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

[ChopChopDigDig]

Wow this thread has gone mental he had a slow start to the year but has picked up, he wasn’t an orphan having a quiet one yesterday and we still only lost by 37, as a club this season we’ve been exceptional with our attack on the ball and the man with the ball, he has been massive from that standpoint


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Can you imagine this place if we were bottom like many had expected? geez

 

[Only Forwards]

Can you imagine this place if we were bottom like many had expected? geez

It woulda been hellish.

People ripping themselves apart over hyper critical analysis of nothing

 

[arden station]

A narrow ground like Kardinia Park against a side bringing pressure is going to test disposal under pressure. Dumont's miss early in the last was costly - he had to kick a drop punt across his body a bit. I don't think he had time to straighten properly so he made the right choice. So why did he miss? Balance, ball drop? How do the coaches give him feedback on that kick? Do they know what he did wrong?

In golf, basketball, baseball, tennis etc, they use HS video, 3D sensors etc on players in the off season to assess techniques and change them if required. They compare players' 3D etc to the best and adjust through 21 days + of block practice to change habits. We should get the 3D sensors, HS video, ball data of an assett readily available - Boomer Harvey. Get him kicking straight back and through, across his body under pressure, low passes, snaps etc and use that as the bench mark to coach our players better.

I think a lot more could be done in coaching kicking to catch up to other sports. Invest in the technology, it's not that expensive.

 

[billnats]

He’s such a frustrating player this year but watching him celebrate Ziebell kick the winner like he was just one of us in the stands puts him back in my good books.

Then the important mark at the end helped!

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Lucky he took that mark because most of the other stuff he done all night was s**t

 

[Devington]

Lucky he took that mark because most of the other stuff he done all night was s**t

Was better after half time. His disposal improved significantly. First half was among his worst though.

 

[archereleven]

Looks to be going nowhere...

If he is expecting a lucrative contract he is kidding himself imo.

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[King Corey]

Need to review the tape. To the naked eye not tracking too well.

 

[darko]

Need to review the tape. To the naked eye not tracking too well.

Yeah was pretty poor.

Clutch mark at the end.

 

[Groin guru]

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Need to review the tape. To the naked eye not tracking too well.

Trust me the tape isn't much better for Luke.

 

[Billy Not Really]

He's off the shitlist for singlehandedly saving the game with that mark.

 

[LB2Snake]

I know there is a stat for smothers, but I reckon he’d easily be leading a “smothers received” stat if there was one.......slowest ball to boot mechanism is the league

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Incredibly frustrating footballer.

Needs a week or two in the VFL.

 

[Flawed Genius]

He’s such a frustrating player this year but watching him celebrate Ziebell kick the winner like he was just one of us in the stands puts him back in my good books.

No offense brother but if they want someone to play like s**t, get their kicks smothered and celebrate the game winning goal like they've just discovered the recipe for Coke, they don't need to pay Lukey $250K a year to do it, I'll do it for $100K and I get to keep the jumper

 

[Snake_Baker]

Gave us more off a wing. Leave him there.

 

[tazaa]

4 touches at half time and no tackles

The suspect kicking action aside the bloke isn’t near fit enough to be playing midfield

 

[shinboner spiggs]

Looked gassed in the second quarter.

Good on him for that mark but the 119 minutes prior he was terrible once again.

 

[czero]

Was he locking down on bont or something - rarely saw either of them.

 

[Gasometer]

Who else felt joy when he took the mark and then panic when you wondered where and what he was going to do with it?

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Was he locking down on bont or something - rarely saw either of them.

He certainly wasn't doing that.

He had a bit of Lepinski in the first half and Hunter in the second half as I recall.

Played more 'true wing' for most of the match - a position that he has no natural gifts for.

 

[desie]

Who else felt joy when he took the mark and then panic when you wondered where and what he was going to do with it?

The commentators were saying 'that's it' and I'm thinking if there's anyone who'll kick it into the man on the mark it's Luke.

 

[Whereitallbegan]

I know there is a stat for smothers, but I reckon he’d easily be leading a “smothers received” stat if there was one.......slowest ball to boot mechanism is the league

I'm glad someone else has noticed this, i thought it may have just been me. It's one thing to always get it smothered by taking so long on the non preferred side, but when it's constantly happening on your preferred it's a joke.....but hey, he did take a nice mark at the end.....that should be good for another 100 games

 

[billnats]

No offense brother but if they want someone to play like s**t, get their kicks smothered and celebrate the game winning goal like they've just discovered the recipe for Coke, they don't need to pay Lukey $250K a year to do it, I'll do it for $100K and I get to keep the jumper

Being in my good book just means I won’t slag him off this week... I’ve reserved that for Robbie Kruse this week.

For the record, I would do it for 45K and a Powerade

 

[shinboner magic]

Yes he’s a slow burn at minute.

He needs to learn his limitations and play within them

Every kick he does he tries to kill it.
Think with his fitness - he looks stuffed but he keeps pushing.