Player Watch Jack Bytel (Delisted 2024)

[nahnah]

I'm gonna call him Jimmy. Jimmy Bytel.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

We should have picked up his brother Peter, he's massive, from what I understand.

Might have to convert the AIA centre to cooling towers just to accommodate him!

 

[Jen2310]

STRENGTHS

• Inside game
• Strength
• Penetrating kick
• Endurance
• Accumulation
• Tackling

IMPROVEMENTS

• Speed
• Outside game

Jack Bytel Draft Profile

DRAFT ANALYSIS: "An inside midfielder who has top endurance, capable of winning a truckload of the ball and laying plenty of tackles."

central.rookieme.com

 

[petrie pie]

(1) Oleg Markov had been cut from an underwhelming Suns team, so anything is possible.

(2) Ross Lyon is a good coach - you don’t take St Kilda and Freo to three GF’s between them if you ain’t. But he doesn’t strike me as a coach who allows all the personalities in the locker room to thrive.

Luke Ball found that out, Lyon though a good coach like most coaches does have his favs and if not 1 of them you could be on the outer very fast.

 

[Horaceg]

He's got some huge shoes to fill if he's going to replace Tyler Brown

A year in South Australia next? It could happen

 

[Pedro]

Luke Ball found that out, Lyon though a good coach like most coaches does have his favs and if not 1 of them you could be on the outer very fast.

Tom Lynch (The Adelaide one) a good example. I know for a fact that Ross couldn't get him out of St Kilda quick enough because he just could not play the game. (In Ross's view)

 

[The Royal Sampler]

STRENGTHS

• Inside game
• Strength
• Penetrating kick
• Endurance
• Accumulation
• Tackling

IMPROVEMENTS

• Speed
• Outside game

Jack Bytel Draft Profile

DRAFT ANALYSIS: "An inside midfielder who has top endurance, capable of winning a truckload of the ball and laying plenty of tackles."

central.rookieme.com

On face value he should be modeling himself on Steele Sidebottom… but the lack of outside ball is a worry.

 

[magpies42]

My two Saints mates just texted me. Bytel is an elite distance runner.

Hine has said before, if you can’t run you can’t be part of our game plan.

 

[Kappa]

Luke Ball found that out, Lyon though a good coach like most coaches does have his favs and if not 1 of them you could be on the outer very fast.

Luke Ball post OP was just a very very one dimensional player, he could do the extractor role but was poor at everything else. Had no leg speed, couldn't compete in the air and could barely kick the ball 40 metres.

It worked out well for us that his 1 trick was the thing we needed, however Saints didn't really need it seeing as they already had enough inside grunt. It actually made a lot of sense for the Saints to drop Ball

 

[Quicky]

Luke Ball post OP was just a very very one dimensional player, he could do the extractor role but was poor at everything else. Had no leg speed, couldn't compete in the air and could barely kick the ball 40 metres.

It worked out well for us that his 1 trick was the thing we needed, however Saints didn't really need it seeing as they already had enough inside grunt. It actually made a lot of sense for the Saints to drop Ball

It made no sense to ostracise a player so badly they walked to your strongest competitor. I'm sure Lyon didn't expect that to bite him but you reap what you sew. It probably cost them a premiership.

 

[Quicky]

(1) Oleg Markov had been cut from an underwhelming Suns team, so anything is possible.

(2) Ross Lyon is a good coach - you don’t take St Kilda and Freo to three GF’s between them if you ain’t. But he doesn’t strike me as a coach who allows all the personalities in the locker room to thrive.

People management is a pretty important part of being a coach. It's a big black hole in Ross's coaching credentials when you aren't a favourite.

 

[KrispyKremePie]

He took Luke Ball off at half time in one GF.
Forced his hand for Bally to come to us.

And we thank him for his incompetence!

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Not only did it backfire for Ross in 2010, punting Luke Ball, it was also a significant reason for 2023 as Ball was instrumental in getting McRae to the club.

Thanks Ross

 

[Horaceg]

Welcome to the Luke Ball thread ………


Still wrapping my head around this one, maybe we needed to replace a Jack and this guy was there, anyway let’s hope he has a very successful career and multiple Grand Final wins in the Black & White.

i hope everyone remembers he’s one of us, go pies

 

[rand corp]

Pendles, Sidey, Mitchell have all got one, possibly two seasons left in them tops, Adams is gone. Makes sense to be loading up the options for future mids.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

 

[magpielicious]

Ross the Boss kinda forgot he existed last year

My Saints mates were pissed he was delisted. Reckon he is a good in and under mid. Shpuld flourish under Pies

 

[Kappa]

It made no sense to ostracise a player so badly they walked to your strongest competitor. I'm sure Lyon didn't expect that to bite him but you reap what you sew. It probably cost them a premiership.

I mean he wasn't in the Saints best 22, what other option other than letting him walk did they have? He was uncontracted

 

[Bianconeri]

I mean he wasn't in the Saints best 22, what other option other than letting him walk did they have? He was uncontracted

They could have at least tried to get something back from him.

The irony is we were willing to give up a multidimensional midfielder in Wellingham for him but the saints weren’t interested.

 

[Think Goodly]

Luke Ball post OP was just a very very one dimensional player, he could do the extractor role but was poor at everything else. Had no leg speed, couldn't compete in the air and could barely kick the ball 40 metres.

It worked out well for us that his 1 trick was the thing we needed, however Saints didn't really need it seeing as they already had enough inside grunt. It actually made a lot of sense for the Saints to drop Ball

Best trivia question ever - Who was the last Captain of St Kilda to win a Premiership?

 

[Horaceg]

Best trivia question ever - Who was the last Captain of St Kilda to win a Premiership?

And what jumper was he wearing when he accepted the Cup.

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

And what jumper was he wearing when he accepted the Cup.

Na he means Luke Ball

 

[sr36]

Na he means Luke Ball

Very good. I'm going to go back and like that post to pretend that I got the joke.

 

[manicpie]

Pendles, Sidey, Mitchell have all got one, possibly two seasons left in them tops, Adams is gone. Makes sense to be loading up the options for future mids.

I also like the fact that they are experienced but younger mids and all able to step up over the next year or two

 

[sideswipe]

I mean he wasn't in the Saints best 22, what other option other than letting him walk did they have? He was uncontracted

Ball played 20 games in his last year at the Saints, including all finals. Gathered 22 touches in 46% ToG in the Grand Final. Think that gets him "best 22".

They could have done a trade with us. They played tough and Connors beat them in a game of bluff.