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

[Clarke is King]

Watch closely and you'll see that EVERY time one of the boys does a one percenter e.g. sprinting to put on a shepard, Lmac is the first bloke to run over and give them a pump up.

 

[Horizons_00]

Watch closely and you'll see that EVERY time one of the boys does a one percenter e.g. sprinting to put on a shepard, Lmac is the first bloke to run over and give them a pump up.

His passion should never be questioned.

He is a natural leader for sure.

 

[giantroo]

Needs the title updated.

 

[giantroo]

New Q&A video out today

Living the dream

Every young fan dreams of playing for the football club they support

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[Grogg]

New Q&A video out today

Living the dream

Every young fan dreams of playing for the football club they support

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Still my pick for next Captain

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Great stuff. A lot of AFL players would have been laying down in the turf after this contact!

 

[SammyRoo]

Outstanding tonight. Sought to be creative where he could be and courageous to boot

 

[Devington]

Not quite at the level of that infamous game against Adelaide, but he is routinely taking on aggressors and getting the better of them again. You can clearly see what he is trying to do with ball in hand and it's exiting for the future. He's not even just playing as a winger now, he's full blown at Goldy's feet at some around the ground stoppages. To the extent that twice in a row it was tapped directly to him, 15 millimetres away from goldy, resulting in an instant ball up. Kinda funny tbh. Goldy really did have a bad night.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Not even sure what position he’s playing.

Does some good stuff, but is sort of just ‘there’.

 

[justroyal]

What would happen if he went full mid?

 

[justroyal]

Not even sure what position he’s playing.

Does some good stuff, but is sort of just ‘there’.

Just 'there' next Taylor too imo

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Great stuff. A lot of AFL players would have been laying down in the turf after this contact!

Got clobbered when he went back with the light in front of Heeney too. Can’t fault his courage and toughness.

 

[amaz199]

Had some moments with the ball where the adrenaline got the better of him after taking on a few tackles.

He will get back to his best. Building.

 

[Caracas]

Captain LMac must be locked in by now…


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[King Corey]

Going to put the cat among the pigeons..

What exactly is Luke's best 22 role in a winning side?

Does a strong game from Luke correlate to the team winning?

I can't quite get my head around him. His positives are obvious - outright passion, loves the club, breaks tackles and has added some really strong marking to his game.

But there's something I find unconvincing about his best position and his disposal and decision making when in possession.

Not writing him off and I love his attitude and physicality, but often find myself wondering exactly where he plays in a top 4 side.

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

Going to put the cat among the pigeons..

What exactly is Luke's best 22 role in a winning side?

Does a strong game from Luke correlate to the team winning?

I can't quite get my head around him. His positives are obvious - outright passion, loves the club, breaks tackles and has added some really strong marking to his game.

But there's something I find unconvincing about his best position and his disposal and decision making when in possession.

Not writing him off and I love his attitude and physicality, but often find myself wondering exactly where he plays in a top 4 side.

Feel like Jack’s playing his position. Looks lost up the field.

 

[nelroo]

Going to put the cat among the pigeons..

What exactly is Luke's best 22 role in a winning side?

Does a strong game from Luke correlate to the team winning?

I can't quite get my head around him. His positives are obvious - outright passion, loves the club, breaks tackles and has added some really strong marking to his game.

But there's something I find unconvincing about his best position and his disposal and decision making when in possession.

Not writing him off and I love his attitude and physicality, but often find myself wondering exactly where he plays in a top 4 side.

Like most of the team yesterday. .. reactive and giving opponent way too much room.
Always seems like he is gassed..

 

[groo]

Going to put the cat among the pigeons..

What exactly is Luke's best 22 role in a winning side?

Does a strong game from Luke correlate to the team winning?

I can't quite get my head around him. His positives are obvious - outright passion, loves the club, breaks tackles and has added some really strong marking to his game.

But there's something I find unconvincing about his best position and his disposal and decision making when in possession.

Not writing him off and I love his attitude and physicality, but often find myself wondering exactly where he plays in a top 4 side.

He just isn't that good a footballer.
He scabbed some kick ins yesterday to then just kick it 15m in to the pocket. Why he thought he was a better option than Hall is anyones guess.
I can't remember when he has been the first player to a 50-50 ground ball all year. The most common scenario is he will appear to be desperately trying to reach the ball winner, to just miss out on impeding them.

 

[year of the roo]

I thought he had turned a corner in 2020. However his 2021 was very poor.

 

[DesertRoo]

He just isn't that good a footballer.
He scabbed some kick ins yesterday to then just kick it 15m in to the pocket. Why he thought he was a better option than Hall is anyones guess.
I can't remember when he has been the first player to a 50-50 ground ball all year. The most common scenario is he will appear to be desperately trying to reach the ball winner, to just miss out on impeding them.

Harsh man, Luke coming off his best season yet, injury interrupted preseason, tears a pec first game back(how does that happen x2 is beyond me) and with vfl the way it is, a long term injury this year meant pretty much starting from square one.

He should have a solid preseason and be there and abouts the top couple in our team going forward. He’s going to make a few look silly next year for writing him off.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Good lock down small defender - but an average player further up the ground.

Needs to return to the back 6 next year.

 

[groo]

Harsh man, Luke coming off his best season yet, tears a pec(how does that happen x2 is beyond me) and with vfl the way it is, a long term injury this year meant pretty much starting from square one.

He should have a solid preseason and be there and abouts the top couple in our team going forward. He’s going to make a few look silly next year for writing him off.

I understand that. I just would have played someone else rather than trying to run him in to form at the highest level. That's what Brad used to do and I don't like it.

 

[RossHenshaw]

Good lock down small defender - but an average player further up the ground.

Needs to return to the back 6 next year.

Although their good weighs so much more than their bad but It’s beyond me how we managed to have the worst 2 left footers in the comp playing yesterday in Jed & Luke when we all know how silky smooth most left footers are in the AFL

 

[DesertRoo]

I understand that. I just would have played someone else rather than trying to run him in to form at the highest level. That's what Brad used to do and I don't like it.

I’m not sure they were running them into form, getting them out there in a new role without vfl, is probably more aft.

 

[gokangas]

I'm not the biggest LMac fan but his 2020 was an excellent season. Hard to judge his 2021 season given the serious injury. Hopefully he can return to his 2020 form with the right preseason.