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Reece Conca - so long and thanks for all the fish
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Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
Thank goodness Leysy is back and he brought a suitcase full of commonsense.
I buy the (Bigbob) argument that it is good to give kids a player to learn off, which is why, as someone else said, give him Montagna, better still Dal Santo - BUT, are we crossing the white line the win the game or teach lessons, because it is very hard to do both?
Leysy Days said:
Thank goodness Leysy is back and he brought a suitcase full of commonsense.
I buy the (Bigbob) argument that it is good to give kids a player to learn off, which is why, as someone else said, give him Montagna, better still Dal Santo - BUT, are we crossing the white line the win the game or teach lessons, because it is very hard to do both?
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
That wouldn't be hard, they look very alike, however he should have known Jacko could never have executed that pick up in the wet ;D
TigerForce said:
That wouldn't be hard, they look very alike, however he should have known Jacko could never have executed that pick up in the wet ;D
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
I reckon Montagna and Dal Santo would have been very bad matchups for Conca and of little benefit. Both would have run Conca off his feet and I don't think after les than a pre-season (the 1st years start late) that he would have had the fitness and conditioning to run it with those two.
Phar Ace said:
I reckon Montagna and Dal Santo would have been very bad matchups for Conca and of little benefit. Both would have run Conca off his feet and I don't think after les than a pre-season (the 1st years start late) that he would have had the fitness and conditioning to run it with those two.
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
Is dan Jackson capable of getting an uncontested possession?
gustiger12 said:
Is dan Jackson capable of getting an uncontested possession?
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
Not a loose ball get. Unless it's at a centre bounce. Has his moments then, Colonel. But yeah. Old school roving's not his caper.
Just a couple of times, Conca has demonstrated some very precocious roving skills, showing us the type of player he might become.
BTW, I was pretty happy with the match up on Milne and Beavis's perseverance. Conca seems to have these confidence issues that disappear quickly. I know he got a bit of a hiding from Milne but if he'd turned one or two of those contests around he may have just gone quantum on Steven "Therapist" Milne's arse.
Bearing in mind that Conca's tank will be a little chink in his armour in his first season (agree, GoodOne) I hope Butthead's mate keeps giving him tough assignments and sticking with him. He might be somebody special. Dimma seems to think so.
Col.W.Kurtz said:
Not a loose ball get. Unless it's at a centre bounce. Has his moments then, Colonel. But yeah. Old school roving's not his caper.
Just a couple of times, Conca has demonstrated some very precocious roving skills, showing us the type of player he might become.
BTW, I was pretty happy with the match up on Milne and Beavis's perseverance. Conca seems to have these confidence issues that disappear quickly. I know he got a bit of a hiding from Milne but if he'd turned one or two of those contests around he may have just gone quantum on Steven "Therapist" Milne's arse.
Bearing in mind that Conca's tank will be a little chink in his armour in his first season (agree, GoodOne) I hope Butthead's mate keeps giving him tough assignments and sticking with him. He might be somebody special. Dimma seems to think so.
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
:rofl at the thought of milney trying to even spell quantum let alone processing it. " so explain again, how did the hubble telescope go back in time and take all those pictures ?"
Dyer'ere said:
:rofl at the thought of milney trying to even spell quantum let alone processing it. " so explain again, how did the hubble telescope go back in time and take all those pictures ?"
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
Exactly right. King is not a defender. His rise started as soon as he was moved forward.
Still grinning about Conca and TV. Sorry to rave on but his last Q last week was amazing, the vast majority of second gamers, good second gamers, would have been stuffed, demoralised and on the bench. Reece had been beaten but had perservered and done a bit of damage himself on the rebound, which is worthy of praise right there, but some of his running and contested possessions in the pressure-cooker of the last Q, I was just so impressed. I was thinking 'he should be completely stuffed, he has a right to be'. He could be the best yet of our top 10 guns.
GoodOne said:
Exactly right. King is not a defender. His rise started as soon as he was moved forward.
