Player Watch #9: Luke Davies-Uniacke [Part II] - '24 SBM - re-signed until the end of 2032 [7 year deal]

[DunderHead]

This club has broken me.

I should feel joy and optimism here. Proud that he is sticking it out after these terrible years.

I feel nothing. But I want to

C'mon chin up. The misery will make success all the sweeter. Face this shit head on.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

In all seriousness. There’s been a lot of talk about the onfield performance being historically bad. But there is absolutely no sign of a Fitzroy-type stench of death about the club or the players. After all the years we had reason to worry - even when we were performing well - that any downturn would be our last as a stand-alone Victorian club, we are now able to ride through even this. We won more than we knew in 2007, we were part of changing the AFL landscape.

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

I was more relieved than excited but that clip has me up and about. Massive genuine emotion from the captain and the guys who have already committed for the long term - and CD and Parker right behind them with the hugs and congratulations. Clarko beaming, he must be delighted.

Brought a tear to my eye seeing Jy, Lmac and Souv's reaction. You can see it means so much to them knowing that senior core group have all committed together.

 

[Event Horizon]

Caleb wanted to give LDU a hug but was ignored just because he is so short that LDU simply didn't see him standing right next to him

 

[gerry101101]

WaRcHe$t

 

[Rod Stroker]

Old news. Called it on Saturday

Interesting timing given we've just lost the last 2 weeks by over 100 points and he wanted to see improvement.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Huge $$$.

Go big tomorrow Luke.

We need it.

The skeptic in me thinks this was announced to take some heat from the dogshit performance last week.

The skeptic in me thinks this was announced to take some heat from the dogshit performance this week.

 

[King Corey]

Have you tried hammering a nail through the head of your penis? That usually gets results.

This is angry version of Hearts to hearts levels of deviation from your usual persona.

I like.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Samsquanch]

[VIC] 2025 Kangaroos 3 Home Games General Admission Membership $9 via EasyPay (Renews at $99 for 2026) @ North Melbourne FC

Deal: [VIC] 2025 Kangaroos 3 Home Games General Admission Membership $9 via EasyPay (Renews at $99 for 2026) @ North Melbourne FC, Store: North Melbourne Football Club, Category: Entertainment

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3 home games in GA for $9

Worth signing up a few cats and dogs or even the cows.

 

[Rooscals]

So if it’s not an inconvenience can we please start winning some games of football please……..well done LDU !!!!!!

 

[SheezNuts]

Thank you LDU.

Warlord next.

 

[Sphynx]

Why on Earth would we give any phux what Kane Cornes thinks?

GO LDU!!!

I don't.

I care what he's doing and what I can see with my own eyes.

He needs to lift. He's WAY down on pretty much every stat category from last year.

He's down 30-35% in all of possessions, contested possessions, clearances etc.

His ground ball gets have plummeted, as have his hard ball gets etc.

If I didn't know any better, i'd say it was OP or something and not covering the ground.

He hasn't averaged these numbers in about 4-5 years.

He's had 1 game above 23 disposals to start the season.

To put that in perspetive, he's had about 4 sub 23 disposal games in his last 3 seasons.

Hopefully it was the contract, which is now sorted. Because this is an extremely unusual start to the year from the star player from the last 50-60 games. Especially all in a row.

 

[Cyber_punk]

They did , Masons Woods. Sure they would have preferred Tiger Woods but he has been good for them lol He should help keep them mid table for eternity.

Hard to believe Mase is already 32 at the end of this year.

 

[franjon]

Why on Earth would we give any phux what Kane Cornes thinks?

GO LDU!!!

He's a very well thought out critical analyst, just ask him.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Hard to believe Mase is already 32 at the end of this year.

wow. hard to believe he's been in the system that long.

such a tease

 

[zoomba23]

I don't.

I care what he's doing and what I can see with my own eyes.

He needs to lift. He's WAY down on pretty much every stat category from last year.

He's down 30-35% in all of possessions, contested possessions, clearances etc.

His ground ball gets have plummeted, as have his hard ball gets etc.

If I didn't know any better, i'd say it was OP or something and not covering the ground.

He hasn't averaged these numbers in about 4-5 years.

He's had 1 game above 23 disposals to start the season.

To put that in perspetive, he's had about 4 sub 23 disposal games in his last 3 seasons.

Hopefully it was the contract, which is now sorted. Because this is an extremely unusual start to the year from the star player from the last 50-60 games. Especially all in a row.




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He's injured. He was underwhelming in R1, very good in R2, and then he got injured. Let's not start ringing the alarm bells yet

 

[Ashley B]

Hard to believe Mase is already 32 at the end of this year.

Made something out of his career in the end . IMO don’t think we developed him very well when he was with us.

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

[VIC] 2025 Kangaroos 3 Home Games General Admission Membership $9 via EasyPay (Renews at $99 for 2026) @ North Melbourne FC

Deal: [VIC] 2025 Kangaroos 3 Home Games General Admission Membership $9 via EasyPay (Renews at $99 for 2026) @ North Melbourne FC, Store: North Melbourne Football Club, Category: Entertainment

www.ozbargain.com.au

3 home games in GA for $9

Worth signing up a few cats and dogs or even the cows.

It’s genius getting all these non north supporters into the autorenew system nmfc supporters love

This deal is even on Ozbargain - plenty signing up just for the $9 hat/scarf, lol.

 

[Event Horizon]

Made something out of his career in the end . IMO don’t think we developed him very well when he was with us.

No, I don't buy that. You don't "develop" at 27 (or whatever he was when he left us). He was pretty well developed.
But wasn't well coached and well utilised. Plus was very injury prone.

Lyon is a very good coach. In fact I admit, I have underestimated how good a coach he is.

Not only has he shown that he can adapt to a different game style that he was well known for, but he has also proven that he can adapt to the way AFL football is changing. The game has changed so much over the last 10-15 years, much more so than it has in the previous 50. And very few modern coaches have adapted to that. Huge question marks on Clarko in that regard.

When there were rumors we might be interested in Ross I wasn't keen at all. But in hindsight, I was probably wrong.

 

[Ashley B]

Just received this lol . Maybe it was a club memo

 

[Frank Thring]

They did beat The Pies by a point in a Grand Final , that’s a plus

And then proceeded to take photos of the Cup in Collingwood jumpers. Bahaha

 

[LETSGOKANGAS]

Surely now its time to kick ass and chew bubble-gum

 

[shinboner magic]

Brilliant news.

Have been walking around with a smile since I heard the news.

 

[Dan]

We knew early on that McKay was leaving and nothing changed from that point on.

The noise with LDU wasn’t the same in that regard.

So I’m not surprised but still pleased with this news.