Speculation Luke Davies-Uniacke [RFA 2025]

[adammania9]

They have been if you don't count the 2022, 11 years thereabouts. If 2022 didn't happen, it would be the lost decade.

They WILL be in far worse position in the years to come as they entrench in the midtable.

I am looking at the ladder now, over the next few years teams like melb, port, geelong, lions, hawthorn, saints will occupy the 7 to 13th position. These are the no-man's zone due to no draft and not strong enough to be a chance for flag.

Making things worse are the 2028 - 2031 event horizon of heavily affected draft due to tasmania.

Melb port geelong better start rebuilding right now in order to navigate the coming storm that is 2028.

There’s no real point playing out the next 10 seasons since you already know what’s gonna happen

 

[Kobe Gryant]

There’s no real point playing out the next 10 seasons since you already know what’s gonna happen

He genuinely thinks North have been the worst side since Fitzroy on purpose to prepare for Tassie coming in.

Even their supporters can't stand him, just pollutes every thread he's in with conspiracy nonsense.

Best to ignore all together.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Amusing also how a premiership should be ignored as it doesn't assist their argument

 

[sexyhunk]

Amusing also how a premiership should be ignored as it doesn't assist their argument

and let's ignore 2020 where we lost to suit a different argument. so, 2 flags in 3 years. not bad at all.

 

[Engimal v3]

Money motivates one or two at nmfc

 

[ChairmanZia]

I'm betting that some here will start the new narrative that: but but but...he hasn't signed yet or but but but tim kelly

11

Tim Kelly

Age

30

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.6

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

19.9

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.6

4star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.8

5star

...

Just gonna lean back and laugh.

 

[rye]

I'm betting that some here will start the new narrative that: but but but...he hasn't signed yet or but but but tim kelly...

Just gonna lean back and laugh.

werent you advocating to push him out the door for compensation picks last week

 

[ChairmanZia]

werent you advocating to push him out the door for compensation picks last week

If he is definitely going...but was he?

 

[Atomboy]

Good on him, great news for the Roos

 

[ChairmanZia]

Good on him, great news for the Roos

This will put huge pressure on zooohaaa to sign as the prima donna has decided, what says the support act?

 

[THE_GUN]

Thought he was going to WC via the pre-season draft?

No thats Liam Baker

 

[THE_GUN]

This will put huge pressure on zooohaaa to sign as the prima donna has decided, what says the support act?

Would i be wrong in saying 90% of north supporters want Zurhaar to leave

 

[the big lebowski]

Would i be wrong in saying 90% of north supporters want Zurhaar to leave

You would

 

[The acurate one]

Has anyone checked to see if the miserable bugger Horace is ok, he hasn't posted his ant- North propaganda since the announcement.

I'm concerned.

 

[Wild Bill]

Again... I didn't say he won them games, i said he did everything in his power to do so.

Only so much you can do with shit lists. I do not expect LDU to turn them around, i simply do not think he is leading the club in the same way Cripps did in those years. Again it is not a huge knock on the guy, just a small detail that i think is the reason he is perceived differently.

This didn't age well.

Davies-Uniacke has banked the best six-game block of his career, polling coaches' votes in every game since round nine to surge into the top-20 of the player of the year award. Of his 40 total votes, 35 have come in the past six games.

In that time, the 2017 No.4 draft pick from Rye on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula is rated by Champion Data as the eighth best player in the AFL and the fifth best midfielder, behind only Western Bulldogs pair Marcus Bontempelli and Adam Treloar, Gold Coast young gun Noah Anderson and Brownlow Medal contender Nick Daicos.

LDU is doing everything in his power to win us games.

 

[Iceman!]

This didn't age well.

Davies-Uniacke has banked the best six-game block of his career, polling coaches' votes in every game since round nine to surge into the top-20 of the player of the year award. Of his 40 total votes, 35 have come in the past six games.

In that time, the 2017 No.4 draft pick from Rye on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula is rated by Champion Data as the eighth best player in the AFL and the fifth best midfielder, behind only Western Bulldogs pair Marcus Bontempelli and Adam Treloar, Gold Coast young gun Noah Anderson and Brownlow Medal contender Nick Daicos.

LDU is doing everything in his power to win us games.

What does his last 6 games have to do with what he was doing before them? He hasn’t been consistently playing at this level until now, maintain this form and obviously my opinion will change. My biggest criticism all along was his defensive application anyway.

Lastly it wasn’t this huge criticism or like I was saying he sucked, just an area I felt he needed to work on.

