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Player Watch #9: Luke Davies-Uniacke [Part II] - '24 SBM - [Ch9] LDU's camp 'working hard to get a deal done'
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Dude, Herman's still hurting after his draft snub. Some compassion, please....
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‘Wants to see improvement’: Why this star free agent has put contract talks on hold
By Jon Pierik
November 23, 2024 — 4.03pmNorth Melbourne star Luke Davies-Uniacke wants to see on-field improvement under coach Alastair Clarkson, and will wait until the new year before discussing a contract extension with the club.
Davies-Uniacke, 25, shapes as one of the hottest prospective restricted free agents next year, and has indicated he wants to remain at Arden Street.
While the Kangaroos are keen to broker a new deal, Davies-Uniacke’s manager, Robbie D’Orazio of Connors Sports Management, said discussions were temporarily on hold.
Blue-chip star: North Melbourne can expect rival offers for Luke Davies-Uniacke.CREDIT: AFL PHOTOS
“Luke loves the North Melbourne footy club, especially his teammates. He wants nothing more than to see improvement in 2025 and, of course, winning games is a big part of that,” D’Orazio told this masthead.
“There is no timeline on his contract. It’s something we will look at in the new season.”
A Kangaroos spokesman said the club was comfortable with Davies-Uniacke’s decision.“There is no timeframe on it from our perspective. We’re really comfortable with that approach,” he said.
Should Davies-Uniacke explore free agency, the robust midfielder would be one of the most coveted signings by rival clubs next season.
Davies-Uniacke claimed his maiden Syd Barker Medal in September, having enjoyed a dominant year when he played in every game for the first time in his seven seasons at the club, averaging 27.7 disposals and 6.3 clearances per game, and shone against several finals-bound opponents.
However, Davies-Uniacke craves on-field success, the Kangaroos having finished no higher than ninth – that being in his rookie season in Brad Scott’s final full season in charge – since he was taken with the fourth-overall selection in the 2017 national draft. The Kangaroos won only three games in 2024, finishing second last.
Despite the club’s on-field battles, Davies-Uniacke polled 18 Brownlow votes this season, having had 27 career votes before this year’s count – highlighting that he catches the eye of umpires for his bullish work and skills with ball in hand.
He is a cornerstone of what the Kangaroos hope will be their next premiership side, given they now boast a deep midfield that includes young stars George Wardlaw and Harry Sheezel, co-captain Jy Simpkin, and veteran ex-Swan Luke Parker.
They have added to their fleet of runners by taking the versatile Finn O’Sullivan from the Oakleigh Chargers with the No.2 pick in the national draft, adding to fellow top-10 picks Colby McKercher, Zane Duursma, Wardlaw and Sheezel taken in the past two years.
Midfield gun: Harry Sheezel (picured) and Davies-Uniacke are two men the Kangaroos hope to build a premiership side around.CREDIT: AFL PHOTOS
The Kangaroos also made a surprise decision to trade next year’s first-round pick to Richmond in exchange for the final pick of this year’s first round, a selection they used to snare versatile tall Matt Whitlock to bolster their key position stocks. As part of this deal, they also received the Tigers’ future second-round pick.
In a busy off-season, the Kangaroos also signed veteran West Coast premiership forward Jack Darling through the trade period to provide marking support for key forward Nick Larkey, while former Western Bulldog Caleb Daniel will provide dash and creativity from half-back.
Kangaroos recruiting boss Will Thursfield said his club understood its improvement needed to show on-field in the win/loss column.
“We’ve got enough kids in now, and we’ve hit the trade period and got some mature boys in, so it’s time to get moving,” Thursfield said.
“You’d hope we’d improve quite a bit, given the cattle we’ve brought in and [with] another year in these young kids, but it’s hard to say. At the end of the day, we’ve got to back ourselves in a bit.”
Swingman Charlie Comben is on the mend from post-season shoulder surgery, while the Kangaroos hope speedy forward Brayden George can still have an impact after he ruptured his ACL for the second time in June.
He had missed the entire 2023 campaign, having initially hurt himself not long after being taken with pick No.26 in the 2022 national draft. He is yet to make his senior debut but the Kangaroos awarded him a two-year contract extension in July.
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I'm not overly concerned. If it's improvement he wants I've got confidence that comes this year. Our team is stacked with young talent that's improving every week let alone an off season.
If he does decide to go we get band 1 compo. Sucks but it wouldn't change the clubs course.
If he does decide to go we get band 1 compo. Sucks but it wouldn't change the clubs course.
He should be B2B BnF
Who cares what you think Two Header.. no Roo Logo.
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Geez you’re a ****in savage duck
What do expect when you are an outsider having an opinion on the club? In our board? campaigner wants to poach our Colby. He can ship offGeez you’re a ****in savage duck
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He's just salty because I think Carey is a flog.Geez you’re a ****in savage duck
Defending a woman basher and then having tragic meltdowns in the draft thread. Classic.
Nah… if honesty means salty then so be it. Im not sure wayne “bashed” a woman either. And I aint excusing his past. All I am saying is campaigners like you that after 20 years, still carry on like flogs, need to move on.
Now im not prepared to derail the LDU thread. Ship off and feed your sister
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We've got bigger issues than LDU leaving if we can't find a way to improve next year. We've assembled so much young talent and have brought in some quality recruits, the time is now.
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Hawks will pay him in white goods?
The only way we don’t see significant improvement in 2025 is if it turns out Clarko can’t coach anymore. He has everything he needs now.
Over to you Clarko.
