luke ball retiring

[iwantmeseats]

Will think of himself as a collingwood player says.
Well thanks , and I love/loved you, but get stuffed.

[SainterK]

Dont se why anyone is even giving this bloke the benefit of the doubt. He sold out his team mates and for that he is a dog who can get stuffed for all I care.

Would be interested to hear him say when he did the deal. I'm betting he would avoid answering that question.

I'm not so sure, seems to feel he can say anything satch

[andrewg]

Go back exactly 10 years ago and Lenny Hayes was probably a poor mans Luke Ball, maybe a bit harsh,but Ball was certainly regarded higher.
So 10 years later they go out on the same weekend, Hayes will go out like Rocky Balboa, triumphant in defeat i guess,and a perochial Adelaide crowd will without doubt give him a standing ovation,whilst the rest of the football watches on with a tinge of sadness as it watches it's most respected figure be carried off the ground.

Then there is Luke Ball,he'll get his acknowledgement for 20 seconds,but will be remembered as a plodding b grade midfield,who sold out his mates.

One will be remembered as an all time great,the other,a hollow career

Spot on

[Enrico_Misso]

Hope the Pie fans remember him kindly because he is not welcome at our club!

[Con Gorozidis]

First time Pies have missed the 8 in a decade I think.
So a genuine re-build over there. Ball is now a list clogger.

One could mount an argument they are already further advanced in their rebuild than us.
Finished 11th (or 10th) with a very young side. Dane Swan now their oldest player (31 in Feb).

This will never happen but a hypothetical just for fun. If they were desperate for McCartin would anyone do Scharenberg + pick 8 for pick 1?
(Assuming his foot was cleared by medicos obviously).

[SemperFidelis]

I loved Luke Ball.

When he left, I was gutted.

To my mind, it had nothing to do with Luke, and everything to do with injury and/or Lyon. But never Luke.

When he cried in 2010, I cried with him.

I've spent 5 years defending him.

I found his comments yesterday more than disappointing. He's a smart boy. He was making a point. 5 years later.

When he walked off tonight, I expected to feel something. Sadness. Regret. Or even congratulations. On an objectively fine career.

I felt nothing.

And what I do feel is quite sad about that.

[SemperFidelis]

Double post.

[8856brother]

I loved Luke Ball.

When he left, I was gutted.

To my mind, it had nothing to do with Luke, and everything to do with injury and/or Lyon. But never Luke.

When he cried in 2010, I cried with him.

I've spent 5 years defending him.

I found his comments yesterday more than disappointing. He's a smart boy. He was making a point. 5 years later.

When he walked off tonight, I expected to feel something. Sadness. Regret. Or even congratulations. On an objectively fine career.

I felt nothing.

And what I do feel is quite sad about that.

What did he say yesterday?

[SainterK]

I agree with that sentiment.

It was strangely timed, and not very clever.

Nobody left at the club that had any part in his departure, only a supporter group willing to let it go and think well of him on the whole....

Then that.

Shrugs.

[brewski]

Congratulations on a great career Bally, though i was very pissed you went to the filth, had many fond memories of you running around in our saints strip.
true champion and very sad to see you end up looking like you were shafted by the ferals

[jonesy]

He walked off a lonely man who went searching for hugs,anywhere, only the cold Buckley and seething Mcguire gave him half hearted one's.

40 hours later Hayes will be Triumphantly raised to the air by as many teammates as possible, and the Adelaide crowd will forget that they follow the crows for those few moments as they cheer off a man of humility,passion,courage and a true gladiator of our game. Something Luke Ball once had,but traded in when he sold his soul to the filth to the detriment of our footy club which was on the cusp of it's greatest moment of the modern era

[Sobraz]

Luke knows that his bread is likely to be more heavily buttered post football being an ex pie than an ex saint that merely played out his days in black and white.
His media and professional career depend on support from the black and white army.. Very smart words and sentiment from Luke, set himself up for life with a few carefully placed quotes.

[The Fireman]

I am glad he said he wanted to be remembered as a Skunk player, it makes it easier for me not to remember him as a Saints player.

[PADDLEPOP1001]

He walked off a lonely man who went searching for hugs,anywhere, only the cold Buckley and seething Mcguire gave him half hearted one's.

