Travis Cloke

[Missing Dog]

Re: Travis Cloke

If Cloke comes to us I'm reminded of my Nan and when Aker came to the Dogs.

Aka coming to the Dogs had been rumoured for ages and Nan (age 90) kept telling me how she thought Aker would be a disruption, he was selfish, too old and generally would be a pain and she didn't want him at the Dogs. I rang Nan in the arvo after Aker had been traded to the Dogs:

T31: Hey Nan, I hear Akermanis is a Bulldog.
Nan: You know T31, I've always liked Jason Akermains..... lol!

[Ghost Dog]

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Like it or not Crameri and Cloke in our forward line are going to roam like Lions. They will be formidable and both will demand huge respect.

Cloke, Crameri, Stringer, Boyd and our smalls is deadly.

Not if we cannot improve our accuracy. Lions that can't kill gazelle can roam all they want!

[Twodogs]

Re: Travis Cloke

Can you please narrow this down a little? Could be any number of people associated with that show

Barrett.

[EasternWest]

Re: Travis Cloke

If Cloke comes to us I'm reminded of my Nan and when Aker came to the Dogs.

Aka coming to the Dogs had been rumoured for ages and Nan (age 90) kept telling me how she thought Aker would be a disruption, he was selfish, too old and generally would be a pain and she didn't want him at the Dogs. I rang Nan in the arvo after Aker had been traded to the Dogs:

T31: Hey Nan, I hear Akermanis is a Bulldog.
Nan: You know T31, I've always liked Jason Akermains..... lol!

I'm just impressed your 90 yo Nan was hip enough to use the term lol.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Travis Cloke

I'm just impressed your 90 yo Nan was hip enough to use the term lol.

Bit eccentric to refer to a grandchild as T31 though. Seems a bit cold.

[Twodogs]

Re: Travis Cloke

Bit eccentric to refer to a grandchild as T31 though. Seems a bit cold.

T31 was good. That meant you were second favourite of the grandchildren after EJ3.

[1eyedog]

Re: Travis Cloke

Not if we cannot improve our accuracy. Lions that can't kill gazelle can roam all they want!

Its not about Cloke hitting the scoreboard and Crameri generally does.

[Missing Dog]

Re: Travis Cloke

Bit eccentric to refer to a grandchild as T31 though. Seems a bit cold.

She was 90. If she got even close to my name I was happy.

[Twodogs]

Re: Travis Cloke

Yep. They're wonderful at that age.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: Travis Cloke

Once bitten twice shy. I hope Cloke and/or Collingwood aren't using us like Hurley in effect did: to get the other party jealous so that making up is sweeter. Yuck.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Travis Cloke

DEPARTING Collingwood forward Travis Cloke has revealed Western Bulldogs as his destination of choice for 2017 as he hunts a second premiership.

The 29-year-old broke the news to Magpies coach Nathan Buckley on Tuesday that he would be seeking a trade to the Bulldogs, a club he will watch "as a keen supporter" in the upcoming finals series.

"I've enjoyed watching their (Bulldogs) footy I guess over the last two years to see how Bevo (coach Luke Beveridge) has changed their whole football club around," Cloke told Channel Nine.

"I actually haven't spoken to Bevo as such but I'm sure in the coming weeks I will.

"They've got their own finals campaign at the moment and obviously going to do very well.

"I'll watch them as a keen supporter as most will.

"If that's where I do end up, they play a very exciting brand of footy and I feel like I could improve their side but also they can get the best out of me and we can work something out there."

Beveridge was forced to contact Buckley earlier this season after Bulldog Lin Jong was caught meeting with the Magpies. Instead, the Bulldogs have taken a different approach as they chase the 2010 premiership star. 



"Management with Paul (Connors) and Robbie (D'Orazio) have had conversations with the Western Bulldogs, obviously a few other clubs have communicated and had a chat as well," he said.

"I want to be involved in a winning culture, winning club. That's going to be pretty important in my decision going forward."

In a wide-ranging interview with The Footy Show, Cloke spoke about:



- Richmond making contact with his management in what would be a nostalgic family moment after his dad David made the same move across town more than 30 years ago;

- The preferred option of continuing his career in Melbourne but "would never say no" to a move interstate;


- Wanting to "reach out" to St Kilda champion Nick Riewoldt in coming weeks to try and learn to "reinvent" himself as a player;


- His training load of 98 per cent in 2016 the highest he'd ever completed in his career, still pushing 15kms in matches;


- Getting dropped ahead of round 20 "hurt a lot" prompting his decision to look for a future elsewhere.


"I'm a pretty loyal person and that was probably the hardest thing to remove myself from that 2017 contract," he said.

"I didn't want to be playing VFL football, they can't guarantee you're going to be playing senior footy all the time, depending on form, body, what the club's doing, where it's going as well.

"I thought I'd been playing some reasonably good football, helping with the success we actually had in the second half of the season."

Cloke played the first three years of his career under Buckley's captaincy before he replaced Mick Malthouse as coach in 2012.

"My friendship with Bucks is always going to be the same, our relationship as a coach and player obviously had its ups and downs this year as well," he said.

"Bucks is a great fella, we've always got along, we've always been very supportive. I guess I just didn't fit into the game structure of the game set-up for the Collingwood Footy Club. It's disappointing.

"Mick, I owe everything to Mick. I really loved playing under him. (I) understood the way he went about it, he's very different to Bucks, they're polar opposites in their coaching.

"But at the same time they both understood what they wanted to do. Both strong-minded individuals."

Should Cloke land at the Bulldogs, he would be reunited again with another link to the 2010 flag – Beveridge an assistant coach at the Magpies before moving to Hawthorn and assuming the job at Whitten Oval.

I wonder if Trav is even more excited to land at Whitten Oval?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Travis Cloke

Rumour: Trav Cloke seen camped out at Whitten Oval HQ at 4am this morning with a pair of boots on.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Travis Cloke

Rumour: Trav Cloke seen camped out at Whitten Oval HQ at 4am this morning with a pair of boots on.

- The way we set up forward last night would be perfect for him. Gut running up and then gut running back to get free from 20-60m out. He and Crameri would improve this gut running back & forth even more, and hitting the scoreboard.

[Doc26]

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Rumour: Trav Cloke seen camped out at Whitten Oval HQ at 4am this morning with a pair of boots on.

And apparently along with some tramp like fellow that had a remarkable resemblance to a recently re-signed KPD from Essendon

[Mofra]

Re: Travis Cloke

Once bitten twice shy. I hope Cloke and/or Collingwood aren't using us like Hurley in effect did: to get the other party jealous so that making up is sweeter. Yuck.

Trav is under contract for 2017 and is not negotiating a new one.