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

[Long Live the King]

You can see his confidence building game by game. Will be very good.

 

[brettman135]

You can see his confidence building game by game. Will be very good.

Just the fact alone he is willing to give his teammates a bit of spray when they burn him off when they should have given the handball.

 

[HTPunter]

If you can actually use the ball well I don't mind a tiny bit of self-preservation! If you can't kick though you need to go hammer and tong every contest.

Will get better with confidence. Just as his ball winning ability and ball use has gotten better this year already (lifted av disposals from 10 to 16, DE from 71 to 82%, average score involvements from 3 to 6), so will his defense and contesting.

 

[rippersnipper]

Just needs to find the ball a bit more. You want him getting 25 touches each week because they'll be a whole lot more damaging than a lot of our other players'.

 

[Gasometer]

This thread is an example of 20 years of lack of a Junior coming through at our club to be top 10 elite in the competition

 

[nj23]

He's like 4% away from being an absolute gun

Ie the burst away from congestion where he got just run down and it affected the kick - he doesn't get touched this time next year

Or the run through the centre before he just missed Jack in a one on one .. he nails a player lace out this time next year

I'm excited by him

That burst was great. When I watched it again I thought TT should have doubled back and made a lead towards him. It kind of looked like LDU was expecting it and then when he realised it wasn’t going to happen he’d slowed enough to have his kick effected. A couple dozen more games together and they convert in that situation 9/10 times.

 

[Page8383]

This guy much better than Paddy Dow. Luke’s far ahead on points despite his time in the VFL and managed TOG
Reckon we dodged a bullet with that Dow kid and also Martin - not worth the cash he’s sucking out of Richmond.

LDU is a natural and I’m pretty happy when he’s around or with the footy in hand


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[Val Keating]

Watching the replay now, just saw the moment, not great. Didn’t notice it as much at the game. It’s about 3-4 mins to go in the second quarter. I’m sure it will be highlighted tomorrow. Everyone needs to go when it’s their turn. Wouldn’t be against him being dropped. I’m sure he’ll make up for it though.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Luke is the furthest thing from the problem. He's close to the most talented player on the list.

But he needs to get more steel to his game, and start to willingly crash bodies.

 

[The Dingrel]

Needs to play every game. He’s a kid. Will make some mistakes but can just see he is a A grader and in time will win matches off his own boot.

 

[Passmore]

Needs to play every game. He’s a kid. Will make some mistakes but can just see he is a A grader and in time will win matches off his own boot.

Needs to be playing serious minutes in the guts at all times. This 70% game time is bullshit. Yeah he needs a tank....he’ll get there quicker the more footy he plays.

 

[Snake_Baker]

If he's smart he'll ask for a transfer before he get's ruined like all the other young talent that has shown up at North over the last 10 years.

 

[Roosurgence]

Guenuinely has very little support around him.

Some of these kids are being asked to make things happen while senior players around them plod along.

 

[tazaa]

I feel for him.
Any footballer with his skillset and running ability should be finishing five rows back over the goal umpires hat when running inside 50.
He is being instructed to pass or dish off against all instinct and logic and I can’t ******* understand why.

 

[Lavy_Panther]

Please don't leave us LDU. Please.

 

[amaz199]

Hesitates to kick it off his own boot instead of going for it.

Needs to be careful, he could lose confidence really easily. Who is instructing this nonsense share the ball s**t? Kick it son!

 

[Billy Not Really]

Thought he was trying his heart out to get involved and back into the game in the last quarter. Ling applauded also his willingness to take the game on and make something happen which isn't the orchestrated reset kicks backwards, and I agree with him, I made note of this last week also.

I really really hope that when those chances to make things happen fail, and they will its just the nature of the game, that he doesn't lose confidence and I also hope the coaching staff aren't deterring him from that.

Also thought his tackling efforts went from a zero from last week to some solid attempts especially after the HT. Again he also covers alot of ground to make sure we don't get locked down at half back.

We really gotta make sure this guy plays every week, he's got alot to give but the support he's getting is absolute s**t. The only person willing to coordinate with him is Cunners and its evident when you watch the game. They feed off each other alot.

Sucks he isn't hitting the goals from on the run too but then again nobody at North is hitting between the big sticks.

Don't lose confidence LDU, persist.

 

[Harris 10]

Won’t go back with the flight

 

[Heaps of fun]

Won’t go back with the flight

One Hand Luke.

 

[Go_Roos!]

Won’t go back with the flight

C'mon not supposed to notice minor things like that

 

[Bigeasy]

Won’t go back with the flight

A bit soft, he needs to harden up or trade him.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

It's happening regularly.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Ten contested possessions. He's tracking very nicely.

 

[archereleven]

Ten contested possessions. He's tracking very nicely.

Will make a few in here look very silly soon

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[Scallop Industry Thug]

Will make a few in here look very silly soon

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I think it's a little bit further away than we're hoping.