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Player Watch #30: Reece Conca

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wart101 said:
Concs ios as good as Prestia when he is 100%, everyone always forgets it takes a bit of tyime to settle.
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Now get off the turps and come back later in the day. Two completely different players at staggering different levels. Conca is still bottom six and let’s not forget he’s still a turnover merchant and poor decision maker and is glued together with second hand parts. His reliability is going to be the key to his survival as well as his disposal when under more pressure.
We’ve played CFC and the Lions who will be bottom four. Hawthorn are unknown for pressure and he was terrible against the Crows. Let’s take a deep breath and see how it pans out before we make outlandish statements. Conca’s On $150k a year whilst Prestia is on 600k according to their market value. Balme may have got a bargain here , but let’s not forget 90 games in 8 seasons and the blokes lucky to be on a list just on reliability.
 
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TigerImposter said:
Now get off the turps and come back later in the day. Two completely different players at staggering different levels. Conca is still bottom six and let’s not forget he’s still a turnover merchant and poor decision maker and is glued together with second hand parts. His reliability is going to be the key to his survival as well as his disposal when under more pressure.
We’ve played CFC Lions who will be bottom four. Hawthorn are unknown for pressure and he was terrible against the Crows. Let’s take a deep breath and see how it pans out before we make outlandish statements. Conca’s On $150k
a year whilst Prestia is on 600k according to their market value. Balme may have got a bargain here , but let’s not forget 90 games in 8 seasons and the blokes lucky to be on a list just on reliability.
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what ever, i have my opinion and i stick by it.
 
TigerImposter said:
Now get off the turps and come back later in the day. Two completely different players at staggering different levels. Conca is still bottom six and let’s not forget he’s still a turnover merchant and poor decision maker and is glued together with second hand parts. His reliability is going to be the key to his survival as well as his disposal when under more pressure.
We’ve played CFC Lions who will be bottom four. Hawthorn are unknown for pressure and he was terrible against the Crows. Let’s take a deep breath and see how it pans out before we make outlandish statements. Conca’s On $150k
a year whilst Prestia is on 600k according to their market value. Balme may have got a bargain here , but let’s not forget 90 games in 8 seasons and the blokes lucky to be on a list just on reliability.
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Bookmark this for future reference...;)
 
Spluff said:
Great performance, but it's not like he's never played well before. The usual case is that as soon as he finds form he gets injured - fingers crossed this time is different!
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The 5 day break should just about see him cooked for the year.

Maybe he should only play one of those games...
 
Good call tigs2010. Can't see the coaches taking a chance with him against Collingwood if he pulls up even the slightest bit sore after the Melbourne game. Not when we've got Miles and Lloyd as plug-in replacements sitting there waiting for a chance.
 
tigs2010 said:
The 5 day break should just about see him cooked for the year.

Maybe he should only play one of those games...
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Yeah but you could say the same about Prestia, if Collingwood hadn’t rounded into some sort of form maybe rest them but I’d hate to lose to the pies and have the media talk about them like they did the bombers pre-season.
 

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Calcium Man said:
Yeah but you could say the same about Prestia, if Collingwood hadn’t rounded into some sort of form maybe rest them but I’d hate to lose to the pies and have the media talk about them like they did the bombers pre-season.
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We won a flag without Conca. Its bloody Collingwood.
 
tigs2010 said:
We won a flag without Conca. Its bloody Collingwood.
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Collingwood are a confidence team. They'll be on a 3 game win streak (lol essendon), they'll be up and about. Of course they won't have faced much defensive pressure in those 3 games but would still like Prestia and Conca in for that as they are proving very good defensive players
 
Calcium Man said:
Collingwood are a confidence team. They'll be on a 3 game win streak (lol essendon), they'll be up and about. Of course they won't have faced much defensive pressure in those 3 games but would still like Prestia and Conca in for that as they are proving very good defensive players
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True. I just want us to make sure we have him when it matters.
 
energyquant said:
Good call tigs2010. Can't see the coaches taking a chance with him against Collingwood if he pulls up even the slightest bit sore after the Melbourne game. Not when we've got Miles and Lloyd as plug-in replacements sitting there waiting for a chance.
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id keep playing reece as much as we can, hes been given his chance and looking a million bucks need to test his durability now if hes going to break down again would rather see it now rather than in a final plus the pis have a good midfield and a lot of pace, dont like the thought of a miles or lloyd against the pies unless its a last resort
 
Madison said:
I know he had a good game today but I still think he should only be depth.

He’s good in traffic, is a great tackler and can find the footy. But his decision making is questionable and skills by foot are average at best. He’s also not clean enough as he fumbles more than I’d like.

Today there was almost no pressure so it’s not going to show his weaknesses as badly but finals footy absolutely will.
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I reckon the 2 faults in his game that you mention have a lot to do with playing **** all games for several years now.

I'm confident that with a stroke of luck he will 100% be best 22 and be an important mid for us going forward.

It takes time and confidence to come
Back from so many injuries and so little game time to be able to one grab and make the right decisions under pressure, even for the best players.
 
What do you guys think about this comparison?

Reece Conca and Daniel Jackson.

Both made similar types of mistakes for several years, the source of which might have been over-thinking it on the outside, but they never had trouble winning contested ball.

Could be a good couple of years coming up for Conca.
 

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wart101 said:
Concs ios as good as Prestia when he is 100%, everyone always forgets it takes a bit of tyime to settle.
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Wouldn't say he is as good as, but I would say he is as important.

An extra inside mid capable of winning their own footy around the contest gives us the luxury of sitting Martin forward more often. That also means that when needed we have the ability to throw Dusty into the midfield mix to change things up and get momentum back our way.

The other thing with Conca is that he can play down back if needed which gives us flexibility to throw things around should we need to change match ups. It is flexibility like this that limits the opportunity for the likes of Miles & Lloyd who are primarily either a midfielder or a forward. Now some will say that Miles can play forward and that Lloyd does go through the middle and while this is true neither are overly effective at the roles at AFL level as they are at VFL level.
 
Morro said:
I reckon the 2 faults in his game that you mention have a lot to do with playing **** all games for several years now.

I'm confident that with a stroke of luck he will 100% be best 22 and be an important mid for us going forward.

It takes time and confidence to come
Back from so many injuries and so little game time to be able to one grab and make the right decisions under pressure, even for the best players.
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I hope you’re right, but he’s had the questions over him for years (yes he’s been injured for years I know) and to be honest it’s so long since he’s been injury free I can’t remember what he was like back then. I just remember being in the minority that stood up for him with the constant comparisons to Heppel.

We should get a better idea against Melbourne and Collingwood. Melbourne will get torched in the media all week so will come out with a point to prove and Collingwood have played themselves into form. If he reverts back to his old self I’d rather us play Miles as he played a great final against North Melbourne.
 
blaisee said:
Prestia is a genuine a grader
Conca is a genuine b grader

Having said that it's great that conca is fighting for his career .
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And if we're honest. Conca isn't even B grade yet but his last 2 weeks prove that could be and what a bonus that would be.
 

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