Anthony Rocca

[Sheezel2Wardlaw]

This bloke is finished. Too slow, should follow his brother.

Cloke, Ried and Rusling are the Future, time for Collingwood to move on.

Agree?

 

[Medstar]

I wouldnt say he's finished just yet.

He will play on next year for sure.

He kicked 3 so he wasnt to bad.

Cloke on the other hand..

 

[Geoffa32]

time to start his puntinig career in the NFL

 

[Pie eyed]

Rocca kicked 3 in a game the Pies left their brains in the sheds and their kicking boots even in general play at home...I'll stick with him for a while yet.

You are right though Rusling, Cloke and Reid are the future, but the future is not this year.
Rusling has to build up a little upper body strength, Reid has to build up a lot and Cloke has to work on his accuracy and chase out of defense.

 

[Medstar]

time to start his puntinig career in the NFL

He will get 1 more year whether anyone likes it or not i suppose.

 

[edgar_davids]

Yeh agreed, he's finished. Can't kick anymore or grab the ball.

 

[Thommo 42]

Kicked 3 goals, contested in the air against the best big key position backman in the game.

Not to mention all the frustrating times he got on a solid lead and had 5 yards on Rutten only for our mids to kick it over his head, or out of bounds, or short, or anywhere but where they were aiming!

 

[jerry springer]

here we go again.why is it when rocca looks like he is going to be suspended,every man and his dog tell us we have no chance to win without him,but when he plays he is"finished,crap.too old,too slow"....

gets pretty tiresome

 

[Barwick17]

Reid Cloke and Rusling? So we are solely going to rely on a 18, 19 and 20 year old to be the big men in our forward line? Even MM has admitted how worn out TCloke is, Rusling is a high injury risk and Reid has played 4 games?? Yes it looks great for the future but if we rely on that next year then may as well tank like carlton to fully build our list
Anthony can be frustrating and is no Carey, but is a key to the Pies hopes whether you like it or not

 

[Naish]

Rocca gets the best opposition defender week in week out which frees up the other lads in the forward line.
He is the most important player in the structure of the side.

 

[Optimax]

This bloke is finished. Too slow, should follow his brother.

Cloke, Ried and Rusling are the Future, time for Collingwood to move on.

Agree?

He kicked three in a match where our midfielders looked liked they couldnt hit the side of a barn. What the **** do you rocca haters want him to do kick ten every week have twenty contested marks? he isnt this player never was never has been, if our midfield cant bloody kick to his advantage in contests it isnt his ****en fault.

Reid is not ready yet shows promise is the future but he would of been pasted by rutten as it is he had what 8 kicks 5 clangers, so yes promise but cant do rocca role yet.

Cloke has looked out of form since the Carlton match, and Dawes although he looked awesome the past month has played 3 seconds game after a knee reco and has been puffing like a steam train after all of them he needs a pre season.

Now ****en lay off rocca at leats he looked interested last night and start asking

1 What happened to trav this past month?
2 What has happened to harry is consistently beaten now
3 Why leon davis ahs done nothing this past month? really his form warrants the arse now
4 Why is fraser not in the side if he trained properly and looked fine?

MM has ****ed around resting players at the wrong time and went into this game witha gameplan that was entirely differnt to what suits us.

Rocca is the least of our ****en worries right now

 

[sloth6]

The way we played last night, transferring the ball across one side of the ground to other numerous times, taking an enternity to get the ball moving forward, chipping the footy around and sh*thouse disposal, how on earth are our key forwards meant to get into the game.

Rocca was good given the style of footy we played. We refused to kick it to contested situations, even when Rocca and Hudson could've had a one on one contest. He kicked three, competed and took contested marks.

He has played much worse than that, he's not the problem. Its the RUCK and MIDFIELD

 

[Powerstufff]

The way we played last night, transferring the ball across one side of the ground to other numerous times, taking an enternity to get the ball moving forward, chipping the footy around and sh*thouse disposal, how on earth are our key forwards meant to get into the game.....

Adelaide do this to teams, apply amazing pressure to slow you down and force mistakes. God knows they do it to us. Like others have said Rocca did well where your midfield failed.

 

[PiesForPremiers]

Rooca is just there for Presence because he does not much else

 

[Optimax]

Rooca is just there for Presence because he does not much else

3 goals 2 behinds in a match where they wouldnt kick to him in a contest is pretty ****en good as well as the presence you mentioned plus the fact he takes the best defender

 

[Chase the Ace]

This bloke is finished. Too slow, should follow his brother.

Cloke, Ried and Rusling are the Future, time for Collingwood to move on.

Agree?

Great player, will be with us for another two years or more, thankfully.

 

[Teh_Nub]

He kicked three in a match where our midfielders looked liked they couldnt hit the side of a barn. What the **** do you rocca haters want him to do kick ten every week have twenty contested marks? he isnt this player never was never has been, if our midfield cant bloody kick to his advantage in contests it isnt his ****en fault.

Reid is not ready yet shows promise is the future but he would of been pasted by rutten as it is he had what 8 kicks 5 clangers, so yes promise but cant do rocca role yet.

Cloke has looked out of form since the Carlton match, and Dawes although he looked awesome the past month has played 3 seconds game after a knee reco and has been puffing like a steam train after all of them he needs a pre season.

