Geez some people forget how bloody good pre OP Luke Ball was.
Second year was runner-up in our B+F (in a team that was a kick off a GF - and I believe is the best Saints side of my lifetime)
Third year was B+F & AA (in a team that was 30 bad minutes of football off a GF)
Fourth year was named captain
Yes our drafting has been far from perfect, but taking Ball over Judd was absolutely not a drafting mistake. Ball probably goes number 1 in any single draft other than 2000 or 2001.
Was an absolute freak cruelled by bad injury management*
*And I say this hating everything about that traitorous pr**k
Who is forgetting?
Yes they were picks 2 and 3, but Judd was rated the better player and career wise was as well. We went Ball over Judd as we guessed wrong on who WCE would select. Instead of Ball and Judd as we hoped, we got Ball and Xavier. It should have been Judd and Xavier. Perhaps even Judd then Ball, if WC were not as keen on Ball as Judd.