The trouble with Macca is his stats flatter him. He leads the comp's tackle count week after week, and he makes few mistakes. On paper, he's like the first guy picked.
Which means he's not someone you can tell to try harder or send to the lower grades to get his act together. He is what he is, and unfortunately, it's not the full package. It's a brutal coaching decision to tell a guy who consistently busts his guts week in, week out, and does nothing wrong, he's surplus to requirements.
It doesn't help that neither Kodi nor Milford seem capable of calling the shots either. If we had an alpha playmaker in the halves maybe we could carry's Macca's deficiencies ball in hand.
We beat Souths, Roosters and Manly convincingly during Macca's absence. You saw what happened when he returned.