Tom Mcdonald & Mckenzie

[DeeZee 7,394]

Rivers and Moloney have both left giant holes.

[dee-luded 2,959]

tom mac is a young player getting a game purely because he is a young player .He cant mark ,cannot spoil effectively ,his recovery is poor and he is a deplorable kick .Would not even be considered at any other club .His drafting at 53 flatters him .I don't even think he was much last year .Probably good enough for the seniors at Edenhope but that's about it .How could we let the Lions isolate him against Leuenberg? Talk about a disaster waiting to happen ..Words fail me .

I would say on last years form, TMac could have spoilt Leuenberger's marking attempts & then would have run off him with the ball.

[Harrisonrules 273]

Jordie was so out of his depth yesteday that i wondered about the process that saw him in the ones.

Not in any where near his best form at present, when he is going badly he is truely shocking.

Nearly every time he got near it he actually fell over before grabbing at it. then stuffed up the disposal.

Have you just noticed. He's played most of his career on his knees. Footballers cardinal sin

[Harrisonrules 273]

When Tom originally arrived Iwas taken by his marking and watched for his senior's arrival. I enjoyed it for much of last year except I noticed he was becoming purely a defensive 'puncher'. I expected him to have improved this year but have become disappointed. My question now is where will we find ataller andfast CHB, It baffled me why Martin was banished from the backline. It always frustrated me when the opposing tall forwards were dwarfing our backs (remember Cloke on Rivers) I wished at least Martin be given a game.. So much for that. So where to now. Garland has plateaued and is basically a 3rd or 4th tall backman. I was disappointed they got rid of Sheahan so soon. Progress reports seemed positive but that was from written reports.

On the list I can only see one player who has the attributes for the job, admittedly not yet. Fitzpatrick is tall enough and has the pace. Places are filling up on the forward line. Clarke Dawes Hogan Gawn Howe. So maybe someone from this list needs to be given the Key position backline jog. If not Fitz. Maybe Clark or Dawes

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

tom mac is a young player getting a game purely because he is a young player .He cant mark ,cannot spoil effectively ,his recovery is poor and he is a deplorable kick .Would not even be considered at any other club .His drafting at 53 flatters him .I don't even think he was much last year .Probably good enough for the seniors at Edenhope but that's about it .How could we let the Lions isolate him against Leuenberg? Talk about a disaster waiting to happen ..Words fail me .

put your panties back on drama queen. he was awesome last year

the other thing about jellyfish, apart from their complete lack of spine, is their extremely short memories

[stinga81 210]

Jordie kicked a pretty good goal, but looked out of touch with his disposal, seldom hit a target. He has been out a couple of weeks, so hopefully he's better for the run and comes good next week.

Tommy Mac having "post polled surprisingly lwell in last years Truscott" blues, he'll come good I have no doubt about that. Probably down on confidence like half of our backline, with amount of ball coming in and no midfield pressure, he can be excused at the moment.

[Return to Glory 8,441]

I was really disappointed with Jordy. He's in the team to repeat the type of game he played against Goddard. If he can't do that I think his skill set is a little limited to compete against a couple of newbies.

[praha 11,240]

McKenzie is to Bailey's legacy what Godfrey was to Daniher's.

[w00dy 146]

I think the matchups have not helped McDonald the last two weeks. He's been left on the stay at home forwards in Setanta and the resting ruckman, while Chip was on the leading forwards in Brown and Cameron.

Clearly Tmac is more suited to these leading forwards than the big guys, chip is strong enough to handle the big men and it also allow him to run and create more. Poor coaching the last two weeks on this front.

[Demon Disciple 12,124]

Tom McDonald was seriously overrated by some on these boards through-out last year and for the start of 2013. But how old is he now? Turning 21? [censored], given the performance of our midfield, not even Frawley is looking good, in fact none of our KPD's are. Let alone a fella basically in his 2nd year at the club. His form will naturally fluctuate for someone so young. Plus let's not ignore the fact that he was playing on 2 guys (Longer and Luenberger) who were about 10cms and 10kgs bigger than him.