Player Watch #21: Noah Balta
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Balta shows great promise and has most of us excited
I had a little flash back and Jay Schulz was not dissimilar as in burst onto the scene and showed great promise
Jay's best was very good but could also be very quiet
I know people were excited about Noah watching him in the U18's
I got excited when I saw him in a VFL game
More people got excited from our first JLT game
More still got excited when seeing him in the AFL
I hope we are right and he will continue to develop and not stop halfway up the tree something like Jay did
I had a little flash back and Jay Schulz was not dissimilar as in burst onto the scene and showed great promise
Jay's best was very good but could also be very quiet
I know people were excited about Noah watching him in the U18's
I got excited when I saw him in a VFL game
More people got excited from our first JLT game
More still got excited when seeing him in the AFL
I hope we are right and he will continue to develop and not stop halfway up the tree something like Jay did
Muddiemoose
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As much as I love what he does on field going by his Instagram he seems like a little bit of a muppett
Hopefully I’m getting the wrong impression but if I’m right he’s not going to be interested in doing the team thing when it’s contract time
Hopefully I’m getting the wrong impression but if I’m right he’s not going to be interested in doing the team thing when it’s contract time
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what parts you talking about? I've only checked it now so can only see last 24 hours of his story and that seems fine but that's all i've seen
Muddiemoose
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No one thing in particular more just the vibe I guess some of the way he responded to the questions came across a little arrogant to me but hey I couldn’t be completely off the mark same has been said about any number of players and they are great club men
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He is 19, most 19 year olds are like that.
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I agree with ND it's mostly just a 19 year old being a 19 year old in 2019. Clubs will have all different types and I'm sure we can keep him focussed and he'll buy into our culture and if not he won't be a tiger for life. Nothing worried me though just a kid trying to be all "random" and funny to impress his followers. Though I do wonder what he did to get dropped for 1 game (apparently was a club suspension type thing)
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His insta story / Q&A was quite mind numbingly entertaining I thought (as far as AFL players go). He’s another strange cat to add to our burgeoning bunch of ‘unique characters’ at the club by the looks of things. Reading between the lines I think a fair few of the Qs came from tigers players who were giving him sh1t, hence his sarcasm. 
"What a mess"
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We’d have to change our entire playing style and structure to allow him to do that. Can’t see it happening.
I have always wanted Balta playing on the wing
* Pushes up to HB for the Richmond kick ins out of defence
* Has the ability to chop out Nank all over the ground
* Has a booming kick to get the ball 30 out from goal from the wing
* Very hard to out mark when switching play
* Can push up foward to create a mis match
* Pushes up to HB for the Richmond kick ins out of defence
* Has the ability to chop out Nank all over the ground
* Has a booming kick to get the ball 30 out from goal from the wing
* Very hard to out mark when switching play
* Can push up foward to create a mis match
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Keep playing him all year. Will be the next Kouta!!!!
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That was his best game and that goal was insane
Fwiw I don't want to see him playing KPD again.
Fwiw I don't want to see him playing KPD again.
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Was awkward af when he wanted to box on after getting belted by Naughton for a lot of the night.
Plays too loose down back. Needs to be a permanent forward
Plays too loose down back. Needs to be a permanent forward
Was awful again. A few moments of absolute quality and the rest of the time looking lost and making poor decisions. Not the type of player you play when trying to win games and play finals.
I think he thought noughton punched grimes in the throat. Was just a push.
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hes a tease like vickjesus was, give him 2 more years and if hes still the same , delist
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Yep. Not sold on him myself.
It is shortsighted to evaluate Balta on his current contribution as he is one of the most athletically gifted big men in the league, and might even be number 1. He also has done a few extraordinarily good things which proves he can play.
Fully support his selection because the only thing he doesn’t have is craft. But that can be learnt.
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Fully support his selection because the only thing he doesn’t have is craft. But that can be learnt.
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