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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 09:29:19 » |
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He seems keen to me. Good to see he wanted to gon tour with us instead of city
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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 09:30:28 » |
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Im thinking him and Charlie Boy up front is looking good for a mouth watering prospect!
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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 09:32:10 » |
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Im thinking him and Charlie Boy up front is looking good for a mouth watering prospect!
And with morrison and cuthbert at the back, are teams average age will get knocked down a bit. But yeah, Austin and Ball does sound like goals goals goals! |
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« Reply #18 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 09:40:01 » |
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Im thinking him and Charlie Boy up front is looking good for a mouth watering prospect!
How? I doubt you've seen him play |
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« Reply #19 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 09:41:26 » |
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I have this feeling that Ball could be an option on the left. When Danny Ward left us, Wilson said he deliberately didn't want to put a young inexperienced kid up front as there was too much pressure on him whereas wide left he could be introduced gradually to the pace & physicality of the league 1 game.
Cant see us starting with Austin & Ball up front in the first game somehow
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« Reply #20 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 09:45:44 » |
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I have this feeling that Ball could be an option on the left. When Danny Ward left us, Wilson said he deliberately didn't want to put a young inexperienced kid up front as there was too much pressure on him whereas wide left he could be introduced gradually to the pace & physicality of the league 1 game.
Cant see us starting with Austin & Ball up front in the first game somehow
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« Reply #21 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 09:56:06 » |
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Why would we play a natural striker who is right footed on the left wing?
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« Reply #22 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 10:03:59 » |
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Why would we play a natural striker who is right footed on the left wing?
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« Reply #23 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 10:13:13 » |
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He might be two footed like Ward? Ward was a lefty, but scored a fair few with his right cutting in.
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« Reply #24 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 10:25:37 » |
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Why would we play a natural striker who is right footed on the left wing?
OK I admit, i have no idea whether he is right footed, a leftie or has a dick like a donkey that he can use to dribble straight up the middle. All I'm saying is that going by past form, Wilson is unlikely to play him up front from the start. Maybe we'll go with Austin up front on his own, JPM tucked in behind & Ball on the right. Or maybe the end of the world is nigh, we'll sell them all and be left without a club. Oops, wrong thread. |
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« Reply #25 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 10:41:08 » |
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I think pre-season will determine who gets the nod for the first game, so it's too early to say. Whilst Wilson may have wanted to keep the pressure off Ward, Ball is a bit older and if he comes in and grabs goals against Panathanaikos and Forest then he's likely to be a contender to start alongside Charlie Austin for the Brighton game.
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« Reply #26 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 12:20:01 » |
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the fact he's here and wants to come on tour with us shows he wants to be playing football, like the Ferrys and Wards of last season.
Lets hope his talent matches his enthusiasm.
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« Reply #27 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 12:21:04 » |
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Dave in optimism shocker?!
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« Reply #28 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 12:30:56 » |
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« Reply #29 on: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 13:21:33 » |
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A few comments from Man City's forum about Ball. Looks quite positive
David Ball to Swindon Town
by ant london » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:01 am
Not sure quite how I feel about this.....I feel a bit gutted for him in lots of ways as he really was on the verge of things at the first swamp derby and his injury came at the worst possible time.
Good experience for him and a decent manager to work with but is this the beginning for one of our decent academy prospects of the beginning of the end? I fear the latter
by Douglas Higginbottom » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:19 am
For David Ball surely this is a good move and hopefully the beginning of something good and not the beginning of the end.
IF he has got what it takes he will be a success at Swindon and either come back to City and get a chance or get another move ( loan or permanent) to somewhere else and probably a higher standard.The alternative for him is he stays at City and maybe doesn't get any real chances to shine in the first team and basically stagnates.And I don't call getting on the bench and a possible Carling Cup much of a chance.
The only way to see what these guys are really all about is loaning them out or playing them in the first etam and the latter is extremely unlikely.
by Ted Hughes » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:13 pm
Agree with this. We have to do this as much as possible imo. We're a different club now to the one which could play lots of kids & if we don't give them games we'll ruin them. Only exceptional ones will get a game & even then maybe not enough games to help them improve. We have to treat them fairly or none will come in the future.
If any of these kids are good enough to play for City, then they'll be as impressive for their loan teams as a potential signing would be & make us take notice. If not we can let them get on with their careers as soon as possible rather than waste their time
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