Which club do you want to draft Luke Ball?

[Mr Saint]

Which club do you want to draft Luke Ball?
I will pick Port Adelaide

 

[CHBench]

Melbourne, i reckon he'd be a good fit. He'd be a really good leader and captain for their young brigade. Plus i have a bit of a soft spot for the Dees.

 

[THE_GUN]

melbourne,essendon,port,...........im selfish i want pick 19 or 35 to be worth 1 spot higher.

prefrence ...................Essendon

 

[HoldenMCaulfield]

Collingwood.

Because that's where he wants to play for whatever reason and he deserves to get what he wants.

Because it will (hopefully) result in a number of Collingwood morons being banned forever from this board - imagine a game thread without KissStephanie and similarly featherbrained pigheads...

Because I doubt that he will be a real improvement for Collingwood (and, while I wish him all the best, may end up in their VFL team).

Because Malthouse and Buckley will bask in their self-absorbed glory of being the smartest of them all and not concentrate on properly coaching a team of instable characters.

 

[goodie23]

Melbourne

 

[John Bonney]

Thinking Swans as he will relish the tight confines of the SCG.

 

[lemons123]

Richmond, so when he plays against us ill just be laughing at him rather than booing him.

 

[ILY Leonard]

melbourne bru if he goes to a club where he'll be in any sort of position to harm our premiership chances il shit a brick

 

[sauce_head]

melbourne. i hope he gets septembers off for the rest of his career, so that he can manage his injuries properly.

 

[Cuz2Plugger]

University.

 

[krusden]

I think it'd be a great coup for melbourne to get him and because i believe in karma i wish the dees a bit of luck in 2010 (cause this board knows what its like to be on the bottom end of the ladder i sympathize with em a bit).

Really after the manner collingwood treated us (railroading with a **** pick and bloody goldsack) and how their supporters have been i'd like for him to go anywhere but there.

and i think melbourne would be a great challenge for him.

 

[Persevering Saint]

That depends. My first preference would be Melbourne, because a saint has become a demon here. But, if he really is going to go in asking for $500,000, man, I hope Collingwood DO get him - be one of the worst buys in history - there is simply no way that he is worth that much, and throwing that kind of money around at the same time as two new clubs enter the comptetion is bordering on suicide.

This is going to hurt Collingwood if they get what they want.

 

[The Fireman]

not this mob, he is too good a bloke to be mixed up with that lot...


2009
Ryan Cook of Collingwood is investigated for an alleged assault of a man causing facial injuries requiring surgery.

2008
Sharrod Wellingham, a Collingwood rookie, was charged with drink-driving having recorded a blood alcohol content reading of 0.13,
he lost his licence for a year. Collingwood announced they were cutting ties with the TAC sponsorship shortly after. It was the
third serious traffic infringement for a Collingwood player during the period of the safe driving sponsorship.

On August 3, 2008 Collingwood's Heath Shaw was arrested for drink driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.14 after crashing his
car into two parked cars. The following day, Collingwood's President Eddie McGuire said that Collingwood wouldn't suspend Shaw
from playing. It later became known that Shaw, club captain Scott Burns and McGuire were incorrect in regards to insisting
that Collingwood player Alan Didak wasn't in the car at the time of the accident. Collingwood suspended Heath Shaw indefintely
and Didak for the remainder of the season for lying to the club; Rhyce Shaw was suspended for two matches for drinking whilst injured.

2007
Brodie Holland was fined $2,500 for his role in a fight with a young woman over a taxi cab. After Hollands
fiancee was involved in a scuffle with the woman, Holland approached calling the woman a "stupid ****"
before trying to tackle her, placing her in a headlock after which she bit him on the stomach, before striking
her in the head with his fist. His court appearance was pushed back on two occasions so not to clash with his
football commitments; once he faced court no conviction was recorded and no punishment handed out from his club, Collingwood.

Alan Didak was questioned by police in June over his acquaintance with Christopher Wayne Hudson, who Didak drank with at 4am in a strip
club before a wild ride in the week before the CBD shootings

2006
Brodie Holland is charged with assaulting two women out the front of a Melbourne nightclub

Dane Swan, Aaron Ramsay and Kade Carey were found guilty of criminal damage and assault charges arising from
a brawl at Federation Square where they attacked a cleaner and three security guards after Carey jumped on a parked car."At one point Mr Celano was on the ground being punched and kicked by Swan, Carey and Ramsay, the QC said, and he was also hit with a Maglite torch. "

Chad Morrison was caught drink-driving and loses his licence. Collingwood is sponsored by the
Transport Accident Commission which fined the club $200,000, and fined Morrison $20,000.

Chris Tarrant and Ben Johnson, of Collingwood, were investigated over a brawl at a Port Melbourne nightclub
carpark on July 30, where a 28 year-old man is rendered unconscious and brought to hospital with facial
injuries.Both players are fined $5,000 by their club for breaking a 1am curfew. This brought the number
of Collingwood footballers to be charged or questioned by police in 2006 to five.Club President Eddie
McGuire condemned the players' behaviour but refused to suggest they would be suspended. Johnson appeared
before a magistrate charged with recklessly causing injury and unlawful assault but avoided conviction.

