Player Watch #11: Luke "Two Dogs" McDonald - Roo til end '26

[ferball]

Imagine if Mason Wood had his on field commitment.

 

[Passmore]

Imagine if Mason Wood had his on field commitment.

Imagine if Luke had Mason’s (alleged)commitment?


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[LuvtheKangas]

Imagine if Luke had Mason’s (alleged)commitment?


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Even better, imagine if Luke had Mason's talent?

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[Psychic Roo]

Yeah - good mark - will ensure he gets 20 games this year.

The problem is the other 99% of his game outside of the one gutsy effort per match.

Makes a lot of bad choices. That high tackle inside swans 50 was really soft for a senior player. Looks gassed a lot. Not sure his head is right.

 

[ferball]

Even better, imagine if Luke had Mason's talent?

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Vice versa is good.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

If we ever get EVW back I really hope we release Mcdonald up the field.

Because he is stagnating big time at the moment.

 

[Caracas]

If we ever get EVW back I really hope we release Mcdonald up the field.

Because he is stagnating big time at the moment.

I thought he was performing really well until he “did” his ankle against *. He hasn’t played a proper game since that occurred. I’m hoping LMac just takes up where he left off last season.


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[hellas_johnny]

played his best season for the club in midfield 3 years ago? I really think we should be using him as a tagger right now seeing as we dont have anyone doing the roll.

 

[koshari]

i think we just need to accept he is prolly top 22 but we paid over for him,

 

[shinboner magic]

With Marley our , we must play him.
Aints has 3-4 smalls and I don’t want Jmac with his wide turning circle picking up one of them.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Snake_Baker]

He has always had a ton of guts.

 

[Passmore]

He has always had a ton of guts.

Too much at times.

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[Psicosis]

Is it really just a random occurrence that he got better in the second half when our midfield grabbed the ascendancy?

I’ll try and word this so you don’t throw your toys out of the cot... but isn’t this the case with all our forwards/defenders? If our midfield is on top, it’s obvious that other parts of the ground will improve. I think the concern with Luke (at least from my perspective) isn’t when we are going well, it’s when the heat is on and we need people to stand up. Loses 1 on 1s, makes silly mistakes, horrendous skill errors.

There isn’t a shortage of defenders that go well when the midfield is on top.

 

[tazaa]

Almost had his ACL torn trying to orchestrate the quick release onto his foot in the 2nd half

Wasn’t allowed the space and freedom to wind up ala his natural style and I grimaced as he got up okay

His weapon is his long range kicking but at the moment he can only get ball to foot quickly for short passes

I’m not against this but as a defender not being able to utilize your bail out kick is a concern

 

[Asifhe Givashe]

As much attention as the time he jumped in front of Daw only to spill the mark straight into the hands of his immediate opponent resulting in an easy goal.

Does this all the time, flies for a mark, doesn’t mark it but literally spikes the ball to his waiting opponent who kicks the goal.

He is a dumb arrogant footballer who clearly hasn’t taken his career as seriously as his contemporaries.

 

[Roo Beauty]

Pretty interesting comments that Rhyce made about LMac in the pregame address. Slow start to his preseason (probably due to the broken leg) but now RS sees him as one of the first picked on game day.

 

[Roo Beauty]

Lukey Mac’s instagram story - repost of Buckley’s comments re the relocation followed by a picture of the scene in Wolf of Wall Street where Leo screams “I’m not ******* leaving!”

Love it.

 

[giantroo]

Lukey Mac’s instagram story - repost of Buckley’s comments re the relocation followed by a picture of the scene in Wolf of Wall Street where Leo screams “I’m not ******* leaving!”

Love it.

 

[Asifhe Givashe]

Ludes McDonald has a nice ring to it.

 

[The Nostradamus]

True shinboner

 

[Tectonic]

Great to see Luke and Taylor Garner today doing sprints and laps at Arden St. The world may have slowed down but the work never stops.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

He probably is what he is at this point. Not too many make the jump this late.

 

[Flawed Genius]

Great to see Luke and Taylor Garner today doing sprints and laps at Arden St. The world may have slowed down but the work never stops.

Not a shot at you Tectonic but I reckon I've seen this exact post about fourteen times over the last eight years. It's reaching "Wellsy's-training-the-house-down", "Alan-Obst-piano-training", "Stick-a-fork-in-Tazza" levels

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

He probably is what he is at this point. Not too many make the jump this late.

Has shown glimpses of ability through the middle when played there.

Has shown the ability to play well on medium sized forwards.

Hasn’t been given an opportunity to do much else. Partly his fault I would think and partly the previous regime.