Player Watch #21: Noah Balta - Suspended First 4 Games

[jc12]

Brad Johnson has had his hand in the last two nominations , obviously sMith was his pick. Find it funny how a panel of judges selects the players for the round. How can it be fair when one of those judges doesn't even watch games

 

[Thrasher97]

I suppose I had always seen that as a war against certain factions within Serbia who had effectively assumed control of what was then known as Yugoslavia. For quite a few decades prior to his death in 1980, Yugoslavia was under the rule of the benevolent dictator Tito who I think is accepted as almost universally popular, and was of course Croatian. I may be wrong but I believe during this period people from Croatia and indeed throughout other Yugoslav countries would see no shame in being identified as Yugoslavian. That is certainly how my world knew them, through representation at the Olympic Games and the United Nations etc. Shortly after this time, when I was 18 years of age I worked with what I now know to be Croatians, but at that time we knew as Yugoslavs. I recall asking them why they left their country for Australia, in my ignorance expecting them to say it is horrible and bleak or something along those lines. They told me that it was in fact it has a climate better than Melbourne's and was a beautiful place with brilliant beaches and coastlines. It was inevitable from that moment that I would go there to see the place they spoke of. None of them ever denounced Yugoslavia as a nation or as a concept, though I have vague recollections of one of them telling me there were different peoples in Yugoslavia.

I was not actually aware of post independence war Croatians railing against the concept of Yugoslavia as such, but if this is the case I might mind my p's and q's on the subject in future and I thank you for the information.

All good mate , i understand where your coming from, it can be confusing, different people different opinions, my dido (grandad in Croatian) always said he always identified as Croatian (even before the war) and hated Yugoslavia (always corrected people when they said he was a Yugo) so i guess it depends on the person, most I've met would only identify as Croatian.

But ah well getting off topic from Balta, he's going to be a great player when he fully develops

 

[Grrr]

I suppose I had always seen that as a war against certain factions within Serbia who had effectively assumed control of what was then known as Yugoslavia. For quite a few decades prior to his death in 1980, Yugoslavia was under the rule of the benevolent dictator Tito who I think is accepted as almost universally popular, and was of course Croatian. I may be wrong but I believe during this period people from Croatia and indeed throughout other Yugoslav countries would see no shame in being identified as Yugoslavian. That is certainly how my world knew them, through representation at the Olympic Games and the United Nations etc. Shortly after this time, when I was 18 years of age I worked with what I now know to be Croatians, but at that time we knew as Yugoslavs. I recall asking them why they left their country for Australia, in my ignorance expecting them to say it is horrible and bleak or something along those lines. They told me that it was in fact it has a climate better than Melbourne's and was a beautiful place with brilliant beaches and coastlines. It was inevitable from that moment that I would go there to see the place they spoke of. None of them ever denounced Yugoslavia as a nation or as a concept, though I have vague recollections of one of them telling me there were different peoples in Yugoslavia.

I was not actually aware of post independence war Croatians railing against the concept of Yugoslavia as such, but if this is the case I might mind my p's and q's on the subject in future and I thank you for the information.

I hitched and slept and bummed on the beaches of Croatia in the late 80's. What a paradise it was... a few years later...

 

[Marcel Proust]

While we are on the subject of his background, we need to recruit moar Croatian soccer players. They have superior genetics; big strong lads.

I watched a fair bit of NSL growing up and always thought John Markovski would have made a tremendous footy player. A brute of a man with a thunderous left foot.

Now that I have had a chance to look at my post, I realise what a bloody awful idea I have come up with. Soccer players? ET behave son.

Melbourne Croatia hooligans are generally 6'2 and frightening

 

[theflea]

I hitched and slept and bummed on the beaches of Croatia in the late 80's. What a paradise it was... a few years later...

Bu**ed who?

 

[Oprah From Tigerland]

On Caro, I like her on the age real footy podcast where she is good humoured and at the same time fairly frank about the AFL etc, but she seems to check her brain at the door on Footy Classified, or comes off as petty like she has an axe to grind. That whole show is depressingly confrontational and lit like they film it in a 90’s crypt. It’s a shame the real footy podcast cast and format isn’t on tv instead of FC.

 

[tony__montana]

Melbourne Croatia hooligans are generally 6'2 and frightening

My mate got the shit kicked out of him at somers st back in the day - was similar to the karate kid scene where daniel is trying to jump the wire fence and he gets pulled down - difference being their was no Miyagi there to save my mates bacon, plus my mate was a bit of a porka back then - wouldve been piss funny seeing him trying to climb the fence.

 

[guruisatiger]

While we are on the subject of his background, we need to recruit moar Croatian soccer players. They have superior genetics; big strong lads.

I watched a fair bit of NSL growing up and always thought John Markovski would have made a tremendous footy player. A brute of a man with a thunderous left foot.

Now that I have had a chance to look at my post, I realise what a bloody awful idea I have come up with. Soccer players? ET behave son.

John markovski would have been Macedonian, ? Not Croatian? Not that it matters just curious

 

[guruisatiger]

My mate got the **** kicked out of him at somers st back in the day - was similar to the karate kid scene where daniel is trying to jump the wire fence and he gets pulled down - difference being their was no Miyagi there to save my mates bacon, plus my mate was a bit of a porka back then - wouldve been piss funny seeing him trying to climb the fence.

