Dominic Ball

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

Looks every bit a championship sevco player that can't get a game for an english league 1 team

[Stoneybloke]

Looks every bit a championship sevco player that can't get a game for an english league 1 team

McInnes has a history of bringing in useless loan players. Just another one in the list of failures.

[V for Vendetta]

He's tall though. So its ok.

 

A bit like playing Consi all the time. He's regularly rubbish but its ok cos he's tall.

[Guest the shepherd]

 

Pretty disgusting slagging off a player so early in his dons career IMO.

No slagging off min just pure constructive criticism, all backed with fact. Don't like being critical of any player that pulls on the hallowed red shirt but know within a couple of games, sometimes a game (Pepper and Kristjansson, e.g ) if a player is good enough or not for Aberdeen.

[Guest the shepherd]

 

Pretty disgusting slagging off a player so early in his dons career IMO.

Not slagging him off min just pure constructive criticism, all backed with fact. Don't like being critical of any player that pulls on the hallowed red shirt but know within a couple of games, sometimes a game (Pepper and Kristjansson, e.g ) if a player is good enough or not for Aberdeen.

[elephantstone78]

Looks every bit a championship sevco player that can't get a game for an english league 1 team

Yip. Sad but true.

[Shinniesta]

He was MOTM against Celtic in the SC semi-final that the huns won on penalties a year and a half ago so there is a player in there somewhere.

 

I won't write him off just yet. But he's had a poor start up here no doubt about that.

[BWG]

Not slagging him off min just pure constructive criticism, all backed with fact. Don't like being critical of any player that pulls on the hallowed red shirt but know within a couple of games, sometimes a game (Pepper and Kristjansson, e.g ) if a player is good enough or not for Aberdeen.

 

It was a pop at thon fuckwit big hat logan after him getting up on his high horse over fucknard.

 

Ball is pish.

[1903Fitba]

3 games played. Send him home.

 

Disregard giving him chance to settle etc.

 

Ffs melts the lot of you

[Redstar]

He's shit...return him and put it down to him having a punch up with MacLean about hun stuff...

[fine-n-dandy]

3 games played. Send him home.

Disregard giving him chance to settle etc.

Ffs melts the lot of you

3?

80 mins v Hearts & (pished as I was) I thought he played half decent. Better than a lot of others.

67mins v Motherwell where it seems pretty much the bulk of the team was shite.

 

Yeah. A wee bit early to write him off. I think the whole team performance & result is blinkering a few.

 

I'll give a few more games before judging him one way or other

[spamspamspam]

He's shite

 

The end.

[Reliablesource]

He's shite

 

The end.

Sums it up really.

 

His positional sense is way off. His passing is poor and his decision making (and speed of it) is terrible. From what I've seen so far. Three of the main traits needed to succeed at holding midfield.

 

He is currently not good enough for this level. May come good but I haven't seen much to hold out much hope.

 

We all hate the rat and he's far from a brilliant footballer but Ball is nowhere near even that level yet. Hope I'm either proved wrong on Ball or Arnason is able to fill in there till Tansey is fit.

[Sheepo]

He looks like a centre half playing in midfield because that is what he is. Either play him at centre half or forget him, not sure why we need a big lump in midfield anyway, it just gives you one less creative/Attacking player

[Donstar83]

Worth keeping for another year as a midfielder? We are going to need back ups as well as direct replacements for O'connor and McLean anyway?

[Don Fonte]

I think he's a better central midfielder than AOC. Doesn't really answer your question though donstar83.

[Oregon Red]

I tnink he has had a handful good games recently. Worth keeping for a year or so.

[RAZOR]

I tnink he has had a handful good games recently. Worth keeping for a year or so.

Canadians

Aussies

Now Yanks to deal with.

 

Ffs min. Get a grip of yourself.

[spamspamspam]

A player in the same mould as Ash Taylor.

 

You're never sure if he's going to do something good or something bad.

[DelMonte]

Every game he's played in midfield he's been good. Hung out to dry at Hampden in a position he can't play. Was near enough our best player last night, the amount of times he made an interception and started an attack was superb. No thrills and kept it simple.

[dave_min]

No, leave.

 

Average ex-Hun is unacceptable.

[Tord31]

impressed last night but probably gonna say twist rather than stick

[King Street Loon]

It's a no from me.

[elephantstone78]

Every game he's played in midfield he's been good. Hung out to dry at Hampden in a position he can't play. Was near enough our best player last night, the amount of times he made an interception and started an attack was superb. No thrills and kept it simple.

He was good last night but in no way does that eradicate hampden. Out of position or not no professional footballer should be that incompetent.

We can definitely sign better than him.

[DelMonte]

He was good last night but in no way does that eradicate hampden. Out of position or not no professional footballer should be that incompetent.

We can definitely sign better than him.

Probably but the matter of the fact is he's been good when playing midfield. Should have been used a lot more often. He's a good player.

[BWG]

Make a summer one Swallow does not.

 

Ball is not good enough.

[DelMonte]

Make a summer one Swallow does not.

 

Ball is not good enough.

In midfield he's better than our other options. Doesn't mean I want him to stay but he's no where near as bad as made out.

[The Oxford Don]

He did absolutely fine last night, in what is very obviously his correct position.

 

The game against Hibs will be several orders of magnitude more difficult and will give a much better indication of whether or not he’s actually worth keeping.

[Tord31]

as much of a disaster as Tansey was in his first season he'll be welcomed back with open arms considering weve used O'Connor, Ball and Nwakali in there during the second half of the season

[mcdougall(4)]

if playing ball in midfield, where he looks much more comfortable, means shinnie plays left back then it's worth it