Player Watch #9: Luke Davies-Uniacke - signs until end 2025! Runner up in the 2022 Syd Barker Medal Award

[hilly]

Not his best game but serviceable. Agree he is very exciting prospect.

Was forced to listen to your beloved 3AW tonight - talk about amateur hour.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Yeah he definitely squibbed one thinking he was going to get cleaned up.

I wasn't happy with the squib incident but everything apart from that has been terrific lately.

One of the few shining lights this season.

 

[Passmore]

I wasn't happy with the squib incident but everything apart from that has been terrific lately.

One of the few shining lights this season.

Even the great Anthony Stevens put a couple of short ones in early days.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Yeah he had that one incident but otherwise was bloody good. He and Frog have a composure with the pill that many others lack. Looked bloody good for the most part and is tracking very nicely.

 

[Lavy_Panther]

Tracking to be my favourite player. Best player to debut for NMFC since Daniel Wells. Just watch how good he’ll be in 12 months time

 

[koshari]

Building very nicely,

 

[Elite Master]

I can handle the occasional squib so as long as he keeps using the ball so well. He is building nicely.

 

[koshari]

Was the squib the instance at CHF where he stopped and Higgo ultimately took possession? that passage looked pretty strange to me. didnt really know what to make of it, more of a misread. having said that i cannot recall any other passages. LDU dont strike me as the sort of bloke who lacks courage.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Was the squib the instance at CHF where he stopped and Higgo ultimately took possession? that passage looked pretty strange to me. didnt really know what to make of it, more of a misread. having said that i cannot recall any other passages. LDU dont strike me as the sort of bloke who lacks courage.

He's had a couplle this year.

The one last night was he was in the hole on the flank, and went back one handed for the mark.

 

[Harris 10]

The two acts have been really poor. He’s still a kid so hopefully he learns from it.

Outside of that he’s building very nicely.

 

[Flawed Genius]

He's like 4% away from being an absolute gun

Ie the burst away from congestion where he got just run down and it affected the kick - he doesn't get touched this time next year

Or the run through the centre before he just missed Jack in a one on one .. he nails a player lace out this time next year

I'm excited by him

 

[Gasometer]

He's had a couplle this year.

The one last night was he was in the hole on the flank, and went back one handed for the mark.

Oh yeh, that wasn’t picked up all that well on tv

 

[Dirty_11]

Yeah he definitely squibbed one thinking he was going to get cleaned up.

We look a better side when he's running through the mids. Generally very safe with ball in hand.

Yep, needed to push back strong and takr it with two hands. Needs to do better next time and will be. The kid is a jet and will be our best player in two years.

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[susurrar]

imagine if he kicked that goal. the clean swoop and breakaway were awesome.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

imagine if he kicked that goal. the clean swoop and breakaway were awesome.

A couple more years of strength and sprint training, and it's going through.

 

[kangaspurs]

He's been bloody great so far, and hopefully it's a sign of the footballer he could become as he keeps developing because if he keeps on this level of improvement then wow. So comfortable with ball in hand and a really smart player too.

But one thing that does concern me is that he often looks like he lacks a bit of intensity around the contest. He's pretty much totally ineffective defensively, and he can look passive when the ball is there to be won, almost as though he's sometimes waiting for someone else to do something first. His contested work usually comes as a result of his footy brain, great lateral movement, and composure, which is obviously great, but I feel like there could be another level he could go to if he could lift said intensity. Honestly, a lot of it is probably down to confidence as well, and will improve as he spends more time in the middle.

It's not a huge issue, but just something that could be improved IMO.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

We are still yet to see him really use his speed...in juniors when he backed himself around the contest he was Judd-like with his first 5-6 steps.

 

[Gasometer]

He's been bloody great so far, and hopefully it's a sign of the footballer he could become as he keeps developing because if he keeps on this level of improvement then wow. So comfortable with ball in hand and a really smart player too.

But one thing that does concern me is that he often looks like he lacks a bit of intensity around the contest. He's pretty much totally ineffective defensively, and he can look passive when the ball is there to be won, almost as though he's sometimes waiting for someone else to do something first. His contested work usually comes as a result of his footy brain, great lateral movement, and composure, which is obviously great, but I feel like there could be another level he could go to if he could lift said intensity. Honestly, a lot of it is probably down to confidence as well, and will improve as he spends more time in the middle.

It's not a huge issue, but just something that could be improved IMO.

I think he doesn’t realise he is better than most of his senior team mates and is backwards in coming forwards around them in contests

But then it could also be Coaches instructions of playing his role blah whoopsy blah..,

 

[ferball]

I think he doesn’t realise he is better than most of his senior team mates and is backwards in coming forwards around them in contests

But then it could also be Coaches instructions of playing his role blah whoopsy blah..,

I get that impression too. Like he's still learning so sometimes he stops to watch whats happening so he can get a handle on it.

 

[Flawed Genius]

I think he has a certain passiveness because so far he has been coached to defer to the senior players around him. He's been in and out of the team and forced to earn his spot. We forget he is only a second year player and as good as he has been he has a lot to learn

In a few years, perhaps even within a year, when he feels more confident as part of a team, he will be taking charge in the midfield and making it his own

He just needs time and confidence. He has everything else

 

[Psicosis]

Appeared to spend more time in the middle, which is exactly where he should be left to developed.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

As he plays more games for us he'll learn to expect a high ball slightly over his head when he is in space, and be better prepared for it.

 

[gotJohnny]

Generally I agree that he's tracking well...but...I've noticed a couple of instances in the last few weeks where he has...well....kind of soft cocked the contest a little. I tried to pretend it didnt happen a couple of weeks ago.
But it happened again again tonight. He definitely stuck the one arm out rather than put the body on the line.
Needs to sort that s**t out.

Theres was also a couple of marks where he’s opened up his body to the contest. Will come with size and confidence when he learns he’s the bull not the ant.


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[Jebus]

Loved his composure with the footy. A couple times last night he was running toward the forward 50 and instructed by a bunch of players to kick long, but he ignored everyone and took the smarter option.

 

[big_e]

Worth mentioning - that was AFL game number 11.