Nick's Collingwood Bulletin Board

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i went to my room. but that chick wasnt there
my gf was tho

and lol this has almost 2000 views im actually laughing at this post now haha

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frankiboy wrote:Just a hunch but I reckon noddy's pissing himself right now.

Just waiting for them to realise he's taking the piss

any moment now!

You will have wait a little longer sorry Dave....

Season!...Way too long

Locked

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Travis Cloke's contract talks could destabilise Collingwood's flag tilt.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/c ... 1zwms.html

Rubbish thread shut it down

good read.
especially this bit:
There is also the fact that as good as Travis has been for Collingwood, the club in return has been good to the Clokes. Any off-field issues that could have harmed Cloke's name or that of his family have been deftly handled by the Pies.

It seems unthinkable for anyone who knows Travis Cloke that the 25-year-old would dream of moving to Fremantle. Given how happy he has been at Collingwood, the Western Bulldogs or Melbourne would seemingly not loom as viable alternatives.

The quality of the Magpies' list dictates the club cannot pay him anywhere near what he could command on the open market. And while Sam Reid, Brett Deledio and Michael Hurley are embarking on five-year deals, Collingwood is adamant it does not believe in them.

Cloke may yet get his five years, although Collingwood is insisting four years is plenty. The Magpies have no history of such agreements and Cloke snr's constant attempts to negotiate through the media can only hurt the club and his son's reputation.

The closer the Magpies move to September, the more frustrated their fans will become at the Cloke standoff.

Football people sometimes like to laugh at the Cloke family, more in an affectionate rather than a cruel way, but the Clokes occasionally resemble an AFL version of a WildWest gang. Old man David is the one riding around the country trying to do deals and holding grudges. Right now causing trouble.

Youngest son Travis is the most talented cowboy of his brood but he doesn't want to go anywhere and doesn't seem particularly keen to cause trouble. Right now he might be holding out for a massive pay rise and a five-year deal, but nobody believes he will leave the Magpies.

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The scenario has some similarities to that of the Cash family and that fatherson team that rode roughshod over the Australian tennis fraternity during long periods in the 1980s. There were differences, of course, but like Pat Cash with a tennis racquet, no one laughs when Travis Cloke is taking marks in Collingwood's forward 50.

But people should stop chuckling, because the longer this undignified episode drags on, the less likely it is to finish up a laughing matter. Shootouts can get messy and tend to claim innocent victims. This one could claim rookie coach Buckley's very credible bid for a premiership in his first season.


now Travis, Now.
no ifs no buts, no big story on the footy show, just sign, say yep, and play footy.

WHEN was the last time Cloke booted a bag of five or six snags, cant remember really. He misses so many soda goals, he should be damn well grateful hes getting /offered this $700K a season. He is no buddy-13 goals-Franklin, and hes no Peter McKenna either. Great mark, but misses far too many goals, in GF 1 2010, his misses could have been disastrous for us.

Getting Travis Cloke to re-sign is very important. If anyone doubts how important he is they should have another look at the first half of last year's Grand Final.
However, only Caroline Wilson could turn this into a beat-up as to how the delay in his signing could stop Collingwood from winning the flag. Is it affecting his form? Who knows! I'm sure it's not destabilising as far as the other players are concerned. They would be focussed on this year and at the moment probably wouldn't care about what may or may not happen after this year.
There's no comparision to be made with Malthouse going on the Footy Show or Shaw being suspended for gambling as happened last year.
Trust "Caro" to try to turn this into an expose opportunity. Can't she be satisfied with knifing James Brayshaw?

It's written by the Witch so I reckon she is up to no good

Dave The Man wrote:It's written by the Witch so I reckon she is up to no good

TRUE Dave, she would love to see her Tigers get Cloke, and stick it up us. With Cloke, she knows her Tiges could win the flag. !

It has been mentioned to me by some 'insiders' that the Clokes were responsible for Richmond colapsing post 1982.

To be perfectly honest, I think Travis is adopted.

Last year it was the MM saga that would destabilise the our tilt at the flag..... this year its Travis Cloke......

Any chance a Journo writes a story from scratch instead of changing a few names and submitting the same tripe?!?!

Cloke has admitted it's affecting his football.

That would tell me, it's affecting our tilt at a flag.

Its the first time I have ever had to type this "Good article Caro"

Fair and mostly true, now get back to knifing JB...