Anthony Rocca v Travis Cloke

[shwany]

Who was/is the better player?

[Bob Sugar]

Cloke's the better player, i loved Little Sav though, one of my favourites.

[bokka]

which Rocca? Actually both slightly better than Trav, mainly due to Trav's frustrating goal kicking. But Trav probably hasn't peaked yet.

[sixpoints]

I'll answer when Trav's career is over. He has years to go.
You suffer from premature adjudication.

[Pebbles Rocks]

The question is pretty clear....it should explain which rocca we are talkin about.

As my name suggests i am a big Pebbles fan but Trav is more consistent. He may miss a few shots but his work rate is elite whereas pebbles never really had a big engine.
Also pebbles had Taz as his sidekick whereas travis has not had a foil as good as taz (until more recently with Reid up there)

[Tannin]

[Skids]

Pebbles - 245 games for 415 Goals 286 Behinds

Interesting that Trav has kicked almost (285) the same amount of behinds in his 192 games. With 338 goals.

Trav pips Rocca in most other stats avg 6.8 marks (4.9), 1.8 tackles (1.4) & 14 disposals (11).

And how about free kicks we all reckon Trav gets a rough deal from the maggots (174 FF - 165 FA) what about Rocca... 171 FF and a massive 271 FA

[Wokko]

Remembering Anthony out of puff after every lead makes me say Trav. I just wish Cloke would get his head screwed on right and kick straight. I now know how Richmond fans felt about Richo, elite mark, whole package but can't kick straight.

Actaully surprises me he's never been tried at CHB or further up the ground where he doesn't need to kick for goal so much, it's the ONLY part of his game that isn't A+ level.

[Piesnchess]

Cloke is by far, far the better mark in a pack.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Rocca's kicking early in his career was almost as bad as Travs' but improved dramatically in his later years so there's hope for Trav yet! Again, it was those dicky little set shots inside the 50m arc. Injury issues and a lack of any aerobic capacity would have Rocca behind Cloke in terms of their output but he was every bit as talented. Those 2 years in '02 and '03, in tandem with Taz, I rate as the best forward pair we've had in the last 40 years.

[What'sinaname]

Pebbles for sheer excitement. Took a much more spectacular mark than Trav. Also, who didn't get excited when he bombed a goal from 60m+

[Fire Up]

goal kicking rocca wins.

running and marking around ground cloke wins

[eddiesmith]

Cloke easily

[HAL]

What were we talking about again?

[Fire Up]