Player Watch Jack Bytel (Delisted 2024)

[The Royal Sampler]

Never saw it. Thanks for giving it your best crack though, Jack.

 

[3066]

My biggest gripe was he could never win the football in a 1:1 contest. Whenever the footy got near Bytel I found myself cheering for him to get it over the boundary.

My gripes were .... shocking fundamentals for AFL level, e.g missing easy targets under not much pressure or being constantly reminded by players around him at stoppage on where he should be running, standing or what he should have done with the ball.

Good luck to him. He'll be alright in a bush league, just not in the top tier. I'm gob smacked though why he got so many games with us.

 

[Jen2310]

Coming off Collingwood’s list, Bytel, 24, was courted by fellow stand-alone Port Melbourne.

When it became clear early this week that he had a choice between the Burgers and the Borough, it was widely thought Bytel would settle for Port.

But, in what one VFL commentator called a win for the “little guys’’, he chose Coburg, where he knows a number of players through his under-age football.

Bytel lives in the northern suburbs and was drafted from the Calder Cannons after playing juniors at Aberfeldie.


Burgers general manager Nick Byrne said the signing of the 29-game AFL player was significant for his club.

“For a few reasons,’’ he said.

“The obvious one is what he’ll bring as a player.

“But perhaps more importantly, what it means for footy in our region, Jack being a product of our region and obviously coming through the Cannons and still living in the area. For me, it’s also a statement from a football perspective, how we’re reframing things and moving on from being competitive to being a team that is looking to advance and play finals. From a club perspective and a community perspective, it’s about being seen to be able to attract someone of Jack’s quality. It resonates in our area. Others will talk about what it means in terms of how the club is perceived.’’