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

[Aberration]

25 touches, 10 + contested and 8 clearances, he was absolutely massive.

These types of games will become the regular. Strap in.

 

[koshari]

Good of Tommy to lend him his time machine while he wasn't using it. That piece of play in fwd line when he Was cool as ice and casually slipped jaiden a pass who moved it on to Cunners. They are the possetion chains that lead to domination.

 

[Roos4eva]

Great game.

 

[CBSlogger]

Had his big boy shorts on tonight, gave us another glimpse what a brownlow year would look like.

 

[teethmeetsflesh]

That front on tackle late and the 5 step hustle near the square were pure brilliance. Loved watching him tonight. He is playing with real purpose of late

 

[Uncle_Leo]

 

[teethmeetsflesh]

This was it for me

 

[shinboner magic]

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Last year he wouldn’t of gotten near this tackle with his second effort.

Getting better each game and busting out of stoppages.

 

[giantroo]

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[Bugsy Malone]

It would have been understandable for this kid to give up on this season, but he's shown a tone of heart and showing everyone the player he will become.

 

[giantroo]

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[the big lebowski]

That front on tackle late and the 5 step hustle near the square were pure brilliance. Loved watching him tonight. He is playing with real purpose of late

I’m not going to lie, his tackling has gone from do I have to? To I’m tacking you down.

 

[Roosurgence]

Building........

 

[scottywiper]

That bit of play to Stepho. Holy cow.
He's starting to feel it.
Also noted that he broke away from playing group to salute the main pocket of supporters after the siren.
Leadership material.

 

[roospur]

His ceiling is terrifyingly high! Absolute beast in the making, he'll still get pinged with it occasionally but the opposition are finding it much harder to take him down now. Love the boy, would turn

 

[Shermanator]

His ceiling is terrifyingly high! Absolute beast in the making, he'll still get pinged with it occasionally but the opposition are finding it much harder to take him down now. Love the boy, would turn

Its quite scary to think he will probably hit his peak around 26-27..

Love this guy.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Hard choice but I think the tackle on Duggan was my favourite.

 

[Mjs94]

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Agree. The other stuff we have come to expect, but this, if anything, has been a criticism of LDU. 12 months ago Duggan would have brushed passed him. Imagine LDU in another 12-24 months. MONSTER

 

[Only Forwards]

Hard choice but I think the tackle on Duggan was my favourite.

Absolutely my favourite due to nuffies on here saying nonsense like he isn't intense enough.

LDU 2021 vs Jy 2020

Jy came second in the Syd with those stats and LDU is putting out very similar numbers.



Reckon he is going to absolutely explode next year.

 

[The Warlord]

The belief is there now. Look out.

 

[Moti]

Hard choice but I think the tackle on Duggan was my favourite.

That is what has been missing for me, and I agree that was the favourite part. Never had a doubt about his footsteps in traffic but to be a next level player he needed to add the complete game and he is starting to show it. Never lost a parent or had one going through a long illness but it seems that since his father passed it might have lightened his load and given him new focus.

 

[Joshen]

Hard choice but I think the tackle on Duggan was my favourite.

Agreed. It demonstrated the improvement in his defensive game. The offensive weapons have always been obvious.

 

[Marksup]

He did a dance step very similar to the one in the last quarter in the 1st. I remember thinking he should have given it earlier. Can’t remember exactly what happened whether he turned it over or put someone under pressure, and it ended up going down the other end for a goal - I was pretty annoyed.

But in the last quarter I was reminded that you can’t make all players robots. Do I still think he should have given it in that first quarter? Yes. But what he tried to do was creative, brave and unique to LDU.

What I do know is - the game will continue to slow down for him and he will start to always know when it’s time to dance and time to give and at that point it becomes scary.

 

[roos_tt29]

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And look who is STILL standing after all those tackles. The fact he's still on his feet and ready to potentially be involved in the next play is another step in the right direction.

You're good kid! Go get it!

 

[3051]

That bit of play to Stepho. Holy cow.
He's starting to feel it.
Also noted that he broke away from playing group to salute the main pocket of supporters after the siren.
Leadership material.

What a passage of play! LDU takes the cake, but we are spoilt with midfielders that are evasive - LDU, Simpkin, Stephenson, Thomas. Not to mention brick walls like Cunnington and Zahaar. These players are built to take the opposition on, and break through high pressure situations with moments of class and IQ.