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

[SplintWhisky]

What a load of rubbish. "balta was helping his mate". Yeah righto, and now he has let down his mates, his employer, his coach & his supporters & family.

The club just set him up for life and he has done this "to help a mate".

Club didn't suspend Marlion, but chose to suspend Noah for a month. Last year we fought over if he should be forward or backl as he was our best option for both roles - now we start the year with him unable to play either & he is 100% fit and ready.

Club wouldn't suspend him for a month because "he had chances to leave, but stayed". What trash. And if true - why the fk is the club acting so inconsistently between Marlion (who could & definitely should have broken ties with the filth he is associating with - literally a pedo), then suspended Noah for a month.

I thin the oppo supporter came in here about as peaceful and clear in his intention to just pass on what he knew without starting a fire, fight & be antagonistic. Do we really want our forum to be as much of an echo chamber as the Carlton one is? Thanks for sharing SUNS - I appreciate a oppo who comes in, acts like a visitor and just wants to share the juice they have fully acknowledging its 3rd hand - its what bigfooty should be about -not banning people

I can give you one reason for why the difference in Balta and Pickett. Completely different administration. Perhaps Shane is going down a different path/style to Gale?

 

[Yo Yo Ma!!!]

I can give you one reason for why the difference in Balta and Pickett. Completely different administration. Perhaps Shane is going down a different path/style to Gale?

Two vastly separate approached by the Club, Marlion has plead personal innocence from the get go, so Gale publicly supported a player who is saying they are innocent, and Marlion still is that until he is proven guilty.

Pretty sure Balta has likely said he did do the physical actions to the club, especially with the nature of what Richmond has delivered in a suspension (likely in a meeting between club and Balta, and agreed to course of action).

All the alarmists thinking the administration doesn't support the players seems to be misguided, seems to be so much resentment of the Club in certain supporter camps, now that we have completely moved on from our Dynasty era. Whats Dunne supposed to do, if the player has admitted a degree of guilt and has done what was reported, he cant come out and say that Balta is innocent, that is just dumb if they tried that.

As a few have posted, I reckon Balta will plead guilty and his lawyers will seek a 'no conviction to be recorded' and go for suspended sentence/community order. Likely Balta may have indicated this to the club and as such Richmond's actions now are helping the matter, by dealing out a decent punishment

 

[richoplzbreed]

Yeah, we aren’t using this as an excuse to be raciat

Since when is pointing out facts racism? Do you have any grip on reality? Maybe if your family has woken up twice to aggressive engineers and Dr's welding machetes in their faces making threats to kill even after all wallets, phones, keys and Jewellery were handed over at 3am to rob them not once but twice within months. It's great having female family members requiring medication just to try sleep because they no longer feel safe in their own homes. And our sick justice system means you cant even truly defend your family and property. A group of 12 Sudanese with machetes hacked a guy to pieces in Whyndemvale over the weekend. Just another day in the reality that's become Australia. Does that vicious attack offend you? Or are you only offended by people who point out the truth?

Dustin Martin's Dad was deported for looking scary, no real convictions! How many stabby stabby machete wielders have been deported?

 

[shaky]

kicking in the ribs is just a cherry on top

no biggie

Trouble is he probably sprayed it, or was called to play on before he was ready to execute the kick properly.

 

[All Aust]

You should keep biting your tongue instead of pretending you know what happened. The matter is fairly simple, one crowd was giving it to another group which Balta was apart off. When the baiting targeted one of the girls they were with a few of baltas group went the biff and a brawl ensured

Balta joined in to help protect his mates as they were outnumbered and the bloke he hit, hard went down. There was zero coward punch or king hit, utter bullshit.

Due to the bloke balta hit being injured and balta clearly being a easily identifiable person, he got on the front foot and handed himself in.

Club knows the story and the 4 weeks is mainly for the fact Balta had plenty of time to exit himself from the brewing altercation, as the baiting went on for an hour or so before the fight started.

Thanks Tiger71. I fail to understand how anyone can read this and feel compelled to "Thumbs down" this info?
I'll throw my support behind you. Cheers and thanks for the info.

 

[All Aust]

There's another version not too dissimilar to your account doing the rounds which is also quite incriminating for Balta. This is a serious question - I'm not being frivolous - what is the role of the pizza in all of this?

Its always Pineapple.

Caveat for Groupie because the beer that always, always has to accompany needs to meet specific requirements.

 

[All Aust]

I’m assuming you were also there being how close you are to some of the facts.

If not a coward punch or a King Hit how would you describe the punch that hit a blindsided guy who was only intending to defuse a situation? Also no mention of the kicking to the ribs whilst he was down? Not a move that screams of nobility.

Nah, yer crappin on. Suns supporters don't exist.

Anything on the other side of that aspires to be the dust of fine salt.

 

[sabso]

Its always Pineapple.

Caveat for Groupie because the beer that always, always has to accompany needs to meet specific requirements.

Fosters is piss. I lived near the fosters brewery in Manchester for a time and the place stank to high heaven.

 

[Bojangles17]

I can give you one reason for why the difference in Balta and Pickett. Completely different administration. Perhaps Shane is going down a different path/style to Gale?

The circumstances are completely different, Pickett has protested his innocence, Balta has effectively pleaded guilty , speaks for itself . I wouldn’t at all be surprised if pickets charges were ultimately dropped

 

[TigerTime88]

Na, seems he wasn’t as innocent as some would like to believe

Especially if he’s taking counselling

As long as he learns from it

What I heard from a local mate wasn't great for Noah.

 

[Sir_Loin]

What I heard from a local mate wasn't great for Noah.

What did the other guy say?