When I was an apprentice chef at William angliss college back in the 80s, it was a tradition for the apprentice butchers to bash
The shit out of the apprentice chefs, , 4 of them had me up against the lockers about to give me a thumping, when darko( fellow apprentice chef)
All 195cm and 105 kgs , re enacted the scene from wandreres, LEAVE THE BOY ALONE, , they did leave me alone on that day, and every other day I saw them,,, darko was one cool Croatian dude, , great memories

 

[db26]

John Markovski best left footy I seen made his debut for Sunshine george cross at 16 years old in nsl.

 

[biaseddustyfan]

On Caro, I like her on the age real footy podcast where she is good humoured and at the same time fairly frank about the AFL etc, but she seems to check her brain at the door on Footy Classified, or comes off as petty like she has an axe to grind. That whole show is depressingly confrontational and lit like they film it in a 90’s crypt. It’s a shame the real footy podcast cast and format isn’t on tv instead of FC.

anything aired on free to air in Australia is 99% bullsh!t until the time at which it gets cancelled

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Melbourne Croatia hooligans are generally 6'2 and frightening

Pffftt kids compared to seven foot Lithuanian ex basketball mafia...

 

[rowlingsdevsqd]

Not at all. Croatia along with several other countries in the region was part of Yugoslavia when I was growing up and this would be the same for Caroline Wilson. I was merely making fun of the situation and the habit of old codgers in my day of saying things along the lines of "Asians all look the same to me."

I guess referring to a Croat as a Yugoslav might be a bit like referring to a Scotsman as British, I doubt Croats(or Slovenes, Serbs etc) would take offence about it if none was meant. I have spent a fair bit of time in the region and can highly recommend it both for its land and sea scapes and for the people. In fact I watched our 2017 Grand Final win from Sipan Island, which is part of Croatia.

People should not be so fast to read provocative motives into comments touching on issues seen as battle grounds for the politically correct.

Some scots I know would head butt you for saying they’re British


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[EasternTiger]

John markovski would have been Macedonian, ? Not Croatian? Not that it matters just curious

Yep you're right. Macedonian.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Some scots I know would head butt you for saying they’re British


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I wouldn't be troubled if they said I was Australasian which is a pretty precise equivalent. Whatever the internal politics, Scotland is a part of the island of Great Britain and having lived in Scotland for a time, people there mostly seemed aware of that. That Scotland is also part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland would further reduce their justification for head butting me for saying they are British, but it sounds like the Scots you know might be more interested in head butting people than establishing solid geopolitical reasoning for doing so. Do your Glaswegian associates know it is actually illegal to headbutt somebody for correctly referring to them as British? In fact, they might even be on flimsy legal ground if they were incorrectly referred to as British.

Anyway, I headbutted a guy once when he belted me behind play in a footy final. All I seemed to achieve from this was to split my own eyebrow open. So I could probably use some head butting lessons from an expert...

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Probably end his Tiger career over in the US making a squillion as a NFL punter.

Convince him to stay on a rookies wage.Will make up for it in the states.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

we should entice him to stay with his very own chant....whenever he starts one of those little gallops..

Beast....Beast...Beast

And get a plz explain from PC Gil.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

so we have Ivan Maric in part to thank for bringing Balta to the club. Bringing Maric to the club back in 2012 was a bloody great move. Seems a genuine great bloke.

Until he xed the white line

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Silly silly Caroline Wilson on footy classifieds tonight complaining about
How Noah balta was suspended for an errant elbow against hawks
She also stated how Richmond cant win against the bombers without Noah
She also said Richmond will appeal noahs suspension
ITS IVAN SOLDO, CAROLINE NOT ******* NOAH BALTA
FOR ****S SAKE RESIGN ALREADY

Give her a break.She's going through shazzapause.

 

[Grrr]

Bu**ed who?

anything that moved in those days..

 

[Punt rd end]

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Chaos Castagna and Chaos Balta both extended for 2 years best

 

[joelsyt]

Woot 2 more years at least with Balta. Woot!

Congratulations!

 

[Underarm]

so we have Ivan Maric in part to thank for bringing Balta to the club. Bringing Maric to the club back in 2012 was a bloody great move. Seems a genuine great bloke.

Clearly has a great eye for talent in the Eastern European community. I wonder if a move into list management is in his future.

 

[Roksman]

Not at all. Croatia along with several other countries in the region was part of Yugoslavia when I was growing up and this would be the same for Caroline Wilson. I was merely making fun of the situation and the habit of old codgers in my day of saying things along the lines of "Asians all look the same to me."

I guess referring to a Croat as a Yugoslav might be a bit like referring to a Scotsman as British, I doubt Croats(or Slovenes, Serbs etc) would take offence about it if none was meant. I have spent a fair bit of time in the region and can highly recommend it both for its land and sea scapes and for the people. In fact I watched our 2017 Grand Final win from Sipan Island, which is part of Croatia.

People should not be so fast to read provocative motives into comments touching on issues seen as battle grounds for the politically correct.

Calling a Croat a Yugo can be very offensive - I wouldn't do it as a joke just FYI.

It takes a lot for me to get upset so I personally don't care.