2013 Player Profile: Travis Cloke

Colliwobblers · February 25, 2013, 09:57:19 AM

Locked, a bargain pick, Cue Stick will help him a lot, contract out of the way, a better season for the Pies and a more direct fast moving game plan will see a lot of ball enter the fwd 50 fast and high, and who is the best contested mark in the league?

essendon2 · February 25, 2013, 11:00:32 AM

too risky to have a FWD as
Rocky, NRoo, Sylvia, Cloke, Varcoe, Byrnes ??? :-\

Adamant · February 25, 2013, 11:10:38 AM

Quote from: essendon2 on February 25, 2013, 11:00:32 AM
too risky to have a FWD as
Rocky, NRoo, Sylvia, Cloke, Varcoe, Byrnes ??? :-\

Yeah, definitely too risky. I reckon if you're going to go with both Varcoe and Byrnes, you need 3 top range forward premos to balance it out eg Cox, Buddy, Robbo, Zorko etc.

essendon2 · February 25, 2013, 11:18:41 AM

Quote from: Adamant on February 25, 2013, 11:10:38 AM
Quote from: essendon2 on February 25, 2013, 11:00:32 AM
too risky to have a FWD as
Rocky, NRoo, Sylvia, Cloke, Varcoe, Byrnes ??? :-\

Yeah, definitely too risky. I reckon if you're going to go with both Varcoe and Byrnes, you need 3 top range forward premos to balance it out eg Cox, Buddy, Robbo, Zorko etc.

yeah changed it up
Zorko, Rocky, NRoo, Wright, Cloke, Byrnes 8)

Ricochet · February 25, 2013, 12:30:56 PM

Can't afford to start him unless somehow I free a lot of cash up. Have Zorko, Rocky and Robinson ahead of him with Varcoe, Byrnes and Macaffer. Really need to find 150k somewhere... and even then I'd probably go Sylvia.

Jukes · March 04, 2013, 12:37:32 PM

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Anybody see his amazing super goal yesterday? All class, showed true strength and a booming kick. Lock him in.

For those who haven't seen it, go on the video part of afl.com.au and look for it.

Holz · March 04, 2013, 12:53:56 PM

Quote from: Jukes on March 04, 2013, 12:37:32 PM
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Anybody see his amazing super goal yesterday? All class, showed true strength and a booming kick. Lock him in.

For those who haven't seen it, go on the video part of afl.com.au and look for it.

I did see his donut in the first quarter.

Jukes · March 04, 2013, 01:03:37 PM

He won't get double or tripled teamed every week when he gets to play around Fasolo, Krakouer, Daisy, Macaffer, Didak and Beams instead of Mooney, Dwyer and Sinclair.

I was there and it looked like every time Pies went from back to forward near the goal it was just Cloke, one young kid, and then at least 3 of MacKenzie, Brown, Hurn, McGinnity, Glass and Schofield. Won't happen in the season.

T Dog · March 04, 2013, 01:09:03 PM

Quote from: Jukes on March 04, 2013, 01:03:37 PM
He won't get double or tripled teamed every week when he gets to play around Fasolo, Krakouer, Daisy, Macaffer, Didak and Beams instead of Mooney, Dwyer and Sinclair.

I was there and it looked like every time Pies went from back to forward near the goal it was just Cloke, one young kid, and then at least 3 of MacKenzie, Brown, Hurn, McGinnity, Glass and Schofield. Won't happen in the season.

Got it right there Jukes.
Daisy and Macaffer front and centre... 8)

me · March 25, 2013, 12:45:24 PM

how many ppl still have this guy in their teams? and how was the rest of his preseason (collingwood fans?), cos i didn't see much of him after nab 1 =[

got him at f5 atm, but am really nervous about him after seeing how badly he burnt some m8s last year

Jukes · March 25, 2013, 12:48:21 PM

I have him out atm but can easily see him slipping back into the side prior to their first match, maybe even as a round 2/3 trade in if he performs in their first match or two.

me · March 25, 2013, 12:53:29 PM

if he could replicate (or better) his 2011 average he'd make such a great starting pick - god this is a tough call, been sweating over f5 all preseason (don't like macaffer on the ground, would rather have him bench especially considering there are pretty much no viable cheap forward options this year)

Jukes · April 15, 2013, 12:31:45 AM

So this was a ~~good~~ amazing call by me :D

96, 69 and 121 in the first three for a 95.3 average against pretty hard teams too in North, Carlton and Hawthorn.

Who stuck with him, who traded him in, who plans to trade him in and who still doesn't like him?

I traded him in after round 1 and am loving it #TeamCloke

Ajax22 · April 15, 2013, 12:37:56 AM

Liked him in the preseason but he was at that awkward price and didn't fit in. He should do well but I'm over somewhat speculative fwd line picks for a while so I'm gonna pass

Adamant · April 15, 2013, 12:56:24 AM

Quote from: Jukes on April 15, 2013, 12:31:45 AM
So this was a ~~good~~ amazing call by me :D

96, 69 and 121 in the first three for a 95.3 average against pretty hard teams too in North, Carlton and Hawthorn.

Who stuck with him, who traded him in, who plans to trade him in and who still doesn't like him?

I traded him in after round 1 and am loving it #TeamCloke

I started with NRoo, he pumps out an 82 in round 1 and I traded him to Cloke (who was coming off a 96). I then traded Cloke to Leuenberger last week and now Cloke smashes out a 121. ::)