Why is Anthony Rocca is getting a game for Collingwood against Geelong tonight?

Question

Tonights match will be the first time they've met again since last years preliminary final. In that match Scarlett kept him to 0 goals & 4 possessions. In the three previous matches when the teams met Rocca scored the grand total of one goal & had no more than three marks in any of the games. Each game Scarlett has run riot off him & starred - as Rocca can't keep up with him.

Blind Freddy can see that someone else should be selected to play at full-forward & Rocca left to to kick the boundary pickets.

How good - or how basd - is Mick Malthouse as a coach?

Answer 1

Rocca should play but also be used in the ruck and just pinch hit down forward.

Big power forwards dont grow on trees so the dont really have any other options

One of the best can really devolope young players people were not complaining last year he has alot of young players injected in to the side it just takes time just sit back and enjoy it

Answer 2

He is their best forward, of course he should play.

Answer 3

who else would they play

if he is there full forward then let him be a full forward

he is still the best one the pies have got

even if he didnt play scarlett would have to play on someone else and hold them kickless so it might as well be rocca

Answer 4

Because they are desperate - you say someone else should be picked but who have they got???? I guess their thinking is that maybe he can snag a couple of goals and take Scarlett away from Cloke.

Answer 5

i dont know

rocca should stand the goal square and thats it

Answer 6

we shall see after tonight whether mick malthouse is an absoulte idiot who doesn't know what hes talking about, or if hes an absolute mastermind of the game and a pure genius.

and besides, if rocca doesn't stand a chance against scarlett, then who in the collingwood lineup does?