Do we expect to much of Rocca?

[SimJamie]

I get what you mean. But in this day and age, there is no chance you can expect a forward to be kicking goals week in week out. It is quite common for forwards to be inconsistent. Its up to the ones like Cloke, who move up the field, to get a bit of the footy and use it. It is midfielders that need to always be consistent because they control the way a game goes. Forwards are all at the mercy of their midfielders in every AFL side.

Spot on

 

[SimJamie]

Rocca is a good attributes such as the crash & bash and a decent goalkicker, but on his bad days he does not have a presence and you can barely notice him playing.

That also happens with Lloyd, Lucas, the Chair Kicker, Johnson, Lynch, and almost every other FF or CHF at the moment (bar Jonno Brown).

 

[SimJamie]

I have always been a fan of Anthony Rocca and always believed he is the most important player on our list. He has always been a good but not great layer. As far as CHF’s go he is as good as I can remember us having. Butch Edwards may have had him covered had his knees held up. Carman was a better player but a make shift CHF and only shone brightly f0or a short time.

That said Anthony Rocca is too bad too often. Do we expect too much? I don’t think so. In fact I think as a general rule we expect and demand too little of most of our players. We made excuses for Tarrant for years.

Regardless, Rocca remains the key and that won’t change for a while yet. We are stuck with his flawed genius.

I never liked Tarrant anyway