Still grinning about Conca and TV. Sorry to rave on but his last Q last week was amazing, the vast majority of second gamers, good second gamers, would have been stuffed, demoralised and on the bench. Reece had been beaten but had perservered and done a bit of damage himself on the rebound, which is worthy of praise right there, but some of his running and contested possessions in the pressure-cooker of the last Q, I was just so impressed. I was thinking 'he should be completely stuffed, he has a right to be'. He could be the best yet of our top 10 guns.
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
After watching Heppell very closely in his first 2 games, I can easily say that we have not made a mistake on this one.
Heppell is being used as a loose man in defence, has no direct opponent he has to take care of and is just racks up possessions with dinky little handballs/kicks sideways that go nowhere.
I think people get to caught up in TOTAL amount of disposals rather then actual quality of disposal, Conca in my eyes has shown more then Heppell.
Lets not forget that in Conca's first 2 games he has had to do shut down jobs on the comps best small forwards.
It's no coincidence that when he played on someone close to his age and experience that he absolutely did a fantastic job on Garlett, kept him to 6-7 Disposals 2 goals (1 came from a Deledio Mistake) and Conca himself gathered 15 Disposals with a DE% of something like 87%.
I'm quite comfortable that in time, Conca will prove to be the better footballer, and will make a lot of clubs look silly by over looking this kid.
By the way, how classy does Conca look when he glides across the ground with them 1 handed pick ups. :clap
After watching Heppell very closely in his first 2 games, I can easily say that we have not made a mistake on this one.
Heppell is being used as a loose man in defence, has no direct opponent he has to take care of and is just racks up possessions with dinky little handballs/kicks sideways that go nowhere.
I think people get to caught up in TOTAL amount of disposals rather then actual quality of disposal, Conca in my eyes has shown more then Heppell.
Lets not forget that in Conca's first 2 games he has had to do shut down jobs on the comps best small forwards.
It's no coincidence that when he played on someone close to his age and experience that he absolutely did a fantastic job on Garlett, kept him to 6-7 Disposals 2 goals (1 came from a Deledio Mistake) and Conca himself gathered 15 Disposals with a DE% of something like 87%.
I'm quite comfortable that in time, Conca will prove to be the better footballer, and will make a lot of clubs look silly by over looking this kid.
By the way, how classy does Conca look when he glides across the ground with them 1 handed pick ups. :clap
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
There is no doubt a major difference between the way Hird is using Heppell and the role Conca is playing . Which is better for education as a player in the long term we will see .
Conca will be a midfielder imo , the role off half back is just to teach him to defend and put him behind the ball whilst he builds his tank .
Clean footballer . Still lots to learn , give him 2 years max and he will be there.MightyTiger said:
There is no doubt a major difference between the way Hird is using Heppell and the role Conca is playing . Which is better for education as a player in the long term we will see .
Conca will be a midfielder imo , the role off half back is just to teach him to defend and put him behind the ball whilst he builds his tank .
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
how come other guys like gaff, swallow and other guys get straight into the guts. Surely reece can get a bit of game tome straight up in the guts. The way he evades and pinpoints targets. He could/should be a multiple goalkicker...
Dont put creative guys on small forwards who can tear us apart. Use them to win you matches. Goals win matches...
how come other guys like gaff, swallow and other guys get straight into the guts. Surely reece can get a bit of game tome straight up in the guts. The way he evades and pinpoints targets. He could/should be a multiple goalkicker...
Dont put creative guys on small forwards who can tear us apart. Use them to win you matches. Goals win matches...
Re: Reece "Squirrel" Conca
i thought everytime you ran out you wanted to win???
can you tell me whats gunna happen against hawthorn or shouldnt i bother going?
if we arent going to win why bother?
Im just saying top 10 picks dont play on back flanks, they win the game in the guts. Exactly what has happened with deledio. wasted down back, had the game of his life friday night.
some people have got carried away with this backline run out crap. Win it from the guts with ya best players.
its as simple as that, if we are trying to win that is...
i thought everytime you ran out you wanted to win???
can you tell me whats gunna happen against hawthorn or shouldnt i bother going?
if we arent going to win why bother?
Im just saying top 10 picks dont play on back flanks, they win the game in the guts. Exactly what has happened with deledio. wasted down back, had the game of his life friday night.
some people have got carried away with this backline run out crap. Win it from the guts with ya best players.
its as simple as that, if we are trying to win that is...