You mean apart from his manager reportedly saying they were?
It puts a huge hole in any future aspirations for the team if he leaves.
I don’t think team improvement will sway him unless we are knocking on the door of the top 8. Jumping on a team who’s contending will be hard to pass up. He owes North nothing after sticking fat for these 5 atrocious years.
I think it’s 50/50 he stays.
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“D’Orazio of Connors Sports Management, said discussions were temporarily on hold”
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Just noise - He won't be going anywhere. Has already stated he wants to be a long term north melbourne player and loves the club. From a financial point of view however it makes sense for him to wait to see what offers he gets from other clubs so that he maximizes his contract value with north which is fair enough.
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If we do show serious signs of moving in the right direction next year then the FOMO of leaving his friends behind would be pretty intense - the cautionary tale of Brett Deledio, etc. It would be a decision that he weighs up heavily.
So, it’s an article by a disposable journalist wanting to wedge an existence out the hellscape that is the AFL off-season.
He's staying people. Stress less ffs
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Fair. Interesting that they say he said that but didn’t actually quote that bit, but went on to quote all the other stuff…
“Luke loves the North Melbourne footy club, especially his teammates. He wants nothing more than to see improvement in 2025 and, of course, winning games is a big part of that,” D’Orazio told this masthead.
just another headline that’s been parroted numerous times for months.
Anyway there’s nothing to worry about as Chad has already done the reverse mozz after sharing his “concerns”
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This type of article will appear every few weeks until he signs or otherwise. I'm over it already.
Feels like a headline that was written and then slapped together an article with a few nothing quotes and other random North news‘Wants to see improvement’: Why this star free agent has put contract talks on hold
By Jon Pierik
November 23, 2024 — 4.03pm
North Melbourne star Luke Davies-Uniacke wants to see on-field improvement under coach Alastair Clarkson, and will wait until the new year before discussing a contract extension with the club.
Davies-Uniacke, 25, shapes as one of the hottest prospective restricted free agents next year, and has indicated he wants to remain at Arden Street.
While the Kangaroos are keen to broker a new deal, Davies-Uniacke’s manager, Robbie D’Orazio of Connors Sports Management, said discussions were temporarily on hold.
Blue-chip star: North Melbourne can expect rival offers for Luke Davies-Uniacke.CREDIT: AFL PHOTOS
“Luke loves the North Melbourne footy club, especially his teammates. He wants nothing more than to see improvement in 2025 and, of course, winning games is a big part of that,” D’Orazio told this masthead.
“There is no timeline on his contract. It’s something we will look at in the new season.”
A Kangaroos spokesman said the club was comfortable with Davies-Uniacke’s decision.
“There is no timeframe on it from our perspective. We’re really comfortable with that approach,” he said.
Should Davies-Uniacke explore free agency, the robust midfielder would be one of the most coveted signings by rival clubs next season.
Davies-Uniacke claimed his maiden Syd Barker Medal in September, having enjoyed a dominant year when he played in every game for the first time in his seven seasons at the club, averaging 27.7 disposals and 6.3 clearances per game, and shone against several finals-bound opponents.
However, Davies-Uniacke craves on-field success, the Kangaroos having finished no higher than ninth – that being in his rookie season in Brad Scott’s final full season in charge – since he was taken with the fourth-overall selection in the 2017 national draft. The Kangaroos won only three games in 2024, finishing second last.
Despite the club’s on-field battles, Davies-Uniacke polled 18 Brownlow votes this season, having had 27 career votes before this year’s count – highlighting that he catches the eye of umpires for his bullish work and skills with ball in hand.
He is a cornerstone of what the Kangaroos hope will be their next premiership side, given they now boast a deep midfield that includes young stars George Wardlaw and Harry Sheezel, co-captain Jy Simpkin, and veteran ex-Swan Luke Parker.
They have added to their fleet of runners by taking the versatile Finn O’Sullivan from the Oakleigh Chargers with the No.2 pick in the national draft, adding to fellow top-10 picks Colby McKercher, Zane Duursma, Wardlaw and Sheezel taken in the past two years.
Midfield gun: Harry Sheezel (picured) and Davies-Uniacke are two men the Kangaroos hope to build a premiership side around.CREDIT: AFL PHOTOS
The Kangaroos also made a surprise decision to trade next year’s first-round pick to Richmond in exchange for the final pick of this year’s first round, a selection they used to snare versatile tall Matt Whitlock to bolster their key position stocks. As part of this deal, they also received the Tigers’ future second-round pick.
In a busy off-season, the Kangaroos also signed veteran West Coast premiership forward Jack Darling through the trade period to provide marking support for key forward Nick Larkey, while former Western Bulldog Caleb Daniel will provide dash and creativity from half-back.
Kangaroos recruiting boss Will Thursfield said his club understood its improvement needed to show on-field in the win/loss column.
“We’ve got enough kids in now, and we’ve hit the trade period and got some mature boys in, so it’s time to get moving,” Thursfield said.
“You’d hope we’d improve quite a bit, given the cattle we’ve brought in and [with] another year in these young kids, but it’s hard to say. At the end of the day, we’ve got to back ourselves in a bit.”
Swingman Charlie Comben is on the mend from post-season shoulder surgery, while the Kangaroos hope speedy forward Brayden George can still have an impact after he ruptured his ACL for the second time in June.
He had missed the entire 2023 campaign, having initially hurt himself not long after being taken with pick No.26 in the 2022 national draft. He is yet to make his senior debut but the Kangaroos awarded him a two-year contract extension in July.
