One could be forgiven for suspecting that there was a 'plan' in place well before Trade Week for Mr Ball to become a Collingwood playerSinCitySaint wrote:... It is the fact that he basically made it impossible for us to get a fair trade for him by refusing to talk to any club other than Collingwood. Other clubs were interested Melbourne, Richmond and Essendon all stated that he was a player that they would have liked but he would not even talk to them. It meant we had to deal with Collingwood only and that was with the pies in a position of strength where they did not need to offer us anything we wanted.
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Which, if true, is fine.
But then why the 'desperate need' by all those connected with Ball and Collingwood to paint themselves as 'the victim/good guy' and St Kilda/Lyon as the 'bad guy' in all of this?
To my way of thinking, a 'great clubman' if he's determined to leave would ensure that the 'club he loves' got something out of the situation.
For all the negativity towards Judd, he at least made sure that WCE got something back for his leaving.