40 hours later Hayes will be Triumphantly raised to the air by as many teammates as possible, and the Adelaide crowd will forget that they follow the crows for those few moments as they cheer off a man of humility,passion,courage and a true gladiator of our game. Something Luke Ball once had,but traded in when he sold his soul to the filth to the detriment of our footy club which was on the cusp of it's greatest moment of the modern era

Couldn't have summed it up better myself!

[whiskers3614]

Luke knows that his bread is likely to be more heavily buttered post football being an ex pie than an ex saint that merely played out his days in black and white.
His media and professional career depend on support from the black and white army.. Very smart words and sentiment from Luke, set himself up for life with a few carefully placed quotes.

Hi the nail on the head there, probably explains how he played for "peanuts" in 2012.
Hard to see how the "minnow" clubs can compete with the resources available to Collingwood, Essendon etc.

[saintspremiers]

LUKE BALL WAS SACKED/DE-LISTED BY COLLINGWOOD

No-One in the media has the aggotts to call Eddie on this !!

Was Maister sacked. Ball retired. Why do people care anyway?

Retired or was retired?

[gringo]

Luke knows that his bread is likely to be more heavily buttered post football being an ex pie than an ex saint that merely played out his days in black and white.
His media and professional career depend on support from the black and white army.. Very smart words and sentiment from Luke, set himself up for life with a few carefully placed quotes.

Hi the nail on the head there, probably explains how he played for "peanuts" in 2012.
Hard to see how the "minnow" clubs can compete with the resources available to Collingwood, Essendon etc.

I think he just lacks a bit of diplomacy, when he was at our junior club they had a question and answer session. One dad asked Ball if he was any good as a junior and is there hope for the crap kids. Ball turned and said he was the best player in the comp when he was young and pretty much told the guy if his kid is no good now he never will be. A few dads vicarious dreams were smashed that night. Bagged St Kilda even though there were plenty of jumpers in the crowd as well. Fev also came down another night and while I thought he would be a tool, he was great with the kids and spoke well of his clubs and took personal responsibility and generally enjoyed being there. Ball looked like he wanted to be home and said he'd been roped in because his dad's mate who played at Caulfield with him dragged him down. I'm not a fan.

[stinger]

I loved Luke Ball.

When he left, I was gutted.

To my mind, it had nothing to do with Luke, and everything to do with injury and/or Lyon. But never Luke.

When he cried in 2010, I cried with him.

I've spent 5 years defending him.

I found his comments yesterday more than disappointing. He's a smart boy. He was making a point. 5 years later.

When he walked off tonight, I expected to feel something. Sadness. Regret. Or even congratulations. On an objectively fine career.

I felt nothing.

And what I do feel is quite sad about that.

i can relate to all of your comments.....in the end i just thought...good riddance.....which is sad because i like the guy....oh i was pretty pleased to see the filth get bent over too....

[kosifantutti]

I just unfriended someone on Facebook who posted a tribute to their favourite player Luke Bail.
It felt good.

[stevie]

Still trying to get GT's ex teammate analogy...

By that logic, no ex Sts who played with Lenny or Roo or Harves would rush across the street to hug him.

[saintspremiers]

I just unfriended someone on Facebook who posted a tribute to their favourite player Luke Bail.
It felt good.

Luke Bail?

Sounds like he's defected again. To Melbourne this time.

[Bunk_Moreland]

I just unfriended someone on Facebook who posted a tribute to their favourite player Luke Bail.
It felt good.

lol

All this BS about Ball and Lenny and the difference in respect.

Playing football is all about winning premierships, I have been told on here countless times.

Well Luke Ball can comfort himself with the fact he achieved his goal.

Lenny and Roo and Joey will NEVER be able to do that.

I have not time for Ball, but he has had the last laugh.

[Bowey Boy]

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[kosifantutti]

I just unfriended someone on Facebook who posted a tribute to their favourite player Luke Bail.
It felt good.

Luke Bail?

Sounds like he's defected again. To Melbourne this time.

He's been Bail to me since he left.

[Sainternist]

Thanks Ball. Thanks for mutton!