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

[My Left Foote]

Would rather pump games into Bergman or Hardeman.

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Meh.

Wasn’t horrendous. Thats all we can hope for

 

[Possession]

Is a detriment to the growth of this list

Yes. He is quite poisonous, honestly. Hardeman needs to make a claim for this spot.

 

[King Sheezel]

Why does he always look exhausted even in first quarter?

Hands on hips, sweating up and looking totally like he's unsuited to the level let alone Captain......

It's bizarre.

 

[zoomba23]

Why does he always look exhausted even in first quarter?

Hands on hips, sweating up and looking totally like he's totally unsuited to the level let alone Captain......

It's bizarre.

Luke McDonald's

 

[Psychic Roo]

Didnt notice him at all until q3. I guess thats ok. But then the crab back pocket calling and helibombs started. Rinse. Repeat.

 

[King Sheezel]

Didnt notice him at all until q3. I guess thats ok. But then the crab back pocket calling and helibombs started. Rinse. Repeat.

He's not a Captain"s a-hole and never has been.

 

[sruss]

Am I on my own in being glad LMac didn’t get a heap of the ball? I thought a huge amount of our halfback line woes from last year were because he’d regularly rack up 25+ touches from back there. If he can blanket a player there is a role for him - he has no business kicking out of def 50 or into attacking 50 though

 

[kangatragic]

Can't believe we are stuck with this spud until 2026

 

[Mr north man]

Can't believe we are stuck with this spud until 2026

Can thank his old man good mate RAWLINGS

 

[archereleven]

Captain of the 2s is where Luke is at...

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[Lomas]

Didnt notice him at all until q3. I guess thats ok. But then the crab back pocket calling and helibombs started. Rinse. Repeat.

I must admit I forgot he was playing a few times in the first half. He does offer more in a marking contest than others.

 

[King Sheezel]

The quicker he is delisted the better.

New group, future talented players is the way forward.

He would not make any other teams list let alone Captain.

We need to address it.

 

[tazaa]

Clarko is a dickhead for picking him.

 

[rickety]

Why does he always look exhausted even in first quarter?

Hands on hips, sweating up and looking totally like he's unsuited to the level let alone Captain......

It's bizarre.

Coz laces are hard work?

 

[roos_fanatic08]

That contract looking more and more laughable.

 

[Psychic Roo]

The difference is stunning now that we have people who look pretty much every time to take the inside kick - they all at least take a look inside - it shows how bad it has been.
Sheez, Fisher,mckercher, duursma, powell, ldu even george w all look inboard and take some shots. Mostly hit them and it will get better over time.
Also how good to have duursma as a shorter lead up bail out who looks like he will never drop one. Amazing hands.
It is much harder to defend us using more exit options rather than going back slowly and bombing it where everyone in the stadium knows its going- eg every kick lmac has ever done.
And often not even to our advantage and to targets like goldstein, xerri and larkey - none of whom are great pack marks. Its just so dumb.
I think in q4, He kicked a bomb to curtis at chf and with freo 3 on 1 - we got super lucky with a pc free. Was Such a dumb, dumb option.
And shows that lmac doesnt learn or follow instruction. There is clearly instruction to take the inside kick at hb. And the kids follow.
The number of lmac bombs that kill momentum and come straight back over the years …
He should never call for a run past HB or a 10m sideways kick ever again. But then he will only get 6 stats a week if that happens, so we know what he will do. For at least the next 3 years …..

 

[Reginald0]

Interesting analysis of Lmacs game

Perhaps the critics could enlighten the board on Jy and Larks performance

 

[R00StaR]

Interesting analysis of Lmacs game

Perhaps the critics could enlighten the board on Jy and Larks performance

To be fair, they've more points on the board.
That said i didnt think Lmac was that bad yesterday, only that 50m had me fuming.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Why does he always look exhausted even in first quarter?

Hands on hips, sweating up and looking totally like he's unsuited to the level let alone Captain......

It's bizarre.

We are playing underdone players thinking that getting them to stink up our senior list and churning out some putrid losses will get them fit. Madness.

He and Corr should have had a month in the vfl.

 

[Reginald0]

silly talk
They have tall marking forwards all bigger than our backs
Their small fwds carved up Sheez Colby fisher Scott Tucker basically whoever was down back
Why you fixate on Lmac is verging on the moronic
Corr had 12 1% he was trying

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

silly talk
They have tall marking forwards all bigger than our backs
Their small fwds carved up Sheez Colby fisher Scott Tucker basically whoever was down back
Why you fixate on Lmac is verging on the moronic
Corr had 12 1% he was trying

Because he is our captain. I haven’t done a comparison but I would say every other Captain playing this weekend would get more than 41 SC points would be the lowest in the league. 9 disposals. CCJ (who everyone is (rightfully) laying into got 37.

The eyeball test and the stats unfortunately aren’t lying with this one. He was a ghost. We should expect better. And if you aren’t fit enough to play, don’t put your hand up to play.

 

[ferball]

Because he is our captain. I haven’t done a comparison but I would say every other Captain playing this weekend would get more than 41 SC points would be the lowest in the league. 9 disposals. CCJ (who everyone is (rightfully) laying into got 37.

The eyeball test and the stats unfortunately aren’t lying with this one. He was a ghost. We should expect better. And if you aren’t fit enough to play, don’t put your hand up to play.

Freo's captain had 33 points and 8 disposals.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Freo's captain had 33 points and 8 disposals.

Well, there you go…

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Freo's captain had 33 points and 8 disposals.

To be fair, he did completely shut Larkey out of the game.