mrlukey69
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we need him to come back tonight we were kicking it in the 50 and had no 1 to go to anthony cant take the number 1 backman rocca can and free him up.
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dose any 1 else want rocca to play against the saints because i sure do
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Who do you want dropped to allow Rocca in? Personally I'd rather not have him in; first week back in what, 16 games, going into a final? Too big a risk for mine.
I just said in another thread that Rocca should play this week. It's a huge call that will forever be criticized if we lose, but I just reckon he is the perfect fit against the Saints.
He'll get Hudghton who will most likely return. Max doesn't run off his opponent so we won't lose too much there.
Even if Ant comes in and lays a few bumps, knock a few players around...it will be worth it. I doubt he'd be required against other sides....but I think he would be perfectly suited to the Saints.
The Saints will make the game physical and contested. Gives our midfielders a real boost knowing they can boot it long to a contest.
He'll get Hudghton who will most likely return. Max doesn't run off his opponent so we won't lose too much there.
Even if Ant comes in and lays a few bumps, knock a few players around...it will be worth it. I doubt he'd be required against other sides....but I think he would be perfectly suited to the Saints.
The Saints will make the game physical and contested. Gives our midfielders a real boost knowing they can boot it long to a contest.
No way St Kilda rely a lot on there rebound from the defensive half of the ground making Rocca a massive liability.
No need for drastic changes we are still doing ok
No need for drastic changes we are still doing ok
I was a huge Anthony Rocca fan as he put his body on the line for the club so many times in the past. Unfortunately he is nowhere near AFL ready. Injuries have rendered him slow, unable to jump and he has no agility anymore. It would be suicide to play him next week.
Who was the AFL coach who was recently quoted as saying "I'd love to play Collingwood with Rocca in the side". IMO he was right on the money.
did anyone see him yesterday. I know it was wet but hell, Pebs fell over a few times with no one near him, he looked pretty ordinary. Look i hope he comes in but if it rains no WAY
If it's raining I agree...but if it's dry I reckon it could be a master MM move.
Fraser and Wood have their hands full with Gardiner and King. Cloke playing away from the goals in preferable. And it will drag Fisher away from goals.
The Saints have managed fine with Riewoldt, Kosi, Gardiner and King. The difference is we have mid-sized forwards and crumbers. They purely have 2 crumbers.
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No thanks. Knee-jerk reaction.
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Look we probably should have played him against the dogs today tbh, or at the very least leigh brown on lake who killed us loose
In saying that no i do not want him in against the saints
In saying that no i do not want him in against the saints
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Rocca can't play next week, for the simple reason he is not in our best 25 anymore, let alone our best 22.
Stkilda build a lot of their scores from inside or around opposition 50, and Rocca can not put any pressure on.
We can not have Wood, Fraser, Anthony, Cloke and Rocca in the same side.
I know most of you dont like it, but Leigh Brown is the answer, and Nathan Brown is the next in line, so Rocca is well out of reckoning for next week.
We have to bring in Marty Clarke, Pendles and Leigh Brown next week, hard to find 4 outs to fit Rocca in.
Stkilda build a lot of their scores from inside or around opposition 50, and Rocca can not put any pressure on.
We can not have Wood, Fraser, Anthony, Cloke and Rocca in the same side.
I know most of you dont like it, but Leigh Brown is the answer, and Nathan Brown is the next in line, so Rocca is well out of reckoning for next week.
We have to bring in Marty Clarke, Pendles and Leigh Brown next week, hard to find 4 outs to fit Rocca in.
Remember my plan to use Leigh Brown in the forward line. Would've been interesting to see what would've happened.
Horses for courses some times isn't the best way. Maybe we should've gone taller today.
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as lake took another mark in front of cloke and morris i remember thinking about you saying that
I would have played goldsack still and dropped a mid/small probably dick and left leroy annoying the **** out of lake
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which is why he plays as a decoy deep, he is too big for lake to leave for harbrow or welsh and that would of completely removed lake being the threat he was
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Completely agree. He would be a massive liability.
I'd look at dropping Dick, but I'm not sure who to bring in. There could be a role for Nathan Brown. Sidebottom could play forward and rotate through the midfield.
Not so elegantly put, but you are right. I hope now there is a team rule that L Brown is to never take another shot at goal........ Maybe we should extent that to Travis Cloke as well???????
Yep. The saints don't go small when they play the dogs, and their record is good against them.
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