Player Watch #11: Luke "Two Dogs" McDonald (Part II) - Roo til end '26 - 2023/24 co captain w/ Jy

[DuckYeah]

Poorest game of his career. What I watched for the first half was deplorable, weak as piss and not a captains arseh*le

 

[Flawed Genius]

How is that not HTB..

 

[Roos92]

Must be dropped. Make a statement that half assed and careless is not to be tolerated in this new era

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[kangatragic]

Poorest game of his career. What I watched for the first half was deplorable, weak as piss and not a captains a-hole

Nah, just he's usual shit performance

 

[DuckYeah]

Nah, just he's usual s**t performance

Yehhnahhh.. shit performance, sub standard country footy effort today

 

[The Nostradamus]

Can’t be captain next year

Enjoy the label for the final 8 games

 

[Shinboner1]

GTFO

 

[shinboner magic]

This club has pretty much settled for being in this league for the last 20 years.
Line in the sand time is well overdue - start with dropping this guy and ziebs should join him.

 

[SammyRoo]

Mcdonald’s effectiveness is kinda like a mouthless dog in a frisbee contest

 

[Roosurgence]

You would love to play on McDonald in a contract year. A game on McDonald is worth $’s and years on a contract when he makes you look like the best forward in the comp.

 

[Reagan Smash]

 

[Roosurgence]

Lucky this bloke loves the club, because playing football isn’t his go.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

been a liability. He shits me

He has the Sidam Touch this year: he turns most 50/50s into a loss.

The only thing he does do well is put his body on the line to trap the ball in for a ball-up. The danger here is that half the time he is called holding the ball. The most basic of skills like looping a handball over the opposition’s outstretched arms im results in error. It is debilitating and demoralising for any player to completely eff these types of fundamental footy actions, but for your captain to fail at them is just not good enough. Own up to the fact that you aren’t playing good enough, head back to the VFL for a month to find some touch because at this stage for a couple of 19 YOs and a 23 YO to be leading the way with any care factor is shameful.

 

[Roosurgence]

Match Committee pulls him in for a meeting this week. How do you think you are going Luke? Great I love the club.

We have given a bloke the role as onfield leader based on him loving the club and not his leadership.

Amateur hour.

This decision should never have been given to the players.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Match Committee pulls him in for a meeting this week. How do you think you are going Luke? Great I love the club.

We have given a bloke the role as infield leader based on him loving the club and not his leadership.

Amateur hour.

This decision should never have been given to the players.

Right up there with trading for Jared Polec in the 2018 super draft as stupidest list management decisions the club has made in the last 2 decades.

 

[tazaa]

Right up there with trading for Jared Polec in the 2018 super draft as stupidest list management decisions the club has made in the 2 decades.

Polecs contract. Yep.

Corrs contract is looking worse

 

[fnarr fnarr]

He has the Sidam Touch this year: he turns most 50/50s into a loss.

The only thing he does do well is put his body on the line to trap the ball in for a ball-up. The danger here is that half the time he is called holding the ball. The most basic of skills like looping a handball over the opposition’s outstretched arms im results in error. It is debilitating and demoralising for any player to completely eff these types of fundamental footy actions, but for your captain to fail at them is just not good enough. Own up to the fact that you aren’t playing good enough, head back to the VFL for a month to find some touch because at this stage for a couple of 19 YOs and a 23 YO to be leading the way with any care factor is shameful.

I posted more or less the same thing on Twitter after the game. If that's his brief he's done well, but I don't suspect it is. I reckon he's just getting caught a lot. Not questioning his courage or ability, but he's horribly out of touch.

 

[Engimal v3]

Top 10 draft pick. What strengths does he have almost a decade into his career?

 

[Roosurgence]

Top 10 draft pick. What strengths does he have?

And for that we got nothing more than what would be a depth player at 16 other clubs (excluding West Coast).

 

[Uncle_Leo]

2026?

That’s almost as bad as his first quarter

 

[amaz199]

I'm not sure I want to blame everything on him but what was the point of chucking him in the back pocket for all those years? Limiting him to just being a 15 possession player with the odd lockdown effort is such a poor development curve.

I ****ing hate that he has become a footballer that is a C grader, but I can't help but feel disgusted at the fact we basically wasted his potential with only 2020 being the time we gave him some run in the centre.

His draft profile was impressive so why not rotate him through the middle? Brad was such a pussy of a coach refusing to change things up in the middle until Crocker tried Jacobs as a tagger. So shithouse.

****ing woeful development for a player that went at pick 8. If we rated him that highly, PLAY AND DEVELOP HIM PROPERLY FROM THE BEGINNING!

Under a Collingwood or Geelong development curve, he would be a great player no doubt about it. Shameful development with no real long term planning process.

 

[Psychic Roo]

As well, At least three bomb it long kicks marked near 50 by crows. Under minimal to no pressure. Kills us every week. No composure. He calls for it, gets it and butchers it. Reminds me of jmac like that. Hangs kicks up and they get picked off. Compare the rebound exits by sheezel or bergman. Its chalk and cheese. And frankly disgraceful that he hasnt learned or been held to account.

 

[Psychic Roo]

I'm not sure I want to blame everything on him but what was the point of chucking him in the back pocket for all those years? Limiting him to just being a 15 possession player with the odd lockdown effort is such a poor development curve.

I ******* hate that he has become a footballer that is a C grader, but I can't help but feel disgusted at the fact we basically wasted his potential with only 2020 being the time we gave him some run in the centre.

His draft profile was impressive so why not rotate him through the middle? Brad was such a pussy of a coach refusing to change things up in the middle until Crocker tried Jacobs as a tagger. So shithouse.

******* woeful development for a player that went at pick 8. If we rated him that highly, PLAY AND DEVELOP HIM PROPERLY FROM THE BEGINNING!

Under a Collingwood or Geelong development curve, he would be a great player no doubt about it. Shameful development with no real long term planning process.

There is no way he was ever an afl midfielder. No agility, no handball skills. Too one sided. Really poor user by foot under pressure. Best skills are his legitimate hardness and when he is confident, his intercept marking. Thats it.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

He’s basically a 80s key back. Decent overhead. Slow. Large turning circle. Belts it long every time. Most one sided player I’ve ever seen.

He’d be good if he was 6’5.


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[Cyber_punk]

Top 10 draft pick. What strengths does he have almost a decade into his career?

Ee's a top bloke