Player Watch #14: Luke 'Gav' Urquhart - selected with Pick 57 in the ND - Welcome to North Melbourne

[The Nostradamus]

An early contract extension would be good list management imo

yeah give him 2 years now

 

[Themanbun]

Me likey

 

[shinboner magic]

That set shot was horrific - was like they pulled a rugby player out of the crowd bad.
Running shot was much better - did well but looked slow with ball in hands at times. Didn’t seem to want to kick and was looking for a handball

 

[Devski]

I like Urkel

 

[Dinkers]

Has been a slow burn, no real fanfare, just quietly going about his business. Will get opportunities this year.

 

[pupstar]

Has been a slow burn, no real fanfare, just quietly going about his business. Will get opportunities this year.

Perfectly summed up.

 

[Frank Thring]

He reminds of Dunkley when he started, wasn't a good kick but developed it over the years

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

He reminds of Dunkley when he started, wasn't a good kick but developed it over the years

I find it astonishing that skills are seen as ‘set and forget’ once a player enters the league.

What the **** else do they practice week in week out?

 

[Themanbun]

I find it astonishing that skills are seen as ‘set and forget’ once a player enters the league.

What the **** else do they practice week in week out?

Players should really be improving at all aspects until their early 30s

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Players should really be improving at all aspects until their early 30s

Imagine a pro golfer with a shit short game at 18 years old and then going ‘well that’s as good as it’s going to get…’

Baffling shit.

 

[chubbspeterson]

I find it astonishing that skills are seen as ‘set and forget’ once a player enters the league.

What the **** else do they practice week in week out?

It's odd, but I did hear Cats don't really worry about what they can't do re skills. They look at athletic traits.
I guess teams think they can work on the skills with guys like Dempsey or Holmes.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Has been a slow burn, no real fanfare, just quietly going about his business. Will get opportunities this year.

It's odd, but I did hear Cats don't really worry about what they can't do re skills. They look at athletic traits.
I guess teams think they can work on the skills with guys like Dempsey or Holmes.

Holmes is a cat, the most overrated pelican I've ever seen.

A genuine spud, he'd already be Holme if he played for us.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Holmes is a cat, the most overrated pelican I've ever seen.

A genuine spud, he'd already be Holme if he played for us.

Lol. Not sure I'd go that far as calling an AA level player a spud, but agree he's not exactly a tough guy.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Lol. Not sure I'd go that far as calling an AA level player a spud, but agree he's not exactly a tough guy.

I don't care if he's tough or not, just had a really poor final and was Jamie MacMillan-like last night.

At best.

 

[chubbspeterson]

I don't care if he's tough or not, just had a really poor final and was Jamie MacMillan-like last night.

At best.

Oh ok. I didn't watch the Origin, but yeah his GF wasn't great.

 

[rickety]

That set shot was horrific - was like they pulled a rugby player out of the crowd bad.
Running shot was much better - did well but looked slow with ball in hands at times. Didn’t seem to want to kick and was looking for a handball

Whomever was commentating at the time said his kicking on the run was less of an issue than his static kicking, owtte.

 

[RightWingRoo]

Might be an idea to pair Luke up with a specialist kicking coach like Josh Growden. He has all the other attributes to make it

 

[King Corey]

Might be an idea to pair Luke up with a specialist kicking coach like Josh Growden. He has all the other attributes to make it

How is some singer from the early 2000s going to help him?

Edit: misread the name

 

[The Dingrel]

It's odd, but I did hear Cats don't really worry about what they can't do re skills. They look at athletic traits.
I guess teams think they can work on the skills with guys like Dempsey or Holmes.

That's intersting. Very much how baseball works too, seen plenty of MLB scouts here, don't do much but measure swing velocity, how hard they throw, and how fast they run. 17/18yo can throw 90mph, unless lazy, they sign em, especially if left handed.

 

[pupstar]

H

Oh ok. I didn't watch the Origin, but yeah his GF wasn't great.

Had plenty of company on the day. Still a gun and very important to the Cats in my opinion.

 

[LB2Snake]

I don't care if he's tough or not, just had a really poor final and was Jamie MacMillan-like last night.

At best.

I like Holmes.
Also think Dempsey it a jet.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Thursfield mentioned in the broadcast that Urqs is one of the most diligent trainers both on and off the field.

Yeah his kicking is below avg, but we’ve had
Plenty of poor kicks across the journey who have carved out bloody good careers, like Simmo.

 

[Chip Scab1]

I like Holmes.
Also think Dempsey it a jet.

They're good footballers. But Geelong so **** them.

I've had enough of Geelong, I hate everything about them. The town, the club, the players, their supporters and especially Cat It. That thing that sits in their cheer squad with their face painted. Can't stand it.


We're ticking over to almost 32 years of unadulterated hatred for all things Geelong. In equestrian terms, just a ****ing refusal of all things cat.

 

[ferball]

They're good footballers. But Geelong so **** them.

I've had enough of Geelong, I hate everything about them. The town, the club, the players, their supporters and especially Cat It. That thing that sits in their cheer squad with their face painted. Can't stand it.

Well odds are they'll struggle to do that again cos their house burnt down in the fires and they lost all that stuff.

 

[Chip Scab1]

Well odds are they'll struggle to do that again cos their house burnt down in the fires and they lost all that stuff.

Is this actually confirmed?

All my Christmas's have come at once, I hope his nearest and dearest are safe and well, but that information has put a little pep in my step. I won't lie.