Alan Didak, of Collingwood, was arrested after a dispute with a taxi driver on October
6, 2006.It was reported that he disputed a $15 fare difference with taxi driver, and was
taken to the Melbourne Custody Centre to sober up, before being released. The club confirmed this in an official statement.

Collingwood players Chris Egan, Leon Davis and Shannon Cox were all suspended for breaking team rules.

2005
Alan Didak was fined $1,500 for giving the Fremantle cheer squad the "double finger" at Subiaco in Round 7.

2004
Cameron Cloke of Collingwood was caught doing 144 km/h in a 100km/h zone

2002
In a July match against Geelong, Collingwood captain Nathan Buckley sustained a cut on his forehead. He wiped the blood on Cameron Ling's guernsey, and suspension talks ensued

2001
Collingwood player Chris Tarrant was fined for careless and unlicensed driving

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I prefer anywhere but Collingwood.
Only because of the gloating Kiss Stephanie.

 

[krusden]

I prefer anywhere but Collingwood.
Only because of the gloating Kiss Stephanie.

I hate that self-righteous interweb sprite.

Maybe it's buckley pretending to be a woman.

 

[Papa G]

Sorry if this has already been talked disscussed, but do you guys hold any contempt for Ball's manager Paul Connors. Apparently Port wanted to deal in trade period but Connor's with his infamous "nobody wants to go to Port Adelaide call" seems to me to be more and more designed to stop a deal, which would have been beneficial for your club, (you would have got something in return), going through?

 

[Squizz]

Whilst Paul Connors seems like a complete dickface from his actions, I guess he's trying to manufacture a result for his client.

I'm very disappointed that Ball did not nominate multiple clubs as acceptable for the Saints to deal with.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I hate that self-righteous interweb sprite.

Maybe it's buckley pretending to be a woman.

No , it posted a picture of itself trying to look tough. Looks like it tries to keep reasonably fit in the hope of gaining the odd one night stand , despite the NQR face and the annoying personality.

 

[krusden]

Sorry if this has already been talked disscussed, but do you guys hold any contempt for Ball's manager Paul Connors. Apparently Port wanted to deal in trade period but Connor's with his infamous "nobody wants to go to Port Adelaide call" seems to me to be more and more designed to stop a deal, which would have been beneficial for your club, (you would have got something in return), going through?

i think he's ******t, but then aren't most player managers?

although connors seems to be wanting to outdo Ricky Nixon in the "bastard" stakes and make a name for himself with this deal..... i mean how many people had heard of him before this ball debacle?

He's made a tasty name for himself out of it

 

[SaintsSeptember]

i think he's ******t, but then aren't most player managers?

although connors seems to be wanting to outdo Ricky Nixon in the "bastard" stakes and make a name for himself with this deal..... i mean how many people had heard of him before this ball debacle?

He's made a tasty name for himself out of it

A good name? He didn't exactly get an ideal outcome for Ball.
I like Nixon at the moment, convincing Tommy Walsh to come to Australia and play for the Saints.

 

[goodie23]

Connors is a self-serving leech who I suspect is largely to blame for this fiasco.

 

[krusden]

A good name? He didn't exactly get an ideal outcome for Ball.
I like Nixon at the moment, convincing Tommy Walsh to come to Australia and play for the Saints.

Ricky gets kudos from me this year for seeing over the Roo deal IIRC
he's also been quiet since tangling with the tram.

 

[MCG-Unit]

I'd rather Ball to go to a club I like - although for many it just can't happen -> Salary Cap
in order:

Geelong, SC
Brisbane Lions 27 maybe
Swans
WC Eagles
Docker
Richmond
Kangas
Hawker, Carlton, W Bulldogs, Port, Melbourne
Adelaide, Essendon, Collingwood

 

[Alpha Male]

Realistically who would take him?

I think Melbourne (18), Essendon (26) and Collingwood (30) are the most likely options.

North and Richmond both have new coaches so I'm not sure if they would take the chance on him.

I think that if Melbourne can convince him to go there he would be great for 2 years, ok for 2 and then done. At Collingwood I think he would be ok for 4-5 years but I feel Essendon is his best spot.

Essendons midfield has alot of pace but the kids coming through all seem to be inside players. Riemers, Hocking etc would provide enough support for Ball to be really good over the next 4-5 years. He and Watson could be a very good Cross/West combo with Ryder and Hille tapping it down. For his sake I'd like to see him at the Dons.

I know it hurts because we could've done a Ball-Lovett swap and kept pick 16 but I like to think of it as footy karma. We gave up pick 16 and in return the footy gods gave us a young man with good size, solid hands, tackling instinct and goal sense.

I cant wait until we unleash him.

His name...

Tommy Walsh

Which team will be the first to be "Tommy-nated"

Yeah I went there

 

[StFly]

Anyone but us such is my caring for the matter.

Although I would think that it would be entirely epic if sides seek to grab Ball with a much later pick (like we did Begley) and we pick him back up.