Now ****en lay off rocca at leats he looked interested last night and start asking

1 What happened to trav this past month?
2 What has happened to harry is consistently beaten now
3 Why leon davis ahs done nothing this past month? really his form warrants the arse now
4 Why is fraser not in the side if he trained properly and looked fine?

MM has ****ed around resting players at the wrong time and went into this game witha gameplan that was entirely differnt to what suits us.

Rocca is the least of our ****en worries right now

1. Travs been shit but hes young
2. I like harry and think hes great
3. Leon has been playing up the ground hasnt he?
4. Its better to be safe then sorry, especially in a match that basically means nothing to us. Yeh like smallest chance we get into the 4, let wait and see if we could of.

 

[shawthing09]

Rocca kicked three goals 2 on the best defence in the league, Browny who is the in form powerhouse form of the comp only kicked four on Rutten, Really what do you guys expect from, him

 

[Chase the Ace]

Rocca kicked three goals 2 on the best defence in the league, Browny who is the in form powerhouse form of the comp only kicked four on Rutten, Really what do you guys expect from, him

They think unless he gets 25 touches, takes 15 marks and kicks 10 goals each week, he has failed.
On a side note, I saw a member of the cheer squad get thrown out of the ground last night, because of his constant vitriolic abuse of a goal umpire, he yelled some of the nastiest stuff at the umpire that I have ever heard.
Does anyone else see a link between both types of supporters.

 

[ALM_30]

I wouldn't say I've never been a fan of Rocca, but he's the type of player who you get so frustrated with because you look at him and see what he should be capable of, yet he doesn't deliver enough. Sav was much the same.

I don't think he has got any more than a year left in him. I don't believe it's as easy as getting rid of him because Dawes and Rusling and Reid (who will be a CHB anyway) haven't been tried enough. Rocca should stay for 2008, but play more sparingly or out from goal like last night, opening up opportunities for those aformentioned youngsters. Act as a mentor to them, passing on info on tactics and opposition key defenders etc, teach them the reigns and guide them through the early stages of their careers. Whilst at the same time still being utilised as a somewhat valuable goal kicking option on- field, and then be moved on.

Rocca wasn't great last night but he still kicked 3. 2 against a good defence and in a loss and he's had 46 goals for the year, so there's still 'some' value there.

 

[Jabso]

I wouldn't say I've never been a fan of Rocca, but he's the type of player who you get so frustrated with because you look at him and see what he should be capable of, yet he doesn't deliver enough. Sav was much the same.

Finally someone agrees with me that Sav was just as bad as Anthony, if not worse in this respect. He saved face a bit by having an overrated career with Kangaroos, but he had enormous potential.

 

[surfer1]

kicked 19 goals in last 7 rounds, 1 game with zero, including 14 in last 5 games with 3,3,3,0 and 5. so what is so bad about that?

 

[Pies_10]

He kicked three in a match where our midfielders looked liked they couldnt hit the side of a barn. What the **** do you rocca haters want him to do kick ten every week have twenty contested marks? he isnt this player never was never has been, if our midfield cant bloody kick to his advantage in contests it isnt his ****en fault.

Reid is not ready yet shows promise is the future but he would of been pasted by rutten as it is he had what 8 kicks 5 clangers, so yes promise but cant do rocca role yet.

Cloke has looked out of form since the Carlton match, and Dawes although he looked awesome the past month has played 3 seconds game after a knee reco and has been puffing like a steam train after all of them he needs a pre season.

Now ****en lay off rocca at leats he looked interested last night and start asking

1 What happened to trav this past month?
2 What has happened to harry is consistently beaten now
3 Why leon davis ahs done nothing this past month? really his form warrants the arse now
4 Why is fraser not in the side if he trained properly and looked fine?

MM has ****ed around resting players at the wrong time and went into this game witha gameplan that was entirely differnt to what suits us.

Rocca is the least of our ****en worries right now

1.Dunno just tired i think hes had a huge load this season still a bad kick
2.I love big H-O but yeh i agree hes had a bad month i think hes a 10 yr defender but goldsack is better.
3.LEON LEON LEON ignites for 5 mins just ask BT and then does nothing.
4.Needs rest hes had the biggest load of them all Stretch(richards) and Bryan are crap Bryan couldnt out jump a rat and Richards is a Powderpuff and taps in random directions we should try and get Jolly wants to come to melbourne and Lades out of contract

 

[david_345]

Someone name me a top line fullforward who plays without a top line centreman. (Dunstall-Platten, McKenna- Price, Locket-Harvey etc).

The reason Rocca takes so many contested marks is because they float the ball up to him and hope for the best. That's not saying that he couldn't improve. His kicking is pathetic and he needs to put more effort into making sure his opponent isn't a loose man up the ground.

We need him for one more year at least to allow Rusling, Reid and Cloke to settle anyway.

 

[david_345]

Finally someone agrees with me that Sav was just as bad as Anthony, if not worse in this respect. He saved face a bit by having an overrated career with Kangaroos, but he had enormous potential.

If it wasn't for Sav we would have had Lockett.

Sav used to completely shit me. So much wasted talent.