |
Jack Macrae | WB | 700* | 21* | 33.33* | 2019 |
And no doubt he's well aware if all of that.So the numbers to look out for for Jacko on Sunday:
22 disposals to set a new H&A away record for the club
23 disposals for the overall disposals in a season record for the club
40 disposals to finish the H&A season as the leading disposal winner in the league