Kayle Kirby?

leonmagic · Joined: 16 Aug 2004

Can any track-watchers give some info on Kirby? Is he training (in any way) at the moment? We all know his issues and I have an awful feeling that he'll be quietly delisted and never spoken of again...really hoping that won't be the case

RudeBoy · Joined: 28 Nov 2005

I'm hoping he'll be delisted and then rookied.

Obviously it depends on his medical diagnosis, but he is still very young and is a prodigious talent. Even if hit took him a couple of years to become a senior player, he'd still only be around 22, which is still young.

piedys · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:05 pm

MatthewBoydFanClub · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: Elwood

Kirby hasn't been cleared to resume training, while Broomhead has resumed training, which includes riding a scooter around the training ground to exercise his broken leg.

piedys · Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:23 pm

K · Joined: 09 Sep 2011

FWIW, Walsh did claim in his report a few weeks ago that they would soon have more medical news on him (which seems a bit odd, because the club supposedly already knew the medical situation).

glasseyevfx · Joined: 01 Jul 2017 Location: Gold Coast

Has Walsh said anything on Kirby - I normally look for the injury update and not heard anything. Would be good to know whats going on - its not as though its a big story, why would it matter if we knew how he was progressing?

RudeBoy · Joined: 28 Nov 2005

He was with a group of senior players watching the VFL final on the weekend, so it seems he still sees himself as part of the club. Let's hope his health concerns can be addressed and he can begin his road back to becoming a senior player once again, as he is certainly a prodigious talent.

The silky skills and goal sense which Kirby has are priceless. They can't be taught, so I just hope his medical prognosis allows him to fulfill his football destiny.

Mossi · Joined: 20 May 2002 Location: Vittorio Veneto TV Italy

glasseyevfx · Joined: 01 Jul 2017 Location: Gold Coast

I've not seen much but I thought he might have the strongest hands for tackling on the list. The few he laid were vise like.

Ev5Magpies · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 4:28 pm

stui magpie · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 4:44 pm

^

We were prepared to persist with Sier on the list for a while before he got there, if Kirby's heart condition can be managed, don't see why we wouldn't do the same.

88MPH · Joined: 14 Oct 2010

He's finished I'm afraid. Lucky to have got through pre season with his physical limitations. Could have been an exceptional footballer, but not to be.

3rd degree · Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Location: John Wren's tote

i hope the kid gets another run at it

npalm · Joined: 01 May 2005

Assuming the advice is that his heart problem can be managed (as successfully as Stevo's is) then I hope the Special K is kept on as a project player for a couple of years.

If the advice is ambiguous or uncertain then I can't see him being retained. Unfortunately, we already have too many players with unreliable bodies taking up valuable list positions - Elliot, Reid, Wells, Moore.