Conca cops 2 weeks from the MRP [updated]

[bojangles17]

MAYBE my view is shaded by the fact that I grew up in Richmond in the 1970s when Richmond was a poo hole and coppers were coppers and theyd give you a clip over the ear or a kick up the arse if they saw you stuffing around. Those coppers hit harder than what Tyrone did last week or what Conca did this weekend. Concas only mistake was that he didnt clean up the prick and send him into the middle of next week.

Lol, I'm warming to you ramps 

[the claw]

MAYBE my view is shaded by the fact that I grew up in Richmond in the 1970s when Richmond was a poo hole and coppers were coppers and theyd give you a clip over the ear or a kick up the arse if they saw you stuffing around. Those coppers hit harder than what Tyrone did last week or what Conca did this weekend. Concas only mistake was that he didnt clean up the prick and send him into the middle of next week.

Nothing wrong with your view Ramps.  I don't share it and I think that time has passed but that is fine.

"Anyone who has played the game would agree Ramps".  This kind of fanboy stuff is small minded by Yellowandblackblood.

Conca getting suspended for that effort really doesn't serve the club in the way you describe.  Turner's hit on O'donnell.  That is what the club needs. 

AGREE CONCAS GETTING RUBBED OUT FOR DOING HALF A JOB. FFS IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THE CRIME MAKE IT COUNT.

Like ramps i come from a tough neighborhood where getting caught on the beighboring patch could mean a good old belting.
you know this is what i hate about the game. when i played if i threw an elbow punch even verbal i knew there was a good chance i was going to get it back only the bloke was going to try and put me into next week.
the cheap shots really pee me off and usually the bloke who says ah stuff this is the one hung drawn and quartered by all the softies and softie mentality.
i cant stand ty vickery i think hes soft as butter but you know what cox got his just deserts. if you dont want to get hit dont throw one even a soft one to start the ball rolling.
you dont take poo from anyone in any shape or form. on the footy field  dont start em but be prepared to do the time every time.

[dwaino]

[Yeahright]

well I suppose at least we can say the MRP had the guts to grade it themselves this week. Rather throwing their collective hands in the air and say "it's all too hard" 

Think you have to let this go. They made it clear once it reaches a certain threshold they have to, by the guidelines, pass it to the tribunal. Makes sense to me really..

[Willy]

 

[WilliamPowell]

well I suppose at least we can say the MRP had the guts to grade it themselves this week. Rather throwing their collective hands in the air and say "it's all too hard" 

Think you have to let this go. They made it clear once it reaches a certain threshold they have to, by the guidelines, pass it to the tribunal. Makes sense to me really..

Really? Every "expert" who reports on the tribunal said they could have assessed the Vickery case. Then a deal gets done re the penalty he receives and it becomes more farcical. The MRP chose not to assess, ditto with the Lake case... Joel and his cohorts took the easy way out with both cases ... like a dinky little kick side ways

[Owl]

it was soft as a freshly laid sh!ite.  That sooky acting was beyond the pale looking like a wounded fawn.  You have to be a halfwit to start poo with someone then turn your back on them anyway... Might end up like Cox making gorrilla biscuits in the turf. 

[one-eyed]

Richmond midfielder Reece Conca should be charged with assault for ‘cowardly act’, says lawyer David Galbally

    Tom Minear
    Herald Sun
    August 05, 2014 9:22AM

RICHMOND midfielder Reece Conca should be charged with assault after he hit an opponent in the head from behind, a prominent lawyer says.

Conca received a two-match ban for elbowing Greater Western Sydney’s Devon Smith during Richmond’s weekend win.

But David Galbally QC said the hit was “a cowardly act and it’s clearly an assault”.

“I would say call in the police,” Mr Galbally told 3AW this morning.

“He clearly needs anger management. ‘Brain fade’ - what an extraordinary excuse.”

“If I did it or you did it going it into the ground, you’d be immediately arrested and you’d be charged.”

After tussling with Smith near the boundary, Conca followed him to the bench and swung his elbow at Smith’s head from behind.

