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The value of Travis Cloke
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Pavlich will be getting on in years
Yes, the kicking is a problem, he should be down at Goshs Paddock 8 am monday and start again with his whole approach to the job, spend all summer booting that ball through from every angle with players yelling and screaming and after having run 50 metres, whatever, or will just end up another coulda been with talent. Collingwoods goal kicking cost it a GF berth last night, as simple as that.
a lot of the 'best defenders' don't have the engines to play on Cloke...the likes of Scarlett, Rutten, Glass, Fletcher etc...would blow up midway through the 3rd qtr if they followed Cloke everywhere
People have underrated Maxwell for far too long. The kid has spirit.
Only averaging one goal per game, about the same as Andrew Krakouer at the same stage. 
Would give up pick #2 in the draft for him though, and throw in Krak as well.
Would give up pick #2 in the draft for him though, and throw in Krak as well.
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Yeah, two best young forwards in the game, differences between the two being that Franklin is electric once the ball is on the ground, and Cloke is much better overhead.
I don't think they used Cloke enough last night. When Buckley and others kept getting it on the wing he should have just pumped it to Cloke straight away so they couldn't push numbers back on him.
I even think they should have put Cloke and Rusling in the square on Milburn and Hunt and cleared the fifty out as these two were the matchups the were in the pies favour.
I even think they should have put Cloke and Rusling in the square on Milburn and Hunt and cleared the fifty out as these two were the matchups the were in the pies favour.
If he could kick he would be right up there with the best, thank god he can't
Thats just conjecture, really how do you know?
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He did kick 4 on the AA CHB though. Not that that proves anything, but the quality of the opposition does not seem to be at issue here.
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great player, still has plenty of improvement in him too 
Because none of the senior coaches of the teams the aforementioned gentlemen play for saw fit to put them on Cloke, for the simple reason it's just blindingly obvious he would run them into the dirt by late in the game.
This kid is an absolute gun. He was immense last night, awesome hands and he kicked well too. I think what makes him good is that he can do the lead up the ground and set play up from HFF/CHF, or he can also (as shown by the 2nd time we played Essendon this year) stay close to goal and take contested marks.
I'm sure glad we have him for us and not against us.
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I don't know. He kicks across himself a fair bit all the time which you'd think increases the likelihood of an error, and has a pretty high drop of the footy at times.
As does Brett Ebert, and he's as good as they come.
He really is a good kick on the run, doesn't often miss. He will never be the greatest set shot for goal in history but he is improving and he's an enormous asset to Collingwood.
His technique is no problem on the run though. It's just a set shot, it's only a problem when he has to go back and think about it. The pressure builds up.
This'll go.
His age of 20 is one thing in his favour as he does have time, but he really needs to improve his kicking and gain some consistency.
Going against him is the track record of the Cloke boys and he is under study to Mr Inconsistent Rocca.
Going against him is the track record of the Cloke boys and he is under study to Mr Inconsistent Rocca.
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