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Anyone still want Luke Ball?

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You forget. Ball send he did not want to come to MFC. Also he had a high price on his head. Did you ever think CC might have been foxing up until to the draft selections...even just a little bit. :unsure:

No, I didn't forget. If Luke Ball wanted to come to the club he would not have nominated for the national draft and we would have taken him with pick one in the PSD. No doubt. If Ball spoke to us we would have asked him to do exactly that.

CC says we weren't interested. I think we were, it was Ball that wasn't interested. I don't think DB/CC and CS all commented on the club's want of Ball in the media for the sake of sponsors. Do you RR?

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    CC says we weren't interested. I think we were, it was Ball that wasn't interested. I don't think DB/CC and CS all commented on the club's want of Ball in the media for the sake of sponsors. Do you RR?

    I tend to agree, if our interest was only initial and possibly vague.

    Whilst I'm glad we didn't get him (especially at the price he was asking), I'll reserve judgement for when we move from "dry weather footy" to "wet weather footy." This usually happens at and just after ANZAC day until nearing finals time.

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    No, I didn't forget. If Luke Ball wanted to come to the club he would not have nominated for the national draft and we would have taken him with pick one in the PSD. No doubt. If Ball spoke to us we would have asked him to do exactly that.

    CC says we weren't interested. I think we were, it was Ball that wasn't interested. I don't think DB/CC and CS all commented on the club's want of Ball in the media for the sake of sponsors. Do you RR?

    Who said anything about sponsors?? :wacko::wacko:

    Its all cat and mouse. The public comments were to generate some heat around Ball in case another club wanted him and were prepared to waste an early pick on him.

    I dont know how you can say we were interested. 1 He refused to talk to us and 2 We did not have a medical on him.

    Sure we want to speak to him. But when he had refused, we would have had rocks in our head contemplating him any further in the ND.

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    Either way, it's a clear blessing in disguise.

    Neither he nor Brock could find room in our midfield in coming years.

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    Who said anything about sponsors?? :wacko::wacko:

    Apparently CC did, read SOD's post above.

    I find it hard to believe that we showed so much interest purely so that another club would part with a early pick for Ball. Didn't think we were so cunning and influential on other club's decisions.

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    No, I didn't forget. If Luke Ball wanted to come to the club he would not have nominated for the national draft and we would have taken him with pick one in the PSD. No doubt. If Ball spoke to us we would have asked him to do exactly that.

    CC says we weren't interested. I think we were, it was Ball that wasn't interested. I don't think DB/CC and CS all commented on the club's want of Ball in the media for the sake of sponsors. Do you RR?

    I believe we wanted him because there is a need for someone like him in the team and considering his body issues, it would've only been of any real worth if we could get him for free. But once it was clear he wasn't interested (as in not coming via pre season draft) and not even doing us the common courteousy of talking with us, all subsequent Ball talk was just keeping up impressions. There is an eliment of cunning here, but not as much as some think.

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