Reece Conca [merged]

[Ruanaidh]

Love this kid in our side need to sign him up ASAP.

we cant afford to lose conca. rather delist an extra player down the list than lose conca coz of salary cap issues.

Yep lets have him stay at all costs  stitch up capt, jack and lids for understand by over pay for Conca
He would be a loss for sure but no one is indispensable anymore at Tigerland - didn't you get the e mail 

your a dill if you think losing conca is a good idea. the kid is worth 350k a year and if thats what we offer he'll stay.

Yeah I agree with this and he is highly respected at the Club by players and Officials. He won't be going anywhere as our offer will be respectable.

[one-eyed]

Conca continues to climb
By richmondfc.com.au
Monday, August 12, 2013

Talented, young Richmond midfielder Reece Conca kicked a career-high, three goals in last Saturday’s finals-clinching win against Brisbane at the MCG, to further underline his impressive development at the game’s highest level.

Read more and the full article at: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2013-08-12/conca-continues-to-climb

[one-eyed]

Happy 21st birthday to Reece 

http://instagram.com/p/c5fkd-uAlI/#

[WA Tiger]

  Reece!!!

May you have many more at the Tigers!!

[dwaino]

Should tell him if he doesn't sign he doesn't get a birthday cake.

[one-eyed]

Salary cap squeeze at Tigerland makes it difficult for club to increase two-year offer to Reece Conca

    Jon Ralph
    From: Herald Sun
    August 14, 2013 10:00PM

RICHMOND will have to increase its two-year offer to Reece Conca if his contract impasse is to be resolved before the finals.

West Australian Conca wants to stay at Richmond but has been offered a deal far inferior to what he could expect on the open market.

He has been described by former Tigers assistant coach David King as Richmond's best midfielder after Trent Cotchin.

The No.6 draft pick set the MCG alight with three goals and 21 disposals against Brisbane last weekend.

Richmond recently offered to lift some restrictive bonus clauses because of Conca's run of good form, but negotiations are stalled.

The Tigers have an extremely tight salary cap and also are hoping to secure Dustin Martin.

They have denied links to a bid for homesick Greater Western Sydney midfielder Taylor Adams, believing their onball brigade is strong enough.

But the salary cap squeeze means Conca, who has played 48 encouraging games in his three years at Richmond, would have to stay for well below market rates.

For his most recent contract, Martin was able to secure a massive deal of about $500,000 a season as the spectre of Greater Western Sydney loomed.

Conca would be in demand at Fremantle and West Coast, has not used that as a negotiating tactic.

He wants to stay at a side that will play finals this year, but not at any cost.

While conjecture around unsigned players is a mild distraction, Trent Cotchin, Jack Riewoldt, Alex Rance, Daniel Grimes, Daniel Jackson are locked in.

President Gary March said last week he was confident the club would re-sign his former house guest Martin.

"We had quite a number of uncontracted players this year and probably we started with the talks with Dustin after we started with Jack, so Jacks talks were further advanced. So there's no hold up. It's just going through the process at the moment."
 
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/salary-cap-squeeze-at-tigerland-makes-it-difficult-for-club-to-increase-two-year-offer-to-reece-conca/story-fndv8t7m-1226697356651

[TigerTimeII]

Martin should not be paid so much to keep Conca... Conca is a more rounded and better player and should be priority over Martin... Martin just has more hype...
send him off to Sydney and lets cash in on him now

[🏅Dooks]

Jeebs.....

[Ruanaidh]

Geelong players agreed to have their contracts shaved in order to keep the side together . I hope the club takes this same tack. Are you there: Cotch/Lids/Jack? 

As a member i'll be watching this scenario closely. It is, afterall, my/our 'hard earned' that pays for these contracts. BTw Conca is very valuable to the 'fabric' of the club.......and whilst Dusty is a potential 'once in a generation' player, I'm with Username on this one.......we paid 'overs' last contract - he should take that into account in the current negotiations. If he exploits it, well, it will be an insight into the bloke.

If he ends up going to GWS and Buddy doesn't, Adams and Pick 1 for Dusty and our 1st pick sounds right.

[Penelope]

How the stuff can this side at this stage of their development have salary cap pressure?

Either the crayon muncher is full of crapola, or we are screwed in a couple of years as more youngsters become worth more money.

[Coach]

If only Craig Cameron were here to sort this mess out

[gerkin greg]

 

[JVT]

How the stuff can this side at this stage of their development have salary cap pressure?

Either the crayon muncher is full of crapola, or we are screwed in a couple of years as more youngsters become worth more money.

[Crazy_Ivan]

If he ends up going to GWS and Buddy doesn't, Adams and Pick 1 for Dusty and our 1st pick sounds right.

Why would GWS give us anything.They have pick 1 in the PSD.

[Yeahright]

Geelong players agreed to have their contracts shaved in order to keep the side together . I hope the club takes this same tack. Are you there: Cotch/Lids/Jack? 

Took well under what his worth not sure why you included him