News Luke Ball, (Retired 2014)

[TradeDraft]

His Back is Stuffed

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2014-08-28/luke-ball-retires

 

[BoxMatrix]

Thanks for getting us into the Grand Final Bally.

 

[MyManLynch]

Congrats Luke on a great career & especially for 2010.

 

[GreekLunatic]

yeah i hope he did retire on his terms cause our club is full of spin

 

[mattys123]

Genuinely shocked by this considering the talk in recent days.

He'll always be a Collingwood champ to me, wouldn't have won that flag without him.

 

[Ron]

Thanks for everything mate. I wish we won in 2011, as i think Luke would have enjoyed that one more, must have been hard for him to celebrate against his old mob.

Wish he went on for one more year, but the body has probably had enough.

 

[tattooedswan]

Bad news.

Well done Bally, a key cog in that illusive flag.

 

[lenny20]

The writing was on the wall a bit but geez I loved him. Amazing finals campaigns in both 2010 and 2011, gave his all for the club, and would have been a triple premiership player if (a) we had moved Tarrant onto Hawkins in 2011, and (b) Ross Lyon hadn't dragged him consistently in the 2009 Grand Final.

I hope we can keep him at the club in some capacity.

 

[Shaneprice97]

 

[TradeDraft]

Genuinely shocked by this considering the talk in recent days.

He'll always be a Collingwood champ to me, wouldn't have won that flag without him.

Well going by what was said in the Article. He went for Scans and his back was Stuffed and Bucks probably said you are probably just Depth next year.

Ball then said well I have this Back Surgery and don’t try and flog out 1 last season

 

[sloth6]

A sad sad day.

Well done bally - a bloody great career.

A true Warrior!

 

[Aliago]

I really wanted him to push on for one more year, especially with how he was talking in the last few weeks. I hope it was his own decision. He was huge in 2010. Thanks for everything Bally

 

[millsy29gopies]

#WinForBally

Congrats Luke on a ripping career.

 

[CFC2010]

Thanks For 2010 Bally you are a Collingwood Champion Forever.

All the best in the future......

 

[Kynge of Begrem]

That is really sad news. I really would like to have seen him have one more year with us.

 

[Wooljay]

Gutted.

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

Going to miss that wombat at the bottom of the pack. Congrats Bally. Legend.

 

[Baird]

Nooooo
Congrats on a great career Luke.
Hopefully the boys can get up for him tomorrow.

 

[Seedsfan]

Was a champion at our club, would not of been the side we were with out his input.

 

[mattys123]

Probably his greatest individual moment;

 

[ksardog]

Watching him against GWS in first half and i thought he was gone, but his 2nd half was huge and help got us over the line. His body has been through so much and its good that he is playing his last game instead of limping to the line next year.

Will always be a Collingwood premiership player, the highest accolade u can get in football.

Hope he stays around the club, be excellent as a defensive mid coach, considering he is the only one that does it at the moment on the ground

 

[ksardog]

Probably his greatest individual moment;

Loved it, massive

 

[mike123]

Looks like were going to sign O'Keeffe

 

[Swanny36]

Congratulations on a great career Luke, really loved watching you bash and crash into packs sacrificing your body for the good of the team.
I am thankful for your role in getting us that elusive flag in 2010 and will never forget how big of an impact you made in getting us there.
Well done again, a true champion.

 

[mike123]

Probably his greatest individual moment;

2 weeks before he also had a good moment