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2016 Player Review - # 28 Oscar McDonald

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The selectors promoted McDonald to the senior team early and persevered with him for the remainder of the season. The move showed signs of paying off as he produced some solid performances in the last half dozen games or so.

Games MFC 2016 15

Career Total (MFC) 17

Goals MFC 2016 0

Career Total (MFC) 0

Games CSFC 2016 5

Goals CSFC 2016 0

Keith "Bluey" Truscott Memorial Trophy 159 votes

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Slightly stronger than weiderman but still suffers from a lighter body and being outpositioned.  He is purely a defensive player, so It will be interesting if he has a good preseason building up, to see if he can take the game on a bit more and run the lines.  I also hope he gets some pace into his kicking - the ball seems to take forever to reach his target.

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Transitioned quickly from being an 'L plater' to 'P plater' over the course of the year, and surprised many (most?) of us in the process.  Will still be wearing Ps for the next year or two as he gains experience and his body fills out, but I have high hopes that he will become a very good KPD.  Great work by OMac and the development team now in place at our Club.

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Was never anywhere near as bad as half on here made him out to be. Had zero experience but came in and played again top talent and league power forwards. Will be better for the experience as showed in a handful of games towards the end of the season.

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When I saw him in person, I was very surprised to see that he actually has a very big frame to build on.  Will be a very big boy with a couple more preseasons.

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If you had told me at the start of the season that Oscar was going to play 15 senior games in 2016 I would have checked you into rehab!

I'm glad he got 15 games, because his last few showed some glimpses of what is to come.

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There was plenty to like about Oscar when he adjusted to the pace of the AFL. His defensive work is already pretty good, and I don't think his work with ball in hand is any worse than Jetta, for example. He should be a very good player by the end of next year.


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On 10/12/2016 at 2:02 PM, praha said:

Was never anywhere near as bad as half on here made him out to be. Had zero experience but came in and played again top talent and league power forwards. Will be better for the experience as showed in a handful of games towards the end of the season.

Agree with this. With more experience he'll gain poise & confidence. Under pressure he can give off the "hot potato" handball to a team mate in no position to receive it. But his disposal otherwise is pretty good. Doesn't take the most adventurous options but usually hits his target. I reckon he'll be a good player

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