He was charged with a level four striking offence - seen as intentional, medium impact and high contact - and was suspended for two weeks.

Conca said on Sunday that “obviously it wasn’t the smartest move”.

“I’d like to think I’m a fair player but, you know, once you get across the line, it gets a bit heated,” he said.

Mr Galbally said the AFL had “failed to recognise the seriousness of it” and had dealt with it too leniently, sending a bad message to children.

“It’s the type of behaviour we ... are trying to stamp out,” he said.

Richmond defender Troy Chaplin defended Conca on Sunday, saying it was a “brain fade” and that the Tigers didn’t want to be known as “thugs”.

“It is disappointing from Reece,” Chaplin told Channel Nine.

“We want to play tough football, but unfortunately it doesn’t look good.”

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-midfielder-reece-conca-should-be-charged-with-assault-for-cowardly-act-says-lawyer-david-galbally/story-fni5f9jb-1227013684413

[Judge Roughneck]

Waaa waaaa 

[one-eyed]

Reece and the RFC have accepted the two week suspension.

[dwaino]

Had eyes for the ball. The bump is dead.

[one-eyed]

Conca deserved longer holiday: Seymour

Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 1:29 PM
Source: SportsFan
Author: Ben Hocking

Former Sydney Swan Brad Seymour has branded the two-week ban handed to Richmond's Reece Conca for his cheap shot on Devon Smith as disgraceful.

Seymour told SportsFan that the AFL should look at changing the guidelines to allow for higher penalties for similar blatant hits in future.

Conca accepted a two-game ban for a level four striking charge after gaining a reduction for an early guilty plea.

"There should be another rule that allows for the tribunal to whack them hard for a blatant hit like that," Seymour said.

"If you rate that against other incidents we have seen… if you look at Nat Fyfe who was involved in a collision and it was accidental and he got two weeks, this (Conca) was a blatant hit to the head.

"That is not tough. Anyone can hit anyone in the back of the head if they are not watching."

http://www.sportsfan.com.au/conca-deserved-longer-holiday-seymour/tabid/91/newsid/139960/default.aspx

[Chuck17]

If I see that idiot Seymour around town I will give him the hammer strike to the head

[TigerLand]

Firstly what is a Brad Seymour?

Secondly, I'm a bit late to the party here so forgive me if I'm repeating multiple posts. I thought what Tyronne did was really ordinary but seeing what Conca did I honestly thought he just miscued an elbow in the back. An elbow to the back which we see countlessly at the beginning of games when Full Forwards meet their Full Back opponents and there is some argy bargy in ruck contests. Elbow to sternums and elbows to backs. Examples, Marc Murphy on Crawley and Cox on Vickery. Both perfect examples.

Conca was pumped up he had some mosquito pull his jumper over his head give him a couple in the ribs and run off. Conca ran after him and wanted to give him a strong elbow to the back, he went too high and thus his contact to his upper back flowed into his neck. Poor but more so in execution than force. Smith is soft and 20 years old. If he got in properly he'd been in hospital.

He got him high and ofcourse had to be suspended. 2 weeks I thought was more than fair. The hysteria about being charged and so forth is just ridiculous.

[TigerLand]

They should make an example of him..  Cowardly sniper act.  Loses the brawl and then sneaks up behind for a cheap shot.  Don't like where this club has gone the last two weeks with Vickery and now Conca.  Both have done more damage to the clubs image than they have delivered onfield.  Never rated either player.  How did we end up with this dud over Heppell?  Massive mistake.

Where was this aggression and attack on the ball and ball carrier.  If you want your club respected and feared, look at Duncan's hit on Swallow last night in the contest.  What we are delivering is just gutless.

Our club needs to have players with balls. Both Tyrone and Conca did good IMHO. Its time other clubs players feared our club. Im sick and tired of having soft half hearted players. We need more mongrels. If you want soft go barrack for St Kilda.

Well said.

Would rather be unsociable premiers like Hawthorn than everyones 2nd favourite team in bruise free Melbourne.