Conca is mediocre. The quicker people realise this the better. We all got sucked in by his pre draft highlights but the truth is if he wasnt taken at 6 everyone would have been happy to cut him loose years ago.
-
Guest - BigFooty Tipping 2025 - Get on! - $500 first prize - Weekly Prizes - Click to Join
PLUS Your club board comp is now up!
Player Watch #30: Reece Conca
- Thread starter captain cotch 9
- Start date
- Tagged users None
- Apr 27, 2014
- 32,462
- 63,521
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- The Fanbois Farters
Training the house down for his sixth consecutive preseason
I can live with injuries as an excuse or reason why a player has not performed well. But stats aside and they are not great it is not what can be measured thru stats but what i see.
Have said this regularly his lack of awareness most of the time, his regular poor decision making and brain fades has had me wanting to see the back of him for the last three yrs.It is a reasoning that more or less said very average player who can not get on the park move him on while we may still get something for him and try again. Now we are to the stage where we will have to move him on and there will be no getting anything for him.
I ask myself if he was junior and we had this history to go by where would i take him in the nd. Simple answer is i would never use a pick inside the first three rounds and to me that makes him very expendable.
- Jan 7, 2010
- 13,019
- 38,225
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Adelaide Strikers
Because we are Richmond and common sense is a very rare commodity when it comes to list management
_Cayz_
Flog
I'm not sure he is what anyone needs but could be proven wrong
They were not interested in him this year. What makes you think they'll be interested in coming years?????
- Jan 7, 2010
- 13,019
- 38,225
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Adelaide Strikers
Conca has no trade value, the only thing it would benefit is salary cap relief.
Needs a solid pre season then earn his stripes in the VFL in the first half of the season. Has plenty of skill but his fitness is his issue.
Yep, he has no trade value, but he does have value to us. As long as he stays fit for the whole season I believe he is best 22.
He is only 24, prime candidate to have that break out year that we expected the last few seasons. I hope we stick with playing him in the backline and see what he can do.
- Oct 11, 2003
- 10,001
- 12,365
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- tigers
Who wants conca maybe yakandandah
I obviously didn't. Sarcasm?
Morro
Brownlow Medallist
If he can get back to his best form, pre hammy injuries, we have a player who is tough, tackles and adds run and carry through the midfield and half forward.
That's a pretty big "if".
- Apr 27, 2014
- 32,462
- 63,521
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- The Fanbois Farters
People have already forgotten that less than two months ago nobody wanted this bloke.
It is indeed. But prefer to have him on this list ahead of the non existent pick he wouldve gotten us haha.
Back him and the rehab group in again. The reward is still more than worth it over a raw draftee
HumanMeatball
Brownlow Medallist
Which is why it's a no brainer to keep him on a cheap Money. While it's a big if, if somehow he puts his injures behind him and is even just a solid player you would be happy
- Apr 27, 2014
- 32,462
- 63,521
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- The Fanbois Farters
That defies logic as why would we keep him if 17 other clubs turn their nose up to him? With a fragile body and bugger all games in three seasons rookie Short went passed him and pick 51 Markov blew him off the radar. Not hard to replace solid citizens who are fragile at best. Ding Dong couldn't get a game for the Dogs and he
Is a gun compared to Conca.
HumanMeatball
Brownlow Medallist
Nothing that short or markov have done has emulated conca at his best yet
- Apr 27, 2014
- 32,462
- 63,521
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- The Fanbois Farters
Conca at best was 2013 and it was nothing great. He is nothing special and the two other blokes are just kids young in the system .Markov is already passed Conca in all facets of the game , so I call you bs on that. Even Short has shown in two seasons that he is capable. If Conca wasn't a pick six he would be playing in country WA by now if he was lucky. It's a bit like Wallet gifting Rambling so many games in hope that one day he would evolve into MRioli.
It's the old chestnut current value v potential value.
Conca cv is 1/10 and pv is 3/10
Markov cv is 5/10 and Pv is 8/10
Short cv is 4/10 and PV 6-7/10
- Dec 29, 2014
- 1,033
- 1,530
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Manangatang Thirds. NewYork Knicks.
I still shake my head at that free kick & 50 he have away against the dogs in the last quater. Pretty much sums up his career..
- Apr 27, 2014
- 32,462
- 63,521
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- The Fanbois Farters
His basic foot skills turnover in the 2015 EF which cost us a goal and momentum was unforgivable.
