Armoooo wrote:If Ross told Luke that he has now fallen behind Geary, Steven and Armitage and the only chance he has of getting a game next year is if we have 3 midfielders out injured would you still feel this way?
I don't want to make any harsh judgements until we know more of the story...
Armooo, I reckon this is all nonsense.
His manager has apparently been 'feeding' Greg Denham at the Australian all the info about this.
All Denham kept saying was that Collingwood had offered him 500k. Since the news about Ball wanting to go to Collingwood became public (by the Saints) all Denham has been saying is that
'Ball will receive less at Collingwood than what Saints have offered'.
I find that to be so unbelievable as to be laughable. He was reportedly on 600k as a result of a heavily-loaded back-ended deal after winning a B&F, captaining the Club and gaining AA selection.
Who does Denham think would believe that after his current season's form he would command a salary, in the first year, of 500k+ (more than he stated Collingwood offered)?
I believe that the truth is that Collingwood has offered him more than what we did in our contract offer and now Connors is trying to 'spin' this defection to avoid the image of Ball being a mercenary.
The game-time talk is, IMO, pure BS.
Ball apparently needs 2-3 days to recover from a game after playing only 50%. How is he magically going to be able to play much more because he's changed clubs?