Jump to content

Tom McDonald Re-Signs Until 2024

roy11
roy11
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

If you told me this time last year that TMac would earn a new 3 year deal i would have said you were stark raving mad. I can't think of another player who has ever turned their career around to such a degree. So lucky that no other club showed any interest. With BB and the Weid getting injured like they did in preseason we would have been stuffed without him this year

Kudos to you TMac. You proved me well and truly wrong.

 

Edited by BDA

  • Quote
    • Like 7
    • Love 1
     
     

    The reason I have enormous respect for Tom isn’t that he turned it around - it’s that he didn’t just think of it as ‘getting his confidence back’, but instead worked on specific attributes that would make him a more valuable player in the modern game. Listening to him talk about training for mobility, and changing the focus of his strength, he makes you realise that he’s a complete professional, who understands what the game requires at the top level. I really wish him well over the coming years.

    Edited by The heart beats true

  • Quote
    • Like 11
    • Love 1

    Surprised by this.

    Maybe it shows that there are not many options around who the club feel could fill his role in this current "window"

    Or maybe he is playing exactly the role that is being asked of him.

     

    Oh well, good luck TMAC. Hope it's 3 good years to come.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Love 1

    Well done to Tommy. Time to put a steak on the BBQ in celebration. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    I trust the club, but am surprised by this, I would have traded Tmac before Weid, not saying that this happens. but I think we could have got good value for Tom. I worry that after 2022 all our spine is pretty old, lots of youth in the smalls not so much in the KPP. Brown, Tmac, May, Gawn. Can Petty or Tomlinson become a FB? I can't see Petty/Tomlinson as a CHF/FF in 2023 either (but then the FD has well and truly earnt my trust).

  • Quote

    I’m pumped, I still remember waking the house up when he kicked the ball over his head against West Coast in 2018. (I think it was 2018….) Some of his performances during the opening rounds of this season were massive and helped pave the way for where we find ourselves next weekend.

  • Quote
    • Like 6
     

    I was wrong about you TMac and I’m glad you proved me wrong…you’re both real and spectacular!

    625A7F54-DFB2-4726-86D7-97DFD14F1C67.jpeg

    Edited by OhMyDees

  • Quote
    • Haha 11

    Bloody brilliant news. 

    TMac is an absolute professional to come back this year and perform given the club wanted to trade him last year. 

    Well done TMac now for the big one. 

    GO DEES

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    • Love 1

    10 minutes ago, DEE fence said:

    I trust the club, but am surprised by this, I would have traded Tmac before Weid, not saying that this happens. but I think we could have got good value for Tom. I worry that after 2022 all our spine is pretty old, lots of youth in the smalls not so much in the KPP. Brown, Tmac, May, Gawn. Can Petty or Tomlinson become a FB? I can't see Petty/Tomlinson as a CHF/FF in 2023 either (but then the FD has well and truly earnt my trust).

    I think we are fine, our age profile is great across the board. Petty can absolutely be the next May in a couple of years and Lever is only around 25. 

    I’m wrapped about this, TMac is a key pillar in our forward line and, as a few have said, this is almost certainly a win/win giving him some certainty and us some salary cap smoothing.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Judging by the good business we've done this year I'm happy to back the club in here. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    7 minutes ago, FlashInThePan said:

    I think we are fine, our age profile is great across the board. Petty can absolutely be the next May in a couple of years and Lever is only around 25. 

    I’m wrapped about this, TMac is a key pillar in our forward line and, as a few have said, this is almost certainly a win/win giving him some certainty and us some salary cap smoothing.

    Will admit to being greedy , I want both, and don't get me wrong I love Tmac and have defended him long and hard.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    I've admired Tommy since before he was drafted bacause of his absolute desire to play AFL football, he worked his backside off, travelling long distances to train and play.

    Good on you Tommy. you showed em.

     

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    • Love 1
    1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

    Jones is the only player on our list to have played 200 games. His 200th was in late-2015.

    Bernie Vince played his 200th game for us in 2017, but obviously they weren't all with us. 

    I think, prior to Jones, the last MFC player to get to 200 games for the club was Brad Green in 2010.

    Melksham is on 197 but may not get there.

    Edited by John Crow Batty

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    16 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

    Bloody brilliant news. 

    TMac is an absolute professional to come back this year and perform given the club wanted to trade him last year. 

    Well done TMac now for the big one. 

    GO DEES

    I love the reality of these five simple words.  Goodwin and his coaches will have our boys running through brick walls come saturday week.  You little beauty.

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    Well done MFC And TMac he is back to his 2018 form, very important to our team and will see him reach his 200 and be a one club player. Thanks Tom..!!!!!!!

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    We've had some decent form this year with players re-signing and then putting in good performances, fingers crossed for Tommy!

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

    The reason I have enormous respect for Tom isn’t that he turned it around - it’s that he didn’t just think of it as ‘getting his confidence back’, but instead worked on specific attributes that would make him a more valuable player in the modern game. Listening to him talk about training for mobility, and changing the focus of his strength, he makes you realise that he’s a complete professional, who understands what the game requires at the top level. I really wish him well over the coming years.

