There’s about 10 pages of articles on this bloke from the herald sun and the afl site claiming he’s on the verge of a massive season. And talking up how good he is. I have never understood the hype for this guy. He’s soft as butter. Doesn’t kick goals and doesn’t have a tank. Why do North fans and the AFL media keep hyping him up?
Luke Davis-Uniacke. Will he ever live up to the media hype that he receives?
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Never heard of him.
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See him as a Cunnington type. Good player but not truly elite.
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Well this isn't in any way predictable. Dogs fan OP talking down something North related.
Weird rivalry.
As for LDU. Tough to come into a team on the decline that then loses some midfield grunt.
Played about 30 games so some patience is required. Things take time.
Weird rivalry.
As for LDU. Tough to come into a team on the decline that then loses some midfield grunt.
Played about 30 games so some patience is required. Things take time.
He was bloody great in Round 1 against Port. He's 21 years old and his whole AFL career to date has been in a bottom 8 side. Weird bloke to have to the gun.
And 10 pages of articles, please. Lighten up on the hyperbole, it doesn't validate your point of view by completely exaggerating (I can't even find 2 recent articles on him).
And 10 pages of articles, please. Lighten up on the hyperbole, it doesn't validate your point of view by completely exaggerating (I can't even find 2 recent articles on him).
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You'd think he ends his career with at least 3 Brownlows, a Coleman and a Golden Fist or two.
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Has all the tools but gets tagged out of games way to easily and still goes missing for quarters at a time. If he can put it all together he will be a high level mid.
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Sort of. Had a good first half and then went away a bit.
I highly doubt he ends up as good as cunnington
I personally don’t see it either but this is a harsh thread.
I like most of North's top rated young players so he shouldn't get all the buzz but at the same time they appear to be a pretty ordinary side coming off a miserable year last year.
Not exactly a surprise that one or two of them are going to get some buzz. The commentators have to say something for a 120 minutes. Would be rude to just bash them for all that time so they pump up a shining light.
My LDU take is he came in to the league and despite being a dominant junior his tricks didn't really work. He was slow. He lacks skills on his left side. He clearly didn't have a huge tank.
But everything started to click last year and he's potentially got a very high ceiling. He's a genuine big body who can move through traffic with ease and his skills are at least decent and could get even better.
Some big body mids are ready to go from day 1 because they have the size but many take a lot of time to adapt to the pace of the game and to either build the strength to crash and bash and/or add new tricks.
Not exactly a surprise that one or two of them are going to get some buzz. The commentators have to say something for a 120 minutes. Would be rude to just bash them for all that time so they pump up a shining light.
My LDU take is he came in to the league and despite being a dominant junior his tricks didn't really work. He was slow. He lacks skills on his left side. He clearly didn't have a huge tank.
But everything started to click last year and he's potentially got a very high ceiling. He's a genuine big body who can move through traffic with ease and his skills are at least decent and could get even better.
Some big body mids are ready to go from day 1 because they have the size but many take a lot of time to adapt to the pace of the game and to either build the strength to crash and bash and/or add new tricks.
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We have quite a few issues and he isn't one of them. 20 a game isn't bad for an inside mid <40 games.
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Wow OP really going for the big targets, a kid on the improve and doing OK in the worst team in the AFL. Classy thread.
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Ldu is the least of our worries lol, he's developing nicely in a poor team without a lot of support. Watch his first qtr last week, the kid has it. Hasn't quite been able to put it together consistently yet, fades in and out of games but he's a young developing player with not many games under his belt. Hopefully he gets 20+ games in this year. If he doesn't come on in the next 18-24 months then maybe it would be time to worry, but I betcha he does. When he's up and about he looks fantastic, just needs to find consistency that will come with age and more experience
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Pretty decent young player in a struggling side.
Nothing more, Nothing less. I dont see a lot of Hype. Just North fans happy they have a potential A grade midfielder, Which this may seem like a shot at North, Right now they are pretty much the lowest point you can get having finally a season where they commited to sucking (Also thought picking Phillips over Mcdonald will haunt them for about 14 years)
and FFS hes played under 50 games.
Nothing more, Nothing less. I dont see a lot of Hype. Just North fans happy they have a potential A grade midfielder, Which this may seem like a shot at North, Right now they are pretty much the lowest point you can get having finally a season where they commited to sucking (Also thought picking Phillips over Mcdonald will haunt them for about 14 years)
and FFS hes played under 50 games.
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I think LDU is developing well and will be an AA-level player by the time he’s played 70-100 games.
From what I have seen of Will Phillips he is a very sound selection, but I am scratching my head as to why he is not being selected at present. As for Davies-Maniac, he got going quite nicely towards the end of 2020, and really looked at home in AFL ranks.
