Rate our best key forwards of the last 30 years

[Jelly Bean]

A mate and I were trying to pick our best 22 and second 22 from the last 30 years (since 1990), and while most positions look strong in both sides, we struggled with our key forward roles, to the extent where our 2nd key forward in the 2nd team was a really tough one to select.

Who am I missing? (excluding medium marking forwards like De Goey and Brown who would play other roles in those teams)
1. T Cloke
2. S Rocca
3. C Tarrant
4. A Rocca

Then who? It feels like Mihocek and Starcevich are legitimately the next best, but they aren't as strong performers as all of the other positions across those two teams. Others who are well down the list would be Molloy, L Walker, Dawes, Cox, It's a pretty poor list.

 

[TradeDraft]

I have it as:

1 - S Rocca
2 - T Cloke
3 - A Rocca
4 - Tarrant

Dawes is Underrated as played a Important Role in the 2010 Flag

 

[magpie_marty]

A mate and I were trying to pick our best 22 and second 22 from the last 30 years (since 1990), and while most positions look strong in both sides, we struggled with our key forward roles, to the extent where our 2nd key forward in the 2nd team was a really tough one to select.

Who am I missing? (excluding medium marking forwards like De Goey and Brown who would play other roles in those teams)
1. T Cloke
2. S Rocca
3. C Tarrant
4. A Rocca

Then who? It feels like Mihocek and Starcevich are legitimately the next best, but they aren't as strong performers as all of the other positions across those two teams. Others who are well down the list would be Molloy, L Walker, Dawes, Cox, It's a pretty poor list.

Gosh that's a great question.
1990 would include Brian Taylor?
And also Peter Daicos?

 

[TradeDraft]

Gosh that's a great question.
1990 would include Brian Taylor?
And also Peter Daicos?

Daicos was not a Key Forward

 

[jmac70]

Daicos was not a Key Forward

He kicked nearly 100 goals in a premiership year.
Best key forwards Cloke and S Rocca

 

[magpie_marty]

Daicos was not a Key Forward

5x Collingwood leading goalkicker: 1981-1982, 1990-1992
In the 1990 season, Daicos scored 97 goals
Sorry Dave I thought the role of a key forward is to kick goals.

 

[mike123]

5x Collingwood leading goalkicker: 1981-1982, 1990-1992
In the 1990 season, Daicos scored 97 goals
Sorry Dave I thought the role of a key forward is to kick goals.

Also to crash packs and take contested marks

 

[Gabbo64]

Could have been Plugger at number 1 if it wasn't for the Fricking board

 

[stormskye]

S Cummings
Q lynch
J white

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

S Cummings
Q lynch
J white

Didn't appreciate your irony, stormskye


Nor the omission of Ben Reid

 

[barrackers]

Top 4 are standouts, it's just a matter of order. For weight of goals I cannot go past Saverio Rocca

Saverio Rocca

Age

50

Ht

195cm

Wt

112kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.3

2star

K

7.3

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

5.2

5star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

2.6

5star

at 1; Anthony Rocca

Anthony Rocca

Age

46

Ht

195cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.1

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

1.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.8

4star

G

2.0

5star

and Travis Cloke's records are very similar, but I have Anthony Rocca

Anthony Rocca

Age

46

Ht

195cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.1

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

1.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.8

4star

G

2.0

5star

just ahead based on his ruck work and presence in the early 2000s, Tarrant also would have taken a few off him. Tarrant lacked the longevity as a forward as such is goal tally isn't as great.

1. S. Rocca
2. A. Rocca
3. T. Cloke
4. Tarrant

The others are harder to place. Cox on his day is a match winner, but lacks consistency; Mihocek isn't the same aerial threat, but is more consistent with a much smaller gap between his best and worst; while Dawes, Anthony, Brereton, Leigh Brown all only had a good year or two.

5. Mihocek
6. Cox
7. Dawes
8. Jack Anthony
9. Leigh Brown
10. Brereton
11. Molloy

 

[Go Woods]

S.Rocca
T. Cloke
A.Rocca
C.Tarrant
Still continues to be our biggest weakness and has been over the past decade.
BT the best since 1980.

