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

[Jesslc]

Had to be done.

 

[Roosurgence]

Mother of god

She is still in the VFL working on her defensive deficiencies

 

[Friday Night Lights]

Had to be done.

Thank you!

He’s so far and away our best kick inside 50 it’s not funny.

 

[Roosurgence]

Thank you!

He’s so far and away our best kick inside 50 it’s not funny.

That’s what is so baffling, to totally remove a weapon from where he is most dangerous is something that only Brad Scott could conjure up.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I'm happy to wait. No hurry.

 

[SheezNuts]

Should be a main starting mid, and never to be moved anywhere else for the next 15 years.

Has so much Judd about him with his run and pin point bullet passes.

 

[bennymate]

Just hope Scott doesn't ruin this absolute gem we have, can't stop seeing Scott Pendlebury in him either, so classy!

 

[RobZombie]

Said this in the Tyson thread. Based on training I suspect he's carrying some sort of niggle. Better to have him at 50-60% game time than not at all imo.

 

[ArchKing Carey]

It only took Brad 8 years to trial Maj in the backline. I expect to see Luke playing in the midfield in 2026

 

[berniemccarthy]

Should be a main starting mid, and never to be moved anywhere else for the next 15 years.

Has so much Judd about him with his run and pin point bullet passes.

Yep runs like him and kicks like him. Still young. Let's not cook him.

 

[Kanga87]

Said this in the Tyson thread. Based on training I suspect he's carrying some sort of niggle. Better to have him at 50-60% game time than not at all imo.

I think I remember Bard in the presser after the Brisbane game hinting he will start in the midfield every week, wonder if the niggle has changed things short term

 

[Val Keating]

Why would they play a second year player with a niggle? Especially if it means they have to play him out of position? Could’ve picked it up during the game I spose.

If he does have a niggle rest him

 

[jess_1804]

Should be a main starting mid, and never to be moved anywhere else for the next 15 years.

Has so much Judd about him with his run and pin point bullet passes.

And the shoulder strapping.

 

[Val Keating]

His kicking style reminds me of Ablett jnr. Even the way he moves in traffic is similar.

Stays on his feet and stays in the contest where he can have 3-4 possessions in a single bit of play, he’s got that crouched over careful kicking style too.

Obviously I’m not saying he’s the next GAJ, but if we’re talking style I reckon he’s pretty close.

Kennedy is a bull, not much finess. Judd would run and carry-LDU usually takes his kick off a couple steps.

 

[SnowyontheTram]

Thank you!

He’s so far and away our best kick inside 50 it’s not funny.

Ahern a close second

 

[R00StaR]

Should be a main starting mid, and never to be moved anywhere else for the next 15 years.

Has so much Judd about him with his run and pin point bullet passes.

Interesting, while i cant see that i thought his first play in that video was very Judd like when he broke that tackle to the hips. Sort of a hip rotation shrug. Important because he beats the man taking him on and creates space.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Coming along very nicely.

 

[Val Keating]

Can football well

 

[shintemaster]

Going very nicely. Give this kid 2-3 years and it is going to be an absolute blast watching him play.

 

[gokangas]

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

 

[longyroos]

Love his composure, gun

 

[Billy Not Really]

I feel so comfortable when the ball is in his hands. So reliable.

He's beginning to also have a commanding presence around the ground, guiding where the play should go and directs traffic, covered alot of ground.

I noticed when we were chipping the ball constantly at the last quarter he ran forward towards Dumont who had the ball and asked for it to get us to stop screwing around and make something happen, sure enough we got it forward to inside 50.

 

[shintemaster]

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

Geeze I reckon you're being tough. He's bloody neat and doesn't f*ck it up constantly like some of our guys. Holds the ball, finds an option and gets to the right spots an awful lot for a large kid. This off season I reckon we put him through a tonne of running and then size comes on the next 2 afterwards but he'll impact week in week out more often than not now.

 

[Barassi Scowl]

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.

 

[ohh_v]

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.