 

[THE_GUN]

Players like LDU should really stay at North imo

Im sure he has been payed very well the last 4-5 years and will get as good a contract at North as anywhere else
He has been through the worst and with the list where its at is now ready to move up and be a genuine finals chance in the next 6-7 years.

Mad to jump ship now

 

[Roosurgence]

Would i be wrong in saying 90% of north supporters want Zurhaar to leave

It changes week to week LOL

At his best the guy is a match winner, the problem is there can be long stretches between his best.

If it’s for a end of first or second (which is pretty much the same for us) then most would want him to stay, but if some club stumped up a crazy contract to give us Band 1 then you would find even the ones wanting him to stay might not be that concerned if he did leave.

It changes by the week.

 

[ChairmanZia]

Would i be wrong in saying 90% of north supporters want Zurhaar to leave

Look, from my pov, him going is not a big deal.

He is playing his best footy right now and that might not happen at another club.

If some team is silly enough to pay a huge deal like 6 x 800k, then we will have a meltdown on our own board.

Him going paves the way for others like taylor, duursma and one day george to step up which might make the team even more dynamic.

 

[ChairmanZia]

Players like LDU should really stay at North imo

Im sure he has been payed very well the last 4-5 years and will get as good a contract at North as anywhere else
He has been through the worst and with the list where its at is now ready to move up and be a genuine finals chance in the next 6-7 years.

Mad to jump ship now

Prob a 7 year deal at 1.4

 

[Val Keating]

This thread is about to be closed. Not sure how long for though.

Told y’all

 

[The acurate one]

Told y’all

Yes you did Val yes you did. But until he signs u suppose some will continue to speculate

 

[Val Keating]

Yes you did Val yes you did. But until he signs u suppose some will continue to speculate

Of course. Doesn’t matter though. Should do themselves a favour and move on

 

[ChairmanZia]

Yes you did Val yes you did. But until he signs u suppose some will continue to speculate

Yes some sour grap type will now move onto...

1) But but but he still hasn't signed...or
2) Tim kelly said this but left...or
3) He is staying at a bottom team, he's in it for the money only...or
4) Your typical anti north dialogues

 

[Tas]

People have been predicting Geelong falling for a very long time, they won a flag in that period where their veterans were supposed to fall over.

The quality of their list has been declining over the years, they did go all-out for a period recruiting high value players like Cameron but I think even they acknowledge that all good things come to an end and have been recently looking to hit the draft and look at longer-term options.

I think they benefited the most from expansion, they were a strong club in their prime and the dilution of the elite talent crippled the vast majority of clubs who were rebuilding at the time, the two that had got through unscathed were Richmond and Melbourne. There weren't many good sides to challenge, Geelong and Hawthorn were racing to see who could hold on the longest and it opened the door for teams that had a gimmick that was good enough to beat ordinary sides and they generally made up the numbers.

It was fairly easy for teams like Swans, West Coast, Port and later Brisbane and GWS to make finals, you just had to win a majority of your home games where you had a significant advantage then beat up on rebuilding sides on the road... and now you were a contender. But, it is a lot harder for these sides to get enough wins get home finals and the majority of these teams bombed out.

Talent dilution is still a problem, too much of the best talent has been taken away from the sides that need it the most, Eagles were the first team in quite a few years to actually have access to the best young talent, the current system has slowed down how long it takes for teams to rebuild once you hit a critical mass of a sudden loss of talent. Richmond was really dominant for a long time and they aren't in a great spot atm, not just with what has departed but what is still to come. At least the AFL has made inroads to make the top talent to be more accessible to the teams that need it the most.

Geelong has an advantage because it is the Vic Country mecca and a lot of the regional players prefer to live in a regional environment and have easier access to their stadium and play games in the region. Even Collingwood loses players to wanting to go to Geelong, that is less of a boon for suburban Melbourne clubs but there are players who do not want to leave the city or want to go home, there is a lot more competition though, it is different to clubs which are the only option or one of only two.

Hawkins, Tuohy, Dangerfield, Stanley, Blicavs, Rohan and Duncan are 33+. Guthrie, Stewart and Cameron are 31+. Rohan is the only forgettable one of that list, they need to find a lot of talent to replace that existing talent and that is just to tread water and treading water for the last couple of seasons has been borderline top 8. I think they are a well run club that develops well and think they can bounce back quickly, but everyone is having issues with trying to find enough talent to get by that isn't just a gimmick. Clubs like Dogs, Port and to a lesser extent Brisbane play a brand of footy that is hard to win a flag playing, you need that consistent offensive and defensive capability that will stand up in a finals campaign.