The League Paper

YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE DOM THE AMMUNITION TO FIRE BULLETS

by
The Football League Paper Team
18 October 2026

BRISTOL City striker Dom Ballard is the sort of striker who needs a system that plays to his strengths.
He’s a great finisher. I love his movement in the final third. But watching him in last weekend’s
1-1 draw with Charlton, there were long periods of the game where he hardly touched the ball and was barely involved.
It was only once Elijah Adebayo came on and gave him something to play off that he really came to life. When someone scores a lot of goals in League One, as Dom did for Leyton Orient last season, there’s a perception that the step up will be quite ...

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