News Kicking critics should 'shut their mouths', says Cloke

[TradeDraft]

That worries me when I hear that because it shows that Cloke has been Easily Distracted by people having a go at him with his Bad Kicking.

Only 1 way to Fix that Clokey. Kick Better and Play Better

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-...ics-should-shut-their-mouths-says-star-magpie

 

[ottoman]

Bad call by Cloke.
If you want us to shut our mouths Cloke then kick the bloody goals. Simple.
Your the one who demanded big coin from the club. Held out on contract for a year. All well and good to earn the big bucks but when it comes to people expecting you do your job then they should just shut up.
dont miss goals that a 5 year old can kick and no one will say a word

 

[TradeDraft]

Bad call by Cloke.
If you want us to shut our mouths Cloke then kick the bloody goals. Simple.
Your the one who demanded big coin from the club. Held out on contract for a year. All well and good to earn the big bucks but when it comes to people expecting you do your job then they should just shut up.
dont miss goals that a 5 year old can kick and no one will say a word

How he is Performing he is the most Overpaid player in the Comp

 

[danielnajdek]

He was good yesterday. Would've been better if the umps gave him something. Rance tunnelled him twice and Clokey got nothing.

Hawkins would've got 5+ free kicks from the treatment Trav got yesterday.

 

[Lord Wilberforce]

This is the best advice yet that I've seen re Cloke's kicking:

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl...n-says-ben-dixon/story-e6frf3e3-1227356555227

 

[Lord Wilberforce]

He was good yesterday. Would've been better if the umps gave him something. Rance tunnelled him twice and Clokey got nothing.

Hawkins would've got 5+ free kicks from the treatment Trav got yesterday.

A butterfly lands on Hawkins and he gets a free kick!

 

[danielnajdek]

A butterfly lands on Hawkins and he gets a free kick!

Clokey is too manly so umps are scared of him. Hence why Hawkins gets a billion free kicks.

 

[Markfs]

Bad call by Cloke.
If you want us to shut our mouths Cloke then kick the bloody goals. Simple.
Your the one who demanded big coin from the club. Held out on contract for a year. All well and good to earn the big bucks but when it comes to people expecting you do your job then they should just shut up.
dont miss goals that a 5 year old can kick and no one will say a word

i tend to agree. if you cant stand the heat, dont call the kettle black. He should have said that he appreciates all the concerned citizens but he's got better things to do than read criticism about his kicking. ...if the Pies dont think he is giving enough value, they will dump him..

 

[Hardas]

Bad call by Cloke.
If you want us to shut our mouths Cloke then kick the bloody goals. Simple.
Your the one who demanded big coin from the club. Held out on contract for a year. All well and good to earn the big bucks but when it comes to people expecting you do your job then they should just shut up.
dont miss goals that a 5 year old can kick and no one will say a word

Yup.

 

[TradeDraft]

i tend to agree. if you cant stand the heat, dont call the kettle black. He should have said that he appreciates all the concerned citizens but he's got better things to do than read criticism about his kicking. ...if the Pies dont think he is giving enough value, they will dump him..

The Media be worse now with him Admitting is has a Effect on him.

The Media will just keep harping on it

 

[Pera]

Shut your bitchy little mouths everyone!

 

[Zahki]

Your the one who demanded big coin from the club. Held out on contract for a year. All well and good to earn the big bucks but when it comes to people expecting you do your job then they should just shut up.
dont miss goals that a 5 year old can kick and no one will say a word

Exactly. He dragged the club into a media circus to get top dollar and now that he's not performing anywhere near the standard that earned him that contract he wants people to shut up?

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Cloke should have taken up Tennis if he didn't want the crowd involved.

 

[jjsmitty8]

Cloke should have taken up Tennis if he didn't want the crowd involved.

Hasn't stopped Nick Kyrgios from complaining about the crowd.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

 

[Pied Avenger]

Leigh Matthews commented on the FOX pregame that when Trav was practicing, that he misses the 30 meter in the corridor kicks and these are the ones he should practice not the 45 degree and worse. Makes sense if Trav has already mentioned that essentially its all mental,so that these easy kicks are in fact the hard ones.
Top level golfers practice the 3 foot sliders. Pick a blade of grass and forget everything else. Balls goes over the blade and into the hole.
30 foot rolls over 2 swales and try to get it close are relatively easy by comparison, since no one really expects you to make it.
If Trav can pass the ball accurately over 25 meters or pump goals in playing on from 50, it can't be his "unstressed" kicking action.
It's the expectation of "Tommy 10 year old" could kick this combined with the punishment of a miss.

30 from 30 meters before you can go home from training. Pick a face 2 rows back on the second level and "kick it to me"

 

[DinoSoar]

I'm with Trav on this - the amount of ruff ruff and dribble in the media about his kicking is disproportionate to the problem. Creating controversy and click bait just for the sake of it, they should all just STFU. Bucks got it right last week with his smack down on Robbo : lazy journalism, sheep mentality at its finest.

 

[stevo86]

I think he played bloody good yesterday, and was robbed, and bucks was spot on bagging the umps in the post match.. So if ever he is going to tell people to piss off its today...

 

[TradeDraft]

I'm with Trav on this - the amount of ruff ruff and dribble in the media about his kicking is disproportionate to the problem. Creating controversy and click bait just for the sake of it, they should all just STFU. Bucks got it right last week with his smack down on Robbo : lazy journalism, sheep mentality at its finest.

Hey - Admitting he is Effected that is a Green Light to the Media to keep writing about it as they know it has an effect

 

[TradeDraft]

I think he played bloody good yesterday, and was robbed, and bucks was spot on bagging the umps in the post match.. So if ever he is going to tell people to piss off its today...

AFL said Cloke should of had 2 more Free Kicks paid

 

[Adz]

Every miss inside 50 he should donate $1000 to charity.

 

[Green Eggs]

Poor Twav, upset because essentially his shareholders (the members) are upset that he cannot perform his job on-par with 19 year old recruits on less than a quarter of the coin that he is on.

He needs to grow up and stop making excuses, his accountability is shocking and I cannot comprehend how he isn't being dropped to the magoos when we've dropped people for far better performances.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

He needs to grow up and stop making excuses, his accountability is shocking and I cannot comprehend how he isn't being dropped to the magoos when we've dropped people for far better performances.

That's an easy one, if we drop Cloke then the only forward on our list who can take contested marks is Jamie Elliott.

 

[Green Eggs]

That's an easy one, if we drop Cloke then the only forward on our list who can take contested marks is Jamie Elliott.

Good point, I just wish we had anybody that could fill the void for a week or two.. Have him kick 25 goals a week in the 2's and get some confidence back.

 

[DinoSoar]

Hey - Admitting he is Effected that is a Green Light to the Media to keep writing about it as they know it has an effect

Sorry TD, but at no point in the article on the club's and the AFL's websites did he say it's affecting him in a negative way. He just says he should be left alone to get on with it