Player Watch #6 Logan McDonald

[GoTheSwannies]

I'll be spending the next decade watching games against hawthorn with the 2020 draft at the back of my mind.

Hope McDonald manages to win a majority of the contests against DGB.

 

[Dan87]

I'll be spending the next decade watching games against hawthorn with the 2020 draft at the back of my mind.

Hope McDonald manages to win a majority of the contests against DGB.

Has the makings of a great rivalry doesn't it

Jako vs Carey

 

[RUNVS]

DGB can go and enjoy the crumble of Hawthorn, trying to repel entry after entry. Getting rag dolled by Buddy for two years and then flogged by a beefed up McDonald, all the while eating bottom 4 ass.

We give up way more inside 50's per match than Hawthorn does. We were 1st in the league in 2020 for inside 50's conceded in 2020, Hawthorn were only 7th.

 

[RUNVS]

Has the makings of a great rivalry doesn't it

Jako vs Carey

Reid vs Reid

 

[GoTheSwannies]

I'll be spending the next decade watching games against hawthorn with the 2020 draft at the back of my mind.

Hope McDonald manages to win a majority of the contests against DGB.

And to add to that, I'll be cheering my ass off the first time Campbell delivers the ball lace out to McDonald for a goal against hawthorn. And hopefully it's the first of many!!

 

[Bulldogs85]

I was shocked he was still their at your pick he will be fantastic for you guy’s

 

[RUNVS]

Hard to tell but he looks a bit wider than DGB, like his eventual weight is going to be higher than his.

 

[McRobie]

We give up way more inside 50's per match than Hawthorn does. We were 1st in the league in 2020 for inside 50's conceded in 2020, Hawthorn were only 7th.

It was joke ffs.

 

[Superstar swan]

Hard to tell but he looks a bit wider than DGB, like his eventual weight is going to be higher than his.

Definately has the frame to become a monster

 

[Kiama Chris]

Hard to tell but he looks a bit wider than DGB, like his eventual weight is going to be higher than his.

A lot wider frame. Looks a more developed body.

 

[RUNVS]

A lot wider frame. Looks a more developed body.

I think it is often down to shoulders as well. It can be the difference between someone like Hawkins, who fills out to be a massive unit or Blakey, who will basically stay reasonably slender for most of his career.

 

[caesar88]

I think McDonald will always be one of those leaner forwards in the leading, mobile Lynch/Kennedy/Roughead/Cameron/Riewoldt mould, rather than the dominant, 1v1 beast Buddy/Hawkins/Dixon mould. If he can hone in his leading patterns, and we can honour them, then he will get plenty of opportunity.

I recall hearing a few years ago Josh Kennedy talking about Andrew Gaff

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Andrew Gaff

Age

31

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.6

5star

K

15.9

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.0

4star

CL

2.5

4star

D

24.5

5star

K

15.6

5star

HB

8.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.0

3star

CL

2.5

4star

D

11.2

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

CL

0.6

3star

, and how he's loved playing with him because he knows where he's going to kick the footy before he's even kicked it. McDonald will need his own Gaff to get those opportunities, and I like our chances of finding him one. (My money is on Blakey or Campbell, but we're amassing a bounty of others who are good users of the pill.)

I'd love for him to play round 1. Let him and our mids work on their chemistry from day dot.

 

[Superstar swan]

I think McDonald will always be one of those leaner forwards in the leading, mobile Lynch/Kennedy/Roughead/Cameron/Riewoldt mould, rather than the dominant, 1v1 beast Buddy/Hawkins/Dixon mould. If he can hone in his leading patterns, and we can honour them, then he will get plenty of opportunity.

I recall hearing a few years ago Josh Kennedy talking about Andrew Gaff

3

Andrew Gaff

Age

31

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.6

5star

K

15.9

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.0

4star

CL

2.5

4star

D

24.5

5star

K

15.6

5star

HB

8.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.0

3star

CL

2.5

4star

D

11.2

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

CL

0.6

3star

, and how he's loved playing with him because he knows where he's going to kick the footy before he's even kicked it. McDonald will need his own Gaff to get those opportunities, and I like our chances of finding him one. (My money is on Blakey or Campbell, but we're amassing a bounty of others who are good users of the pill.)

I'd love for him to play round 1. Let him and our mids work on their chemistry from day dot.

In all seriousness mcdonald is going to have to put some serious time into the gym. Needs to work on his his chest and and adds few inches there if he’s going to spend his career leading to Campbell , otherwise he’s going to get a hole kicked through it

 

[Swansujelly]

you don't have to be "big" to be strong. Logan does look like he could carry some size without effecting his athleticism.

 

[MarkP]

Hard to tell but he looks a bit wider than DGB, like his eventual weight is going to be higher than his.

Which one is he.

I don't know the faces yet.

 

[Superstar swan]

you don't have to be "big" to be strong. Logan does look like he could carry some size without effecting his athleticism.

No need to be a Hawkins monster, as long as he can out muscle his opponents thats enough

 

[RUNVS]

Which one is he.

I don't know the faces yet.

He is the one that took a photo of John Lennon into the hair dresser and asked for that haircut.

 

[Kiama Chris]

In all seriousness mcdonald is going to have to put some serious time into the gym. Needs to work on his his chest and and adds few inches there if he’s going to spend his career leading to Campbell , otherwise he’s going to get a hole kicked through it

Might be easier if he stays 50+ metres away to let the ball slow down a bit.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Which one is he.

I don't know the faces yet.

Poor DGB. Bloodnuts and Poo n' Wee just clash. Horribly.

 

[Parkerman]

Can’t wait to watch Logan run.

 

[caesar88]

LOL, great moment at 3.32

"Been spending a lot of time in the weights room"

*stares down at arms*

"Not really working"

Logan McDonald press conference - December 10, 2020

Sydney Swans recruit Logan McDonald addressed the media in Perth today after the club selected him at last night's 2020 AFL Draft.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

 

[Kiama Chris]

LOL, great moment at 3.32

"Been spending a lot of time in the weights room"

*stares down at arms*

"Not really working"

Logan McDonald press conference - December 10, 2020

Sydney Swans recruit Logan McDonald addressed the media in Perth today after the club selected him at last night's 2020 AFL Draft.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Seems to have settled in well to the idea of joining Sydney. I suspect he expected, not without reason, to end up at Adelaide or North so was a bit stunned initially.
Sounding good now.
Good ambition too.

 

[caesar88]

Seems to have settled in well to the idea of joining Sydney. I suspect he expected, not without reason, to end up at Adelaide or North so was a bit stunned initially.
Sounding good now.
Good ambition too.

Probably lucky we didn't have a WA club in his range, as otherwise it would've been inevitable that he'd be clinging to the hope of getting to stay in Perth. At least with how the draft panned out, he would've known there was no way he wasn't moving. SA, Vic, NSW... all the same to a WA kid.

 

[RUNVS]

Can’t wait to watch Logan run.

Well if you chase him with an axe when he arrives at the airport this week you will get your wish.

 

[RW]

Meets your List Management 101 of always pick the key forward, I guess I'll be interested to see what you think he can add to our side both short and long term.

I was literally about to post this! For those who missed List Management 101:

1) Get tall forwards however you can, hang onto them at all costs.

2) Use your high draft picks on key forwards, midfielders and occasionally key defenders.

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