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Reece Conca - so long and thanks for all the fish

Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

On a night where the coaching staff got nearly everything right, leysy thinks we got this wrong. It was blatant 5 minutes in Milne was going to have too many smarts for Reece.

Leysy could understand it if conca was learning a position he us going to play down the track, but we all know he's going to be moved up the ground. Just not sure what purpose it served other than giving st kilda An avenue to win the game and possibly help lose a young kids confidence.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

Leysy Days said:
On a night where the coaching staff got nearly everything right, leysy thinks we got this wrong. It was blatant 5 minutes in Milne was going to have too many smarts for Reece.

Leysy could understand it if conca was learning a position he us going to play down the track, but we all know he's going to be moved up the ground. Just not sure what purpose it served other than giving st kilda An avenue to win the game and possibly help lose a young kids confidence.
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I wholeheartedely disagree with this assessment.

I think mate, if we are looking at a player in game number two, what is the harm in giving him the experience of playing against the best (IMO) small forward in the league to see how he moves and works in getting into smart positions to impact a game.

What we are seeing with the new rules is midfielders resting up forward and if Conca is going to be eventually moved into the midfield and can rest up forward, well then this experience will serve him well. Also I think in his immediate future, he won't play against many better than Milne, he now knows a little bit more than he did on Thursday night to play on these types.

No harm down and will benefit Conca IMO.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

Leysy Days said:
On a night where the coaching staff got nearly everything right, leysy thinks we got this wrong. It was blatant 5 minutes in Milne was going to have too many smarts for Reece.

Leysy could understand it if conca was learning a position he us going to play down the track, but we all know he's going to be moved up the ground. Just not sure what purpose it served other than giving st kilda An avenue to win the game and possibly help lose a young kids confidence.
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Agree. Considering Conca is a midfielder aswell i honestly couldn't understand the decision. Had he put him up against Montagna i could understand the learning side of it even if he did get well beaten. Playing in the back pocket against a player that probably was the difference last night in us winning and losing the game doesn't make sense.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

St. Kilda could take a leaf out of the Tigers book.

We, a young and inexperienced team already, throw a second gamer onto one of the better forward pockets of the last 20 years and let him go at it.

The Saints have a team full of hard bodies but they are very reluctant to give a kid a go.

Conca will get a tape of the game, have a look and learn some invaluable tips from it.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

Brett15 said:
nothing wrong with his body language. he is just super competitive and was probably feeling sick after he was working he butt off and knew he couldn't do too much to stop him. got a good look at what it will take to play at that level.
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Exactly - last night's game should be seen in the context of a 10 plus year career.
 
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Tigerbob said:
I wholeheartedely disagree with this assessment.

I think mate, if we are looking at a player in game number two, what is the harm in giving him the experience of playing against the best (IMO) small forward in the league to see how he moves and works in getting into smart positions to impact a game.

What we are seeing with the new rules is midfielders resting up forward and if Conca is going to be eventually moved into the midfield and can rest up forward, well then this experience will serve him well. Also I think in his immediate future, he won't play against many better than Milne, he now knows a little bit more than he did on Thursday night to play on these types.

No harm down and will benefit Conca IMO.
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Yep agree. It's all about the learning experience right now. Milne often smashes us anyway. Milne may have been a factor in us not getting up but we had the game there to win regardless. I don't think having anyone else on Milne would necessarily have stopped him, he tends to have big games against us. Kicked 5 Rd 11 last year.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

Leysy Days said:
On a night where the coaching staff got nearly everything right, leysy thinks we got this wrong. It was blatant 5 minutes in Milne was going to have too many smarts for Reece.

Leysy could understand it if conca was learning a position he us going to play down the track, but we all know he's going to be moved up the ground. Just not sure what purpose it served other than giving st kilda An avenue to win the game and possibly help lose a young kids confidence.
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agree.

I was one that thuoght it would be a good idea to try Conca on Milne. But it obviously wasn't working. Should've made a change.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

evo said:
agree.

I was one that thuoght it would be a good idea to try Conca on Milne. But it obviously wasn't working. Should've made a change.
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Who would you have put on him?
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

jb03 said:
Who would you have put on him?
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It's a tough one isn't it.

During the game I was thinking Kingy should get the gig.
 
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evo said:
It's a tough one isn't it.

During the game I was thinking Kingy should get the gig.
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Hmm. Always thought King really coming into his own when he started playing that defensive forward role. Didn't have a great record against the smaller nimble forwards, then again we've never been able to find someone who can close that type of player down. The problem with Milne is he's a confidence player. Once he gets that confidence up there's no stopping him. Shut him down early and he often sooks his way through the rest of the game.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

Leysy Days said:
On a night where the coaching staff got nearly everything right, leysy thinks we got this wrong. It was blatant 5 minutes in Milne was going to have too many smarts for Reece.

Leysy could understand it if conca was learning a position he us going to play down the track, but we all know he's going to be moved up the ground. Just not sure what purpose it served other than giving st kilda An avenue to win the game and possibly help lose a young kids confidence.
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Don't agree. I thought it was a brilliant peice of high-risk, long-term coaching. At time in the first q I might have started to agree with you, but as the game wore on, the kind of possessions Milne was getting and how he was getting them would have been very hard to stop for anyone, and also, in the last Q RC was hurting Milne on the rebound and had a few very decisive touches. It was pretty amazing I thought.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

Conca would have learnt a lot last night. He got beaten yes but one thing this kid doesnt lack is heart. When its his turn to go and get the footy he does it every time. Got hit hard a few times last night but kept on bouncing back up.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

Thought he looked much better last week. Not just because he was getting slaughtered by Milne but when he got the ball he made some silly mistakes and looked nervous. Would've liked to have seen him moved up the ground more when it clearly wasn't working.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

Tigermad2005 said:
He was bad match up
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It was a teaching match-up clearly. And he will have learnt a great deal, as will have Batchelor who also made a few bad errors.
 
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca

MightyTiger said:
Dimma said in his presser that it was all about learning, nothing more nothing less.
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What did Dimma learn from it?
I too would have made the change earlier after it was obvious Milne was well on top early.
Still no doubt Conca would have gained something from a very tough experience on arguably the game's best small forward.
 
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