Player Watch Kayle Kirby (Delisted 2018)

[TradeDraft]

With something in the same ballpark with Dylan Roberton, maybe the AFL could allow all such players, also to include players with serious illness to be allowed free passage to the rookie list at the clubs discretion.

Wish all players like Kayle best of recovery and health,

Doubt another club would Rookie someone with that Situation

 

[Anzacday]

Doubt another club would Rookie someone with that Situation

He means at the club they're already at.
It doesn't matter anymore as all player are eligible from now on.

 

[swoop42]

Could understandable psychological issues be at play for Kirby also because of the incident?

I would have assumed when it comes to a heart problem either surgery or medication is required to rectify it and rest only plays a small part in recovery so the outcome positive or negative would be known sooner than 3 months.

Sounds like the doctors aren't overly confident they know what the exact problem is or how it will respond to any treatment.

All the best to Kayle but sadly I'm not filled with much hope we'll see him again.

 

[jmac70]

Get well soon KK.

 

[pablo disco bar]

1 game club

 

[Rorzza]

Total bummer, was really looking forward to seeing him develop this year. Talented kid hope he's able to bounce back.

 

[pablo disco bar]

Total bummer, was really looking forward to seeing him develop this year. Talented kid hope he's able to bounce back.

Think his cooked mate

 

[Bad Horse]

Just hope his he gets well and is looked after. A terrible scare, and would be sobering for all. Lots of thoughts, and of course those all important Kirby hugs

 

[rand corp]

Feel terrible for Kirby, young man with obvious talent and a great opportunity ahead of him now facing the crossroads in his fledgling career and a life altering health issue.

Hope for the best and that he can 1. lead a normal life and 2. resume his very promising career in football.

 

[The Daicos]

Given his struggle to get his fitness up to the required levels, I wonder if his heart problem was a result of pushing himself beyond his limits. Perhaps not all body types can cope with the demands of AFL footy

 

[barrackers]

Given the similar timeframe I assume he's undergoing the same testing as Roberton

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-...ts-roberton-amid-ongoing-heart-rhythm/9723144

Dylan said further testing and monitoring, which has involved a device being implanted in his chest, would take about three months.

"[It's] sort of like the size of a battery, just in my chest. It just feeds in what my heart is doing to the doctors and all their computers so they'll be able to pick up what's happening," he said.

"With the testing, they'll be able to put all that information together and make a decision going forward."

 

[jackcass]

Given his struggle to get his fitness up to the required levels, I wonder if his heart problem was a result of pushing himself beyond his limits. Perhaps not all body types can cope with the demands of AFL footy

With most of these cases, it's a pre-existing issue with the heart that comes to the fore. May eventually have surfaced irrespective of whether he played footy or not.

Hopefully it's something they can identify and fix for his longer term health. Be nice to get him back playing footy but that's a secondary consideration.

 

[The Daicos]

With most of these cases, it's a pre-existing issue with the heart that comes to the fore. May eventually have surfaced irrespective of whether he played footy or not.

Hopefully it's something they can identify and fix for his longer term health. Be nice to get him back playing footy but that's a secondary consideration.

Maybe. But I've been wondering when a player is going to have a heart attack during a game for a couple of years now. I've felt with players getting pushed harder and harder every year it's only a matter of time.

 

[Hong Kong Pie]

All the best, KK.

 

[Kirby]

Maybe. But I've been wondering when a player is going to have a heart attack during a game for a couple of years now. I've felt with players getting pushed harder and harder every year it's only a matter of time.

why do you say they're getting pushed harder?

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Unfortunately I reckon that might be him done in the AFL system.

But when something like this occurs it puts life into perspective, health & general well-being, no.1 - football, no.2

Get well, Kayle.

 

[The Daicos]

why do you say they're getting pushed harder?

All the running and the AFL's desire to continuously make the game faster. Not everyone's built for it.

 

[Mukesh]

Given his struggle to get his fitness up to the required levels, I wonder if his heart problem was a result of pushing himself beyond his limits. Perhaps not all body types can cope with the demands of AFL footy

Isn’t it more probable his heart condition was preventing him from reaching higher fitness levels ?

 

[The Daicos]

Isn’t it more probable his heart condition was preventing him from reaching higher fitness levels ?

Did he have a condition or was it brought on by pushing himself beyond his limits?

 

[Mukesh]

Did he have a condition or was it brought on by pushing himself beyond his limits?

I suspect we will never really know..

 

[The Daicos]

I suspect we will never really know..

True. But as someone else said the doctors still haven't worked out what the problem with Kirby's heart is.

 

[surfer1]

You would hope all elite athletics have regular ECG testing and monitored stress tests.

 

[Scritchyscroony]

What a stroke of bad luck for Kirby and our club. Such an exciting prospect. Hopefully it can be identified and managed and he can play on like Stphenson.

 

[barrackers]

His health is the priority not football. He's never been fit and how he has a bad ticker so I hope the club pays him out and uses the list spot on someone who takes things more seriously.

Guessing you would have delisted Swan too who admitted as much due to his party lifestyle. While Kirby was recruited with fitness issues and returned from Christmas 2016 unfit there's nothing to suggest he didn't take his footy seriously during the season proper. He looked pretty trim at the VFL yesterday too, which suggests he's remained focused even with a months lay off while a unknown heart issue is being diagnosed. I hope we stick by him because he's got talent in spades combined with chasing and tackling.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Good luck to the kid, hope he’s ok and go on and have a successful career.

Going to be interesting to see if they go on and extend his contract.

Would be no point extending his contract without a medical clearance. This is unfortunate for Kirby and our injury list.