Senior Jack Steele

[Impatient Saint]

Great news - welcome Sir Jack Steele.

 

[Hayes4PM]

The fact he nominated us rather than just asking for a trade is good, welcome to the House of Jack young man.

 

[sauce_head]

Wow - Jack Steele to the Saints - that's so out of lefr field its off the planet. Betcha no one picked that it would happen!!!! Good fit for the Saints

Has this actually been confirmed?

 

[crasha301]

Saints out pick 10
Saints in steele 23 & 31

Blues out pick 23
Blues in marchbank

Gws out steele marchbank & 31
Gws in pick 10

 

[aussierulesrules]

 

[STK2020]

I'm a bit worried that Saints have released a pic of him in Saints jumper before the deal is actually done.

The deal will get done .
1 Best result and unlikely our pick 47
2 Next 2017 2nd rounder
3 Trade for a 2016 2nd rounder to hand over .
4 Last resort Pick 10 with gws 1st coming back.

 

[bergholt]

So list of first rounders from the 2014 &2013 draft

Paddy
Goddard
Mackenzie
Steele
Billings
Dunstan
Acres
Freeman

8 players out of a future best 22 Not a bad return

Yeah, that's fascinating. Within 20 months of Steele in either direction on the list:

Membrey: May 94
Pierce: November 94
Dunstan: January 95
Sinclair: Feb 95
Freeman: June 95
Billings: August 95
Templeton: August 95
Acres: October 95
Steele: December 95
McCartin: April 96
McKenzie: May 96
Lonie: August 96
Goddard: August 96
Coughlan: September 96
White: January 97
Rice: February 97
O'Kearney: February 97
Gresham: August 97

Pretty solid cohort, about 3 years apart in age and a lot of potential. Hopefully that's the engine of our next premiership side! Though it's at least 2-3 years before they're all firing together.

 

[JG22]

The Jacks help each other.
Steeles inside work will help Billings on the outside

 

[Left_Billings]

anyone got an up to date height and weight of him? seems fairly big bodied

 

[JG22]

anyone got an up to date height and weight of him? seems fairly big bodied

187cm
88kg
Probably the best you'll get

 

[Hayes4PM]

Can kick a snag

 

[borderbarry]

Just read where Pickett and Ahern expected to leave GWS now. That being the case, Pick 10 for Steele and Ahern. Or add a player and get their 2nd (35) back. But definitely have a go for Paul Ahern, he was pick 7 in that draft. Very fast mid. Victorian.

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

Steele deserves his own thread. All hail king baines and co.

Ask and ye shall receive: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/jack-steele-requests-trade-to-st-kilda.1148323/

 

[Rors]

Plenty of vision of him cracking in to get the ball & fishing it out to Heeney there...

Can fetch his own ball - check
Can kick a goal - check
Can take a grab - check

Good work Saints

 

[saintwazza]

187cm
88kg
Probably the best you'll get

same height as seb ross with a bit more bulk.will be a big unit

 

[FlyingSledghamer]

 

[lewdogs]

The club has identified a player that fits our needs perfectly and gone out and grabbed him. Will be very exciting to follow his progress over the next few years.

 

[bird_man]

Just read where Pickett and Ahern expected to leave GWS now. That being the case, Pick 10 for Steele and Ahern. Or add a player and get their 2nd (35) back. But definitely have a go for Paul Ahern, he was pick 7 in that draft. Very fast mid. Victorian.

Just had a second knee reco, bit of a worry.

I think he's contracted too. Where did you read that Barry? Would be very interesting if he did walk out.

 

[Glen Buterol]

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welcome our future skipper

Jesus

 

[MightySaint]

Awesome! Like Acres, he is an inside mid first. Play him there and reap the benefits. Helps that like Acres he has the ability to drift forward and take a mark.

 

[sasaint]

Great get... but he's a right footer. Not part of Pelican's master plan.

 

[crasha301]

Plenty of vision of him cracking in to get the ball & fishing it out to Heeney there...

Can fetch his own ball - check
Can kick a goal - check
Can take a grab - check

Good work Saints

So thats 1 academy player down, lets make it 2!

 

[aussierulesrules]

Who (that has Foxtel) wants to hear some good news? They are playing our round 5 game against GWS on Fox Footy at 8.30pm on Tuesday (the only game of ours they're doing for a whole week, while they do multiple games of other clubs! ) and Steele played that game and had the 2nd most disposals he's had in a game at AFL level (20) and also kicked a goal. So you can catch up on a bit of Saints footy (just ignore the 10 minute period at the start of the last, when they piled on 6 goals! ) while having a good look at Jack.

Probably didn't hurt our rating of him that two of his three 20 or more disposal games for GWS were against us.

 

[Smoke_Me_AKipper]

Great news - we identified him, we targeted him, we went out and got him!! Well done to Bains, Trout and the rest of the team!

Another great big tick!

Now lets see what else happens.

I've heard Steele and 15 for 10 but hey, a lot to play out still....

A number of ITK's said it was a done deal ages ago!!

 

[Hayes4PM]

A 3rd rounder is underrating him, we don't want to be absolute campaigners to deal with, but we want to get the better of deals.

I'd look at trying to get Ahern as well if what someone on the trade thread said is true and he wants out.

OUT: pick 10, pick 47
IN: Steele, Ahern, pick 35

GWS give up 2 blokes who presumably want out (1 definitely wants to come to us) and their late 2nd rounder, but get a mid 1st and mid 3rd.