 

[jmac70]

Top 4 are standouts, it's just a matter of order. For weight of goals I cannot go past Saverio Rocca at 1; Anthony Rocca and Travis Cloke's records are very similar, but I have Anthony Rocca just ahead based on his ruck work and presence in the early 2000s, Tarrant also would have taken a few off him. Tarrant lacked the longevity as a forward as such is goal tally isn't as great.

1. S. Rocca
2. A. Rocca
3. T. Cloke
4. Tarrant

The others are harder to place. Cox on his day is a match winner, but lacks consistency; Mihocek isn't the same aerial threat, but is more consistent with a much smaller gap between his best and worst; while Dawes, Anthony, Brereton, Leigh Brown all only had a good year or two.

5. Mihocek
6. Cox
7. Dawes
8. Jack Anthony
9. Leigh Brown
10. Brereton
11. Molloy

Sav would have been handy in 2002 and 2003.

 

[barrackers]

Sav would have been handy in 2002 and 2003.

Yep. I’ve always found it puzzling that we recruited Molloy and especially Cummings within a couple years of moving Saverio on. Sure there were some concerns about the Roccas playing in the same side, plus Sav’s knee, but clearly there was a list need.

 

[sr36]

Yep. I’ve always found it puzzling that we recruited Molloy and especially Cummings within a couple years of moving Saverio on. Sure there were some concerns about the Roccas playing in the same side, plus Sav’s knee, but clearly there was a list need.

I loved Sav, but he was incredibly inconsistent for us. He'd come out like a freight train and kick 50 goals in the first 8 matches. Then something would go wrong and he would be awful for 8 weeks - a liability - , before having a day out and kicking 8. I think MM just felt he couldn't be relied upon.

 

[TradeDraft]

5x Collingwood leading goalkicker: 1981-1982, 1990-1992
In the 1990 season, Daicos scored 97 goals
Sorry Dave I thought the role of a key forward is to kick goals.

I thought a Key Forward was a Tall Forward.

They most likely call Daicos a General Forward now

 

[TradeDraft]

Yep. I’ve always found it puzzling that we recruited Molloy and especially Cummings within a couple years of moving Saverio on. Sure there were some concerns about the Roccas playing in the same side, plus Sav’s knee, but clearly there was a list need.

Don't think Sav and MM got a long

 

[Aussie pie]

1.Sav
2. Cloke
3. Pebbles
4. Taz
Taz can go back and be AA in that position so that’s why he’s 4th on the forwards list.

 

[sr36]

1. Cloke
2. Pebbles
3. Sav
4. Taz

 

[KillerMagpies]

Top 5?...
1) Anthony Rocca

Anthony Rocca

Age

46

Ht

195cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.1

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

1.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.8

4star

G

2.0

5star

2) Sav Rocca
3) Travis Cloke
4) Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant

Age

43

Ht

193cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

8.3

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

3.2

1star

K

2.6

1star

HB

0.6

1star

M

1.2

2star

T

1.8

4star

5) Lee Walker... this guy did 3 knees. Each time he returned, he’d play a pearler of a game and then he’d wreck his knee again. He would’ve been an absolute star if he didn’t have such wretched luck.

 

[THATSGOLD]

Plugger
J.Brown
N Riewoldt

yes we made a play for all 3.

 

[Pie eyed]

 

[Robroy22]

Daicos was playing 30 years ago, so he's obviously the BEST we've had in that time.
Then comes Cloke, The Rocca Bros, Didak, Starcevic, Elliot, Gavin Brown played FF for a while back in the day, It gets a bit ordinary after that....Dawes maybe?

 

[magpies42]

Slim pickings...

Cloke,A Rocca and Tarrant

 

[Daicos Torpedo]

Top 5?...
1) Anthony Rocca
2) Sav Rocca
3) Travis Cloke
4) Chris Tarrant
5) Lee Walker... this guy did 3 knees. Each time he returned, he’d play a pearler of a game and then he’d wreck his knee again. He would’ve been an absolute star if he didn’t have such wretched luck.

No wonder Walker was so clumsy with 3 knees