    The MFC might have to take some accountability for that, wasn't he told to bulk up so he could play as a big strong fwd? In doing so lost one of his key skills in his running capacity?

  • Quote
    • Shocked 1
    31 minutes ago, FlashInThePan said:

    I think we are fine, our age profile is great across the board. Petty can absolutely be the next May in a couple of years and Lever is only around 25. 

    I’m wrapped about this, TMac is a key pillar in our forward line and, as a few have said, this is almost certainly a win/win giving him some certainty and us some salary cap smoothing.

    Each game they play I see Tmac and BBrwon as a natural and complimentary duo. Bot with different characteristics.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Just now, Demon17 said:

    Each game they play I see Tmac and BBrwon as a natural and complimentary duo. Bot with different characteristics.

    Ben Brown is a bit mechanical in his movements, so that's probably a fair comment.

  • Quote
    • Haha 2

    I was in Fiji for work when he signed his last contract, I think I driving to work listening to a podcast and just so pumped thinking about how good he and OMac and the rest of the team were going places... fast fwd I'm sitting in the home office in the dingy second bedroom/home office pumped for us to win a flag.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Congratulations TMac, now for the big one.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    1 hour ago, Dante said:

    I've admired Tommy since before he was drafted bacause of his absolute desire to play AFL football, he worked his backside off, travelling long distances to train and play.

    Good on you Tommy. you showed em.

     

    I agree Dante, and for this reason I suspect that TMac has played an important part in building the 'culture' that is so important to where we now sit as a team.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Love 1

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • PREVIEW: Richmond

      A few years ago, the Melbourne Football Club produced a documentary about the decade in which it rose from its dystopic purgatory of regular thrashings to the euphoria of a premiership victory. That entire period could have been compressed in a fast motion version of the 2025 season to date as the Demons went from embarrassing basket case to glorious winner in an unexpected victory over the Dockers last Saturday. They transformed in a single week from a team that put in a pedestrian effort of predictably kicking the ball long down the line into attack that made a very ordinary Bombers outfit look like worldbeaters into a slick, fast moving side with urgency and a willingness to handball and create play with shorter kicks and by changing angles to generate an element of chaos that yielded six goals in each of the opening quarters against Freo. 

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 07

      Round 7 gets underway in iconic fashion with the traditional ANZAC Day blockbuster. The high-flying Magpies will be looking to solidify their spot atop the ladder, while the Bombers are desperate for a win to stay in touch with the top eight. Later that evening, Fremantle will be out to redeem themselves after a disappointing loss to the Demons, facing a hungry Adelaide side with eyes firmly set on breaking into the top four. Saturday serves up a triple-header of footy action. The Lions will be looking to consolidate their Top 2 spot as they head to Marvel Stadium to clash with the Saints. Over in Adelaide, Port Adelaide will be strong favourites at home against a struggling North Melbourne. The day wraps up with a fiery encounter in Canberra, where the Giants and Bulldogs renew their bitter rivalry. Sunday’s schedule kicks off with the Suns aiming to bounce back from their shock defeat to Richmond, taking on the out of form Swans.Then the Blues will be out to claim a major scalp when they battle the Cats at the MCG. The round finishes with a less-than-thrilling affair between Hawthorn and West Coast at Marvel. Who are you tipping and what are the best results for the Demons?

      • 3 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Fremantle

      For this year’s Easter Saturday game at the MCG, Simon Goodwin and his Demons wound the clock back a few years to wipe out the horrible memories of last season’s twin thrashings at the hands of the Dockers. And it was about time! Melbourne’s indomitable skipper Max Gawn put in a mammoth performance in shutting out his immediate opponent Sean Darcy in the ruck and around the ground and was a colossus at the end when the game was there to be won or lost. It was won by 16.11.107 to 14.13.97. There was the battery-charged Easter Bunny in Kysaiah Pickett running anyone wearing purple ragged, whether at midfield stoppages or around the big sticks. He finish with a five goal haul.

        • Love
        • Thanks
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: UWS Giants

      The Casey Demons took on an undefeated UWS Giants outfit at their own home ground on a beautiful autumn day but found themselves completely out of their depth going down by 53 points against a well-drilled and fair superior combination. Despite having 15 AFL listed players at their disposal - far more than in their earlier matches this season - the Demons were never really in the game and suffered their second defeat in a row after their bright start to the season when they drew with the Kangaroos, beat the Suns and matched the Cats for most of the day on their own dung heap at Corio Bay. The Giants were a different proposition altogether. They had a very slight wind advantage in the opening quarter but were too quick off the mark for the Demons, tearing the game apart by the half way mark of the term when they kicked the first five goals with clean and direct football.

        • Thanks
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Richmond

      The Dees are back at the MCG on Thursday for the annual blockbuster ANZAC Eve game against the Tigers. Can the Demons win back to back games for the first time since Rounds 17 & 18 last season? Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Thanks
      • 212 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Fremantle

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on TUESDAY, 22nd April @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we analyse the Demons first win for the year against the Dockers. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

        • Thanks
      • 47 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All