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Yeah I was wrong.

I thought I would be when I heard Tom talking about aiming to improve his speed over preseason at the end of last year. It gave me a clue that he knew he had to work on his glaring defensive weakness.

When Salem was moved to the backline and Grimes got dropped before round 1 I thought hooray, the coaches have realised we can't keep blindly turning it over from half back as well.

All credit to Tom, he's done a great job.

Now maybe he can get some of the others to join him. There's a long list to take his spot. He could start by getting his key defensive buddy Lynden Dumb to play a little better. He's gone right back to gross stupidity and brain fades.

 

Yeah I was wrong.

I thought I would be when I heard Tom talking about aiming to improve his speed over preseason at the end of last year. It gave me a clue that he knew he had to work on his glaring defensive weakness.

When Salem was moved to the backline and Grimes got dropped before round 1 I thought hooray, the coaches have realised we can't keep blindly turning it over from half back as well.

All credit to Tom, he's done a great job.

Now maybe he can get some of the others to join him. There's a long list to take his spot. He could start by getting his key defensive buddy Lynden Dumb to play a little better. He's gone right back to gross stupidity and brain fades.

Good of you to fess up!

His rate of improvement is amazing,where I'll agree he still makes a lot of mistakes and his kicking needs to improve.,he has come a long way already in a short amount of time and will continue to get better week after week.

If only the lazy bastards upfield would run and create options, and space, then he wouldn't look anywhere like the deer in the headlights that he used to appear.

He looks so much better this season, and did so even more when the likes of Kent, Frost, and (the early season) Newton were options. Hogan can't do all the heavy and the running work up forward. He needs support, and space.

 

Thread should be locked, so what if someone got something wrong? Weve all made bad posts and hindsight is 20/20 , there was no need to bump this thread

There is a perfectly good Tom McDonald thread for 2015 discussing his great form

it is a refreshing change at our club that a player signs a contract and his form actually improves afterwards.

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it is a refreshing change at our club that a player signs a contract and his form actually improves afterwards.

Yep, all too often you see the Nick Malceski retirement-fund top-up types, sadly.

Thread should be locked, so what if someone got something wrong? Weve all made bad posts and hindsight is 20/20 , there was no need to bump this thread

There is a perfectly good Tom McDonald thread for 2015 discussing his great form

As the bumper, I agree that we all get things wrong, I also think it is a good reminder that we all get things wrong...

And maybe it's a lesson that we shouldn't shoot our mouths off on the basis of a couple of games

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As all would note, I have never been a Mc Donald fan, gets outmanoeuvred too easily and his disposal is always heart in mouth stuff!

His last month has been putrid!


While we've seen he can be really great as a close checking defender who spoils well and can intercept mark well, he continues to make the most baffling of blunders.

Kicking straight to Nic Nat in the middle of the ground.

That's the kind of [censored] you want to see once a year from an AFL footballer if at all.

But unfortunately, he does things like that more often than I'd like.

It really undoes all of the good work he manages.

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Travis Cloke has scarred him something shocking.

What does it tell you that Travis Cloke had his best game for the year on him and apart from one other game Travis Cloke has been shizen?

It aint rocket science!

But according to you I have no idea!

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Just staggering that you can be an AFL footballer and keep missing simple kicks but 20 or so metres. He picked the right option clear in the middle of the ground and left it 20m short and straight to Nic Nat. It's staggering that it keeps happening and eventually it will finish Tom's career. His defensive work rate is great but his defensive body work is sadly lacking still.

What does it tell you that Travis Cloke had his best game for the year on him and apart from one other game Travis Cloke has been shizen?

It aint rocket science!

But according to you I have no idea!

Yeah.. You don't.

But thanks for telling us the logic that every Tom D ick and harry knows on here.


Yeah.. You don't.

But thanks for telling us the logic that every Tom D ick and harry knows on here.

Not all!

FKF!

He still doesn't know his limits, which scares me.

His disposal is sub-afl standard and his decision making still isn't flash. However, i am willing to continually put up with him and his clangers because he genuinely gives a sh!t and gives his all every game.

There are plenty ahead of him in the queue to walk the plank. First up Howe, Bail and Jones (M)

As all would note, I have never been a Mc Donald fan, gets outmanoeuvred too easily and his disposal is always heart in mouth stuff!

Disposal is heart in mouth stuff after the heart in mouth stuff of continually trying to take on the tackler after the heart in mouth stuff of bouncing his way into trouble.

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As silly as this may sound Once Frost is up and going surely it wouldn't hurt to trial McDonald at CHF? We all know he has a big engine so the potential that he could seriously run some CHB into the ground with his power running wouldn't go astray.


Disposal is putrid......either improve this part of your game Tom or you will be another MFC player lost and forgotten about.

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As silly as this may sound Once Frost is up and going surely it wouldn't hurt to trial McDonald at CHF? We all know he has a big engine so the potential that he could seriously run some CHB into the ground with his power running wouldn't go astray.

Not silly at all. Think he could 2nd ruck as well. After all that was the role BP recruited him for!

Might not even have to wait for Frost to come back. Fitzy, Dunn and Garland might be enough to take the Dons forwards. We could use Tom forward this week.

As silly as this may sound Once Frost is up and going surely it wouldn't hurt to trial McDonald at CHF? We all know he has a big engine so the potential that he could seriously run some CHB into the ground with his power running wouldn't go astray.

I actually don't mind that. Sorta like Neita.

 

Not silly at all. Think he could 2nd ruck as well. After all that was the role BP recruited him for!

Might not even have to wait for Frost to come back. Fitzy, Dunn and Garland might be enough to take the Dons forwards. We could use Tom forward this week.

I actually really want to see the Hogan/McDonald combination. Worth a try.


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