Player Watch #?: Luke Parker - Welcome to North Melbourne - Konstanty and Parker traded for Pick 44

[DuckYeah]

Came for the right reasons. Thats what we need.

 

[Frank Thring]

Let's do a Barry Davis and make him Captain.

 

[krakouers]

Master and his apprentice. Parker saw first hand the future and wanted in.

I’d pay money to watch them in training together

 

[Themanbun]

People don't understand how much it will help our midfield having someone who fully understands setups in there.

 

[Forever North]

Sheils was good last season, especially his calmness and leadership but kind of tapered off this year. Parker is a massive ‘upgrade’ and still has 2 good years left before father time starts I reckon. I’m wrapped with this guy, exactly what we need, an on field coach.

 

[Danni_Benson]

Love, love, love, love, love, love!

 

[giantroo]

 

[RUNVS]

If you guys can play Parker as a forward you really should. Very strong contested mark for his size, solid shot for goal, and obviously good at applying pressure. I actually think he is a better medium sized forward than a midfielder.

 

[Topparoo]

Sydney Swans royalty what a great get. He is the Luke Hodge to Brisbane equivalent for us

 

[Disco Dew]

 

[Gasometer]

That was heading into Max Smart territory at 5pm ish

The weight of expectation on him from this Board inevitably will end in Autopsy melts as sure as night follows day

 

[Makeshift Park]

I've only been on this website for a few years, but I can't remember the last time a trade target has got the "you were always one of us" energy Parks has received around these parts.

 

[Sphynx]

I've only been on this website for a few years, but I can't remember the last time a trade target has got the "you were always one of us" energy Parks has received around these parts.

Kind of right.

Played all his junior football in the North strip for the Kangaroos.

 

[Archer_11]

After reading this thread now I have this mental image of LP turning up to his first training in sunnies, thongs, a suspiciously tight summer T and half a dozen maccas bags spilling out of the car door when he opens it. 'What's up my fellow....ah...(squints at a player) kangaroosh...'. Takes a first step, collapses blind drunk and an excited squeal is heard from the bushes as Barret texts his soul bro korn dawg with the latest scoop.

I think the last seven years may have damaged me.

 

[MF]

Do you guys think there's a chance he may already have been offered the captaincy as a way to lure him over?

Captain or not he's a great leader who'll lift standards on and off the field.

 

[zoomba23]

All of this does feel like it'll drag our baseline upward a bit.

Darling up forward to train hard and teach the other lads that being a forward isn't just about spectacular marks and scratching your arse when the other team get the ball. Ok so he may or may not be physically cooked but if he has two legs and a functioning motor, he'll probably get the second defender, and that's worth its weight when you have fifteen 188cm tweeners who want a defender they can outmark. Teakle is a good stationary marker, but he doesn't do much else.

Parker to provide hardness and two-way effort in midfield, along with the monumental leadership.

Daniel to do what I've already posted in his thread. Maybe he'll add leadership, I've got no idea to be honest, but a natural flanker has been a need since Goater's injury and Bergman's stagnation. It's an important role we've neglected since... what, Kingy?

Konstanty, I'm not optimistic on, as there's not much to get excited about with a small defensively minded forward who hasn't lit it up at all at VFL level, but I'm hardly going to write him off before seeing him play.

All put together, it's difficult to hate. I look at it and think our 3 wins this year becomes 6 if we had em on the team. And what we need more than any player from the 2024 'superdraft' is wins. Now

 

[Psicosis]

Do you guys think there's a chance he may already have been offered the captaincy as a way to lure him over?

Captain or not he's a great leader who'll lift standards on and off the field.

Don’t think he will be, but he should be.

 

[Shermanator]

The Curse Breaker.

 

[marklovesbeer]

One of my go-to movies after a few beers & the family are all in bed.


Have watched it a few times.

 

[TheKanga]

Kicked 3 in a grand final
Handy player
We will get some value out of his experience and leadership.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

In Darling and Parker, the Roos have the top 2 players with the most games of any VFL/AFL player born in 1992.