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

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So the most game is a row this kid has played is 6.

The longest stretch in his entire career.

He has a bunch of time on his side. But that is the issue that needs to be fixed. Not his talent or anything like that.
 

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He actually reminds me a lot of Cunnington, even in his development. The game still slows down for LDU, but he needs to be switched on more and perhaps work on his endurance aspect of his cardio respiratory fitness.
Should be a simple fix for this guy. Someone just needs to tell him the he is prone to drifting off and being a lazy campaigner during matches
 

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Coincidence : Zurhaar has his own little influencer girlfriend- plays like crap.
LDU squires the influencer girlfriend- - plays like crap

Maybe these girls drain there super powers.

Loving reading the range of excuses offered up for his game, hopefully the rest of the guys get them.
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Okay, so this is due to your personal expectations.

I personally think you and other posters need to readjust your expectations of a 21 year old that has been plagued by injury and only managed 30 odd games. Throw in the fact he’s being played out of position & coming off an injury which appears to have effected his engine (likely due to doing less cardio over the last month).

This whole “He was pick 4 so needs to be a finished product NOW” logic is just so short sighted & frankly, pathetic.

Any half decent viewer of AFL can tell you that Luke has shown some pretty special traits in his limited exposure. I recommend supporters also try to understand that certain players do take years in the system to show consistency (Cunnington, Tarrant, Goldstein, McDonald, McKay, Anderson ring any bells?).

It’s a positive that despite not being close to a finished product & playing out of position, he’s averaging 20 Disposals and getting shots on goal.
i’m not questioning his performance. I’m questioning his effort, in particular defensive efforts. Apparently a lot of footy experts say that’s a non-negotiable. I don’t see anyone denying that some of his efforts are poor, just that he has an excuse because of his fitness.
 

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i’m not questioning his performance. I’m questioning his effort, in particular defensive efforts. Apparently a lot of footy experts say that’s a non-negotiable. I don’t see anyone denying that some of his efforts are poor, just that he has an excuse because of his fitness.

How were Petraccas defensive efforts when he was 21?

I’ll tell you, non existent.
 

speedy

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How were Petraccas defensive efforts when he was 21?

I’ll tell you, non existent.
Kudos to you if you can remember what petraccas defensive efforts were like when he was 21. I wouldn’t even be able to remember my own defensive efforts from that long ago, they were probably non existent too. I look forward to LDU maturing into an awesome player.
 
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Not to say the reasons are not legitimate.

Just that there is always a reason why when playing poorly and looking half paced.

He can never push through whatever it is.

I, in no way trust our medical department to fix the issue.
 
Kudos to you if you can remember what petraccas defensive efforts were like when he was 21. I wouldn’t even be able to remember my own defensive efforts from that long ago, they were probably non existent too. I look forward to LDU maturing into an awesome player.

It was only 4 seasons ago (Petracca is now 25), so not that hard to remember. He was seen as an underperformer who lacked a defensive side. So, a valid comparison.

Last year he came =3rd in the Brownlow.

He still lacks a defensive side, but no-one at Melbourne gives a s**t about that.
 

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It was only 4 seasons ago (Petracca is now 25), so not that hard to remember. He was seen as an underperformer who lacked a defensive side. So, a valid comparison.

Last year he came =3rd in the Brownlow.

He still lacks a defensive side, but no-one at Melbourne gives a sh*t about that.

LDU & Petracca’s 4th year stats. I’ll let the experts work out whose who.

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Was LDU the only player with poor defensive efforts yesterday?

Don’t really see any other player threads blowing up like this one.

Good to know that if we drop LDU all our issues will be resolved.

No, but LDUs poor efforts really stuck out. Now if he was that unfit then that’s a reason but maybe he shouldn’t have played


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That first quarter in round one seems sooooo long ago.

Needs a really good run without an injury and we'll see more of those quarters
 

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OP is brutal, and the after effects of having to deload then reload isnt great for soft tissue injuries. I wouldnt be surprised if he is carrying other niggles. Wasnt moving great
 
Coincidence : Zurhaar has his own little influencer girlfriend- plays like crap.
LDU squires the influencer girlfriend- - plays like crap

Maybe these girls drain there super powers.

Loving reading the range of excuses offered up for his game, hopefully the rest of the guys get them.
The above is mine
Zurhaar has split from the instagram girlfriend a little while ago. Maybe there is a link between this and his poor form though you would hope not.
 
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Simple instructions this week. Whenever Petracca is in the midfield you play on him.

Don't over complicate it for him, just get him play one on one with one of the best in the comp. He has the explosiveness to go with him and Petracca isn't an endurance beast, so he should have no worries keeping up with him around the ground.

I just don't want to see anymore flat footed-ness around the contest and half hearted efforts if the opposition wins the footy. If you explode out of the contest with the footy you can explode out of it if the opposition wins the initial contest.
 
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Coincidence : Zurhaar has his own little influencer girlfriend- plays like crap.
LDU squires the influencer girlfriend- - plays like crap

Maybe these girls drain there super powers.

Loving reading the range of excuses offered up for his game, hopefully the rest of the guys get them.
The above is mine

This is actually believable. Drinking their own bath water
 

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Coincidence : Zurhaar has his own little influencer girlfriend- plays like crap.
LDU squires the influencer girlfriend- - plays like crap

Maybe these girls drain there super powers.

Loving reading the range of excuses offered up for his game, hopefully the rest of the guys get them.
The above is mine

This is a legitimately plausible theory I don't care how ridiculous it may sound.
 
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