We should have drafted Heppell

[Penelope]

 awareness is knowing whats around you and exactly where your team mate is.  buying time is the ability to  get thru traffic and avoid contact which directly impacts on your ability to use well and make a good decision.
houli has struggled as a mid because of it and ive seen little of it in conca in fact his awareness to date is poor and he panics rather than slow up and buy time.

at the risk of being pedantic, you cant get through traffic without contact without being aware of what is around you, can you? perhaps they are not the same thing exactly, but they go hand in hand. you cant buy time without awareness, and awareness buys you time.

On Conca, he did go through a panic stage with the ball. I think he started to get a bit more attention and and started to find himself with less time than he thought and was caught a few times. He's not the first player nor will he be the last to then overreact and start rushing whenever he gets the ball in close. He has adjusted/learned the happy medium is not so prone to that unnecessarily rushed kick now. It was one of the first things i noticed about him was how smooth he could be in traffic and buy himself time.

[eliminator]

Conca is a genuine inside midfielder. He has the ability to think whilst under pressure. He has good vision eg setting up the goal for Maric against St.Kilda earlier this year. He also does a few good things off the ball as well. He will get better with experience. Heppell is a good player but he is not an inside mid.

[dwaino]

Four pages and not one 'Tullamarine Barbie'. I am disappoint.

[Gigantor]

My only gripe at this stage with Reece is his disposal..maybe like jackson he can improve this area

[gerkin greg]

Four pages and not one 'Tullamarine Barbie'. I am disappoint.

You don't waste the gold on troll threads mate

[dwaino]

Four pages and not one 'Tullamarine Barbie'. I am disappoint.

You don't waste the gold on troll threads mate

Fair 'nuff. 

[mightytiges]

Not knocking Heppell as he's had a very good year but starring against the Doggies at the minute isn't that big a thing to hang your hat on. Conca had 21 possies, 6 marks and kicked 2 goals against the Dogs and we didn't struggle to beat them like Essendon did.

[Owl]

PPL

[Damo]

If Conca stays, then he was a great pick.
If he doesnt, he wasn't.

The "go home factor" should ALWAYS play some sort of part in a decision. Obviously if a stand-out is from interstate, then that is the way to go, but in a coin flip, its always safer going the Victorian option.

Heppell = Victorian
Conca = Western Australian.

Now as soon as its contract time we are hearing about the WA teams trying to lure him home.

Its a risk you take when you draft an interstate kid.

In saying all this, i think he will sign, and therefore this thread will be bollocks.

[tiga]

[Coach]

If Conca stays, then he was a great pick.
If he doesnt, he wasn't.

The "go home factor" should ALWAYS play some sort of part in a decision. Obviously if a stand-out is from interstate, then that is the way to go, but in a coin flip, its always safer going the Victorian option.

Heppell = Victorian
Conca = Western Australian.

Now as soon as its contract time we are hearing about the WA teams trying to lure him home.

Its a risk you take when you draft an interstate kid.

In saying all this, i think he will sign, and therefore this thread will be bollocks.

Could sign for 5 years and drafting him would still be a poor choice. Again, he is a very decent player but....

[TigerTimeII]

lmao

[Judge Roughneck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUBnxqEVKlk



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUBnxqEVKlk

[tigs2011]

Game on the line led Cripps to the ball. Cripps sprinted past him and Heppell gave up. Game broke open. Lost them the game. 

[bojangles17]

certainly did give up, symptomatic of ESS