well do they??

20% kicking efficiency = NO

did he play today?

Luke who?

I kid you not, I did not notice him on the park until the 3rd quarter. I remember threads after the draft saying how the crowd will give him some stick when we play against them.

I guess nobody realised he was even out there today. Joel Mac will do just fine thankyou!

No

I kid you not, I did not notice him on the park until the 3rd quarter. I remember threads after the draft saying how the crowd will give him some stick when we play against them.

I guess nobody realised he was even out there today. Joel Mac will do just fine thankyou!

Mate I believe you coz I was in the same boat. The filth will be counting their blessings they got him for nothing coz that is exactly what he is giving them at the moment. Joel Mac took some very strong marks overhead today... even when out of position.

And their other big recruit Jolly did SFA today being totally outplayed by the Russian. Starting to feel a bit better about those trades back then

Didn't realise he was out there until the post match radio commentary.

I honestly cannot remember seeing Luke Ball out there once!!! Joel MacDonald did very well in defence today.

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Interesting isn't it, I didn't notice him either!

He's so unimportant, so who cares?

I never did want him.

Saw him kick a mongrel straight down the throat of one of our guys...that was about it.

Never really wanted him in the first place. His leadership would have been good, but I wouldn't have given up pick 34 if I had it my way.

Pleased he had a forgettable day, actually. Pies supporters are already turning on him and Jolly. Now if we can just get Jamar to do a job on Nicnat when we play the WET TOAST.

To think that he's on about 500k a year at collingwood.

Cannot kick the footy to save himself.

I remember two kicks, and one missed the target completely.

Watching the game here in Canberra, the only time I noticed Luke Ball was when he was kicking. You could see the option that he wanted to kick to, but time and again his kicking lacked penetration and fell significantly short and ended up in the hands of one of our players. He can't kick more than 30 meters. His body is stuffed I reckon, but Collingwood obviously know better because they were saying how fit he was in the preseason.

On the other hand I thought Joel Mac was 200% better than his first game last week and was instrumental in leading the way down back - some of his marks in particular should be used as an instructional tool.

Wasn't he part of our team yesterday? I could have sworn he was cos he kept giving it to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watching the game here in Canberra, the only time I noticed Luke Ball was when he was kicking. You could see the option that he wanted to kick to, but time and again his kicking lacked penetration and fell significantly short and ended up in the hands of one of our players. He can't kick more than 30 meters. His body is stuffed I reckon, but Collingwood obviously know better because they were saying how fit he was in the preseason.

On the other hand I thought Joel Mac was 200% better than his first game last week and was instrumental in leading the way down back - some of his marks in particular should be used as an instructional tool.

Agree.

Collingwood got Ball for nothing in PSD. They got about that value yesterday. Ordinary

Never wanted him, and was vindicated.

On the train home, a Collingwood supporter asked a fellow Pies fan who was the withdrawal that got Beams into the team (rightly saying he was basically the only one out there who didn't think the win was going to come easily). He then asked what injury Ball had suffered in the first quarter before he'd arrived, as he hadn't seen him all day. To which the other guy laughed and said, 'Nah he played the whole game. Sad isn't it?'.

Didn't want to come to Melbourne, didn't even want to talk to Melbourne... Good!

More than happy (man enough) to stand up and say I wanted him at the Club. After watching yesterday's game, I'm glad we didn't get him. A highlight for mine was when the ball went out of bounds in front of Ball, and Trengove went up and chested him.

Goes to show that most times, regardless of our beliefs and opinions, the Club generally know best.

I reckon Joel Mac will be a top pick up for us. He'll looked really, really good yesterday.

I reckon Joel Mac will be a top pick up for us. He'll looked really, really good yesterday.

Agree entirely about Joel.......he is a poised defender who played extremely well and will take some load off Rivers in being the senior member of the defence

I can't believe people wanted us to pick him even after he said he didn't want to play for us. If he's going like that in a good team where he wants to be imagine what he would have been like with us?