Neither of them looked like a good import in their first game. Particularly when we wanted an outright goal scorer from Ball.
Good thing that one game isn't all that counts, and that we've found enough goals elsewhere.
How the way that they both play fits, now, in this team, is pretty fascinating. And how the rest of the squad adds to that. Pretty good team overall. Those two add some quality but the rest of the guys all add as well.
Hopefully we're enjoying more of Hooper's stuff too in the New Year. And we stay healthy.
Davila is probably the only player that doesn't have an automatic replacement in the squad (playing Ball in his role is probably the most likely scenario). In terms of depth, we're actually looking pretty stacked across the park. Even Scott for Cacace and Elliot for Payne would be like for like replacements. There's of course question marks on how effective they would be in the A-league but Devlin, who looked like he'd contribute nothing apart from a straight red in his first few games, has shown what a good bit of coaching can get out of a youngster.