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Noah Balta - Welcome to Tigerland
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Yes, he played very well. Some questions...
Why do we not have a player near the opposition goal line to stop the soccer goal, when there is a stoppage close to goal?
Is it a coaching decision to not cover it?
Is it Grimes's job?
Who takes over if he's off the ground? Noah?
I believe we used to have Rance and Astbury doing that defensive role. Who has done it since then?
Why do we not have a player near the opposition goal line to stop the soccer goal, when there is a stoppage close to goal?
Is it a coaching decision to not cover it?
Is it Grimes's job?
Who takes over if he's off the ground? Noah?
I believe we used to have Rance and Astbury doing that defensive role. Who has done it since then?
He had a massive shank that somehow worked out. Agree a wonderful game.
I wonder that too, but also notice a few other teams the same. Maybe something to do with numbers at the contest, but from a stoppage right near goal I reckon someone on the goal line is good insurance.
DS
But will he be part of our 2035 premiership tilt?
He should be in AA calculations, but because of our ladder position he isnt.
He hasnt been beaten by his opponent all year, and he is one of the best interceptors in the league. What is there not to like?
Balta has said publicly himself that he prefers playing in defence. He seems much happier there too.
I'm also getting mid career Rance deja vue. Takes risks often. Like Rance, I'm fine if they they don't come off every time. Powerhouse when he takes off with the ball.
He's such a weapon coming out of defence, can easily break open a team defence and kick over the top of them. When he arches his back and bursts past their forwards and kicks long, he is a massive weapon.
Yep.
It is when he gets cute he makes mistakes. He should be banned from kicking less than 35 metres
Pure armchair footy lover here, so feel free to point and laugh. But I'd love to see them work out a play that let's Balta push up to provide a marking option for that 2nd/3rd kick out of defence. He is now just about the best intercept mark in the league and has real strength in contested marks. I'm just so sick of dump kick down the line to an outnumber in the vain hope of halving the contest. So many turnovers start there. I get that he'd be structuring up during the kick in so probably couldn't get up the ground enough, but if there were some way to create the room/time for this. Maybe a set piece where Young switches it to Broad to give Noah time to clear out to the wing? Thoughts? Be brutal, I can take it.
The Balta forward cry is frankly silly. He is a simple player. He prefers the ball coming at him where he can utlilise his athleticism. The key forward role is the hardest in the AFL. It requires athleticism and smarts. Huge smarts. They cannot really be taught. Where to position yourself when the ball is in the middle, on the wing, in their forward line, where to stand, when to lead, when to double back, when to utilise a block, when to be a decoy. It goes on and on and on. That is not Balta's go. He is a gun key defender. Every premiership contender needs a gun key defender. We have one. Who is the next one? Gibcus could be but in many ways he is more likely to make it as a key forward than Balta.
Don't confuse Noah. Let him develop into a powerhouse lynchpin of our next premiership defence. (unless of course we can transplant Jack's brain into Balta)
Don't confuse Noah. Let him develop into a powerhouse lynchpin of our next premiership defence. (unless of course we can transplant Jack's brain into Balta)
Noah Balta - Welcome to Tigerland
Anyone see the Tiger team photo in today's Herald Sun? Balta looks like an absolute beast. He stood out. Arms like Arnie
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I went back to this thread after his first game in the VFL. Click on this link above. Talk about deja vu. All the Rance comparisions, CHB versus CHF etc
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