We should have drafted Heppell

[tony_montana]

buying time and awareness are pretty much the same thing. (and conca does that in traffic too, and doesnt squib)

Conca is fantastic in traffic. That's his best strength. He and Titch are highly underrated at the clearances.
Reece started the year like a gun and had an 8 week layoff.
Meantime Heppell's been pumping himself full of lord knows what.
Comparisons at this point are early IMO. A lot thought Cotch was going to be a mistake early too before he exploded once he got past his injuries.

we arent watching the same player then.  dont know how many times ive seen conca just panic with ball in hand  or get run down when he shouldnt.  reckon i will be paying more attention to him now. maybe im missing something.

You are claw, Concas biggest strength is his ability to hit packs at full pace clean pickup and weave out, has been doing thsat from the start. Is a better inside mid already and has been playing without a preseason, heard dermie saying earlier this year he gets the feeling Conca is going at abt 50-60% of what he's capable of doing and I agree with that.

[Willy]

Claw, I get the feeling that if you watched as many Essendon games as you do Richmond games, you would find a way to bag ShortSteppel too.
You have an uncanny knack for finding fault with our players. If they were as poo as you make them out to be then we'd be sitting bottom of the ladder.
FWIW, I rate Heppel, but Concs was going along very nicely before his injury too. Let's hold off on the shoulda/coulda/wouldas for a year or two.

[Yeahright]

Actually reckon Conca works better under pressure and hits targets. When he has time he must be over thinking it.
P.S since when has Heppell had a good game as a midfielder. Only good ones I've seen are a loose backman

[LondonTiger]

Conca, Ellis and Vlastuin were not only selected because they could play footy they were selected because they bring to the table a cultural shift in terms of what type of player we want at Richmond. Whilst Heppel may be a better player, I dont think he would help change the culture of Richmond which has been nothing short of disgraceful since the early 1980s.

Spot on and agree wholeheartedly.  Character and talent of a footy team wins premierships, not talent alone.    Conca needs a full year of no injurys.  He was having a great year before the injury.  Heppell is good, but he tends to wilt under pressure. 

[Crazy_Ivan]

maybe im missing something.

Maybe????

[Judge Roughneck]

Pre draft I wanted heppell. However upon close inspection he is a batty hot. Concaa is an Italian stallion and will be the superior player.

[Tigers of Old]

we arent watching the same player then.  dont know how many times ive seen conca just panic with ball in hand  or get run down when he shouldnt.  reckon i will be paying more attention to him now. maybe im missing something.

Weagles interest in him not enough evidence for you?

[Judge Roughneck]

I call bollocks to concs regularly getting run down or panicky

[Dice]

all that has happened is a poster has rightly pointed out we should have taken heppell because hes a better player with a far greater upside still.

You say rightly , I say wrongly

[WA Tiger]

We should of..........we should of.......we should of done a lot.

[Judge Roughneck]

In his first season every game con a.. got a head injury.

Why heppell was running around loose.


This is not coincidence. Concs is genuinely inside and tough

[tiga]

In my opinion Lighter fluid is a far superior drink to Meth's.

Coulda, woulda, shoulda, Didn't...Lets move on 

[Coach]

Heppell's 36 disposal, 2.2 game was a disgrace.

[tiga]

[Coach]