Toast Welcome to the Suns, Mac Andrew!

[2OLD 2SLOW]

Pardon the intrusion, but thought I'd share a quick cut up video of Mac in action for Country v Metro.
I made the vid as there was a chance he might slide to the Hawks at 7.

Super talent, no doubt, and showed plenty in a Country side that lost badly.
Mac spent very little time in the ruck, by the way - as Toby Conway had the #1 role.
He played mostly forward, pushing up the ground.
Had he played full time in the ruck, I suspect he may not have lasted to your pick.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

That was ******* sick! Mac is a legend. One of my new favourites.

 

[CuttlefishMcfly]

After watching his last 3 games I am confident that Mac Andrew will be a star... Puts his body on the line and gives his 100%

 

[TheSunGod]

After watching his last 3 games I am confident that Mac Andrew will be a star... Puts his body on the line and gives his 100%

Not to mention his hands and speed for a bloke his height. WOW!!! Took a screamer in the defensive goal square the other week. His skills are better than I thought too. Needs to continue to work on them as well as his decision making.

 

[Brenton87]

Wow Mac looks super impressive, cant wait to see his debut

 

[Bjo187]

Saw the game on the weekend, this guy moves very much like an 18 year old Lance Franklin. He makes a few errors and doesn't throw his body around yet because he is light, but that height and those wheels, you can see why he went that high in the draft.

 

[Supersuns]

Signed on for 2 more years!!

Sky the limit for Mac Andrew after two-year extension

Exciting 2021 number five draft pick Mac Andrew has extended his contract with the Gold Coast SUNS until at least the end of 2025.

www.goldcoastfc.com.au

 

[Jirik13]

Great picture in GCBulletin. 81-82kg, 202cm right now.

https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/afl/gold-coast-suns-afl-news/news-story/0c084f2d75de219ad677f94a76082eda

 

[Supersuns]

Doesn't need to get to 100kg plus, mid 90s will be about his spot I reckon. He will be able to hold his own in the air and then destroy similar sized opponents on the ground.

 

[GC2015]

Doesn't need to get to 100kg plus, mid 90s will be about his spot I reckon. He will be able to hold his own in the air and then destroy similar sized opponents on the ground.

Chol is 93kgs and doesn't seem to have any issues so I would tend to agree that mid-90s would be a good spot for Mac. One of Mac's biggest strengths appears to be his speed and running ability so I wouldn't want to be sacrificing that just to put size on when we can just recruit a serviceable big bodied tall forward like Casboult instead. In fact, we've got Walter coming through our academy and he looks like a massive unit so we may not need to recruit another big bodied forward for a while.

 

[Southern Sun]

His closing speed is unreal and will only get better with a couple pre seasons. I wonder if they see him as a defender or its just a learning period for him down there.

 

[KaySwizzle]

His closing speed is unreal and will only get better with a couple pre seasons. I wonder if they see him as a defender or its just a learning period for him down there.

Yeah. Not sure. Didn’t we start King as a defender in NEAFL days for a few games before swinging him forward? And obviously Luko played time there. While we have Burgess, Day and Corbett all bouncing in and out of best 22, then maybe there is no sense playing him forward yet.

 

[Supersuns]

His closing speed is unreal and will only get better with a couple pre seasons. I wonder if they see him as a defender or its just a learning period for him down there.

Learning period. Reckon he will end up 2nd forward, 2nd ruck type.