Reece Conca

[Danog]

Also seems to depend on whether Martin stays and, if so, how much of a chunk he takes out of the salary cap.

Martin is 100% signed. 2 years for around 500k a year.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Maybe before and after State league finals, but it's extremely rare for sliders and bolters to occur between finals and the draft.

Plowman and O'Rourke bolted into the top 3 very late last year, while Grundy slid all the way to 18.

Stephen Hill bolted from nowhere into the top 3 a week or two before the draft.

Conca himself bolted to 6 late.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Martin is 100% signed. 2 years for around 500k a year.

From this morning's Age:

While the Tigers face a salary-cap squeeze, Martin remains one of the planks the Tigers want to build around, but the onballer had wanted about $600,000 a season to remain. The Tigers are offering about $500,000.

It is understood the parties recently were close to a two-year deal, but Martin's manager, Ralph Carr, is now unhappy with some points of the contract. Carr said there was ''nothing to report'' when contacted on Monday.

 

[dajesmac]

Maybe before and after State league finals, but it's extremely rare for sliders and bolters to occur between finals and the draft.

That's not true. What about draft camp?

Conca himself is a good example of the point I'm illustrating.

 

[Danog]

Plowman and O'Rourke bolted into the top 3 very late last year, while Grundy slid all the way to 18.

Stephen Hill bolted from nowhere into the top 3 a week or two before the draft.

Conca himself bolted to 6 late.

Not really. Richmond wanted Conca for ages. Draft camp only solidified the club's desire to draft him.

 

[pantskyle]

Martin is 100% signed. 2 years for around 500k a year.

Link.

 

[Danog]

Link.

Source, not in papers.

 

[Coledinho]

Source, made up in my head

EFA

 

[pantskyle]

Source, not in papers.

Sounds like shit.

 

[Coledinho]

Not really. Richmond wanted Conca for ages. Draft camp only solidified the club's desire to draft him.

Fact is its 52 games in and he still plays off a flank. No one is paying premium prices for a uncontracted flanker.

 

[Coledinho]

Sounds like shit.

Nah Dustin Martin just threw away 1 million dollars because he loves the Tiges

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Source, not in papers.

So the Age report this morning is wrong?

 

[Danog]

Fact is its 52 games in and he still plays off a flank. No one is paying premium prices for a uncontracted flanker.

Er.... no? He's a utility. Plays inside mid, wing, half forward flank, and half back flank.

 

[Danog]

So the Age report this morning is wrong?

Short answer; yes.

I've said my piece. Believe it or not, it's what's happening at the moment.

 

[pantskyle]

Short answer; yes.

I've said my piece. Believe it or not, it's what's happening at the moment.

Why wouldn't it be announced then?

After being embarrassed by the Blues surely they would break this story to put Tigers fans at ease and give a little joy?

 

[Butler]

Fact is its 52 games in and he still plays off a flank. No one is paying premium prices for a uncontracted flanker.

Um yeah, that's not correct.

 

[tesseract]

Jetta > Conca >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Priddis

Conca > Jetta, for Conca can win his own ball, play in the centre square and is more versatile.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Conca > Jetta, for Conca can win his own ball, play in the centre square and is more versatile.

I thought he was just talking about speed

 

[tesseract]

I thought he was just talking about speed

After taking another look at it again, it's true. The question of whether Conca is a plodder or not was raised.

Given that Jetta was raised out of the blue though, the extension of Jetta vs Conca was in the offing.

 

[Heisenberg_]

So the Age report this morning is wrong?

FWIW which probably isn't much, I was at lunch on Sunday with Danog and we were told that by a reliable person, regardless this is about Conca anyways, I'd be devastated to lose him, pretty confident he won't leave.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

FWIW which probably isn't much, I was at lunch on Sunday with Danog and we were told that by a reliable person, regardless this is about Conca anyways, I'd be devastated to lose him, pretty confident he won't leave.

Fair enough. The Age report actually makes the Martin deal sound fairly close to complete anyway.

 

[Heisenberg_]

Now all reports are coming out that he has signed on twitter. Gotta love silly season

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Now all reports are coming out that he has signed on twitter. Gotta love silly season

Martin or Conca?

 

[Chris_6678]

Martin is the one that has been reported to sign on.

 

[Heisenberg_]

Martin is the one that has been reported to sign on.

Yeah, it also means Conca's future will be known sooner then later with money available for him better known as a result.