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Will go down as the most overrated player of all time
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Noah Balta - Does he have the AFL's rarest skill set?
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- Six decades of domination
Blokes a dud.
If being able to play and act like a robot with limited ranges of motion, Noah Balta has nailed the AFL's rarest skill set.
If being able to play and act like a robot with limited ranges of motion, Noah Balta has nailed the AFL's rarest skill set.
Hes far from a dud. If he keeps it simple he's very good. Its when hen he tries to bite of more than he can chew he runs into problems. Much like Rance early on. Only played 60 odd games. Will probably be one of the best kpds once he gets to the magical 100 games mark.
hawkman
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Rare decision making
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He knew Touhy would miss, giving possession back to Richmond. Add premonitions to Balta’s skillset.
Oh dear oh dear. Made Porkins look like a statue tonight. 
Some clowns went off a little bit early.
Some clowns went off a little bit early.
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Bit early on the bump son.
Dominated Hawkins after quarter time. Still has huge upside.
Dominated Hawkins after quarter time. Still has huge upside.
His best is elite. Just has to close the gap between his best and worst. As I've mentioned a few times, eerily similar to early Rance.
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Hopefully he'll donate his skill set to a museum after he retires.
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Makes lots of errors, but so did Rance
His best is breathtaking
This thread will end up like the Shai Bolton one, and the Shane Edwards one
Prophetic
His best is breathtaking
This thread will end up like the Shai Bolton one, and the Shane Edwards one
Prophetic
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Except he will never be a good forward or ruck which was the basic premise of the thread. Most recognise that he is a decent KPD
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Won a premiership in his 30th game playing as a key defender.
Balta came through the 2017 draft and he was in the youngest 20% of players in that draft being a late October birthday.
All these players from that draft are entering their prime now, and we are starting to see how good they are.
The key position and ruck players who actually belonged to that draft class by age in order they were drafted were:
Naughton, D Fogarty, Brander, Coleman-Jones, Oscar Allen, Balta, Sam Taylor, Tom DeKoning, Tom McCartin, Petty, Nathan Murphy, Ballard, Jack Payne, Ben Miller, Zerk-Thatcher, Meek, Xerri.
So it looks a very strong draft for key position players. At this stage the clubs that took Naughton, Fogarty, Allen, Balta, Taylor, McCartin in particular would be delighted, but players like Murphy, Payne, Petty, Ballard are really coming through. You would expect a bit to come from some of the others like DeKoning, Coleman-Jones, Zerk, even Meek and Miller yet.
You really do have to give these bigger players some time, and as the current generation of dominant key players wanes, this lot will be amongst those left to dominate over the next 10 or so seasons.
