Review Round 20 v West Coast Eagles @ Metricon, Sunday 31/7, 1:10

[CanYouFeelTheSunburn]

Mac Andrew!

Suns to unleash the Mac attack: Prized No.5 pick to debut

Gold Coast will unveil prized first round selection Mac Andrew on Sunday

www.afl.com.au

Okay now I'm convinced that the selection panel reads BigFooty

 

[Southern Sun]

Other than Geelong its a perfect block of games to give him a taste of it.

 

[Jirik13]

Mac Andrew!

Suns to unleash the Mac attack: Prized No.5 pick to debut

Gold Coast will unveil prized first round selection Mac Andrew on Sunday

www.afl.com.au

Bloody excited

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

Im so keen to see the kid. Bit early but meh.

 

[KaySwizzle]

Hollands one week, Andrew the next. Time to see what our future has in store for us!

He can play the interceptor role of Ballard, but also run a bit of half-back. As long as he doesn’t line up on a genuine KPD player it might go alright.

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

Hollands one week, Andrew the next. Time to see what our future has in store for us!

He can play the interceptor role of Ballard, but also run a bit of half-back. As long as he doesn’t line up on a genuine KPD player it might go alright.

Can kick better than Ballard too lol

 

[Supersuns]

Go well Mac you future ️

 

[Scotty_222]

Big Mac!!

 

[Billy ray]

Big macs for all attendees on monday!

 

[kreglze]

Bring on the Mac Attack!

Glad I'm coming up this week for this game.

 

[KingCoasters]

Can’t wait to see Big Mac. I remember hearing that he was one of the big surprises during pre-season and the coaches were really impressed by him. I still didn’t think we’d be seeing him until late next year

 

[The Kings Ransom]

Can’t get to the game.
Disappointed I’ll miss his debut.
Looking forward to see how he goes.
Reckon he could really show out in a game where hopefully pressure is off a bit and he doesn’t have the responsibility of lining up on a real strong tall opponent.

 

[kreglze]

WC forward line won't be massive with Darling and Waterman in the key posts.

 

[TheSunGod]

Excited to see Mac debut but worried NicNat might snap him in two Didnt think we'd see him until next year at the earliest. Club obviously giving the kids a taste to see what they've got and increase the motivation to work hard over preseason in order to break into the regular team.

 

[Ben Drever]

So finals are over then?

 

[Sunny_]

Surprised at that. Don't think he's anywhere near ready, but good luck Mac.

 

[exile]

carrnnn the burger!!

 

[Supersuns]

Excited to see Mac debut but worried NicNat might snap him in two Didnt think we'd see him until next year at the earliest. Club obviously giving the kids a taste to see what they've got and increase the motivation to work hard over preseason in order to break into the regular team.

NicNat won't be anywhere near him.
Naitanui is so fat and slow these days all does is the centre bounce and then just jog around doing 2 shades of **** all.

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

Excited to see Mac. Early but we're done for finals.

 

[GC2015]

So finals are over then?

... or Dew's hand was forced with Ballard's injury and he backed Mac over a heavily injury prone Rory Thompson?

Can't wait to see what Big Mac can do on Sunday. For the first time in a long time I feel like we'll have a healthy key defender over 200cm in height. I've felt for a long time that our backline has been a little short but Mac is obviously an enormous man with an impressive vertical leap and is as quick as any tall out there. Blooding him against the Eagles where he'll likely be required to cover Waterman (191cm) for the majority of the match feels like a good way to ease him into the AFL. We should still be the big favourites to win even with Mac in the side. I feel like I should also mention that Mac will be the first Egypt-born player to debut in the AFL so it's historic for many reasons.

On another note, shoutout to Chol who plays his 50th game on Sunday! Hopefully both he and Mac can inspire each other to big performances in this milestone game.

 

[Big Red Machine]

So finals are over then?

Settle down big shoots

 

[My_Username]

So finals are over then?

No Ballard, can't really trust Thompson's body to hold up for 4 (5...6?) more games.

So it's partly due to need, and partly a calculated gamble to see what the kid can do at this level.

 

[TheSunGod]

That we’re still talking about finals at Round 20 is something strange and unfamiliar to me. Usually I’ve already migrated to the Drafts and Trading Board by Round 14.
Who is this Stewey Dew fellow and what has he done with my football club?

 

[My_Username]

Eagles giving up plenty of goals to small forwards every week.

Butler 5, Bruest 6 the past 2 weeks.

Rankine got 4 on them round 1.

Should be licking his lips. And we should try get the ball to him on the regular.

Let's get Rankine's signature on a new contract before he kicks a bag....

 

[Stroppy]

Looking forward to this one.
Mac has got height and athleticism/speed on his side.
So give him a go alongside Collins and Graham who don't have much of those things, see if that is a good mix.