INJURED Bulldog Travis Cloke admits he feels sorry for Collingwood.

Cloke departed the Holden Centre at the end of last year after a turbulent season but said that the Magpies current on-field predicament was tough to watch.

Cloke said he’d been in contact with Collingwood president Eddie McGuire and coach Nathan Buckley since his exit and believed they could guide the Magpies back to success.

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“I still love the footy club. I’ve spoken to Eddie and Bucks in the last few weeks,” he told The Footy Show.

“I feel for the footy club. Once I finish at the Western Bulldogs I’ll always be a Collingwood person.”

media_camera Travis Cloke hugs close mate Tyson Goldsack after the Bulldogs beat the Magpies in Round 1.

Cloke said the move to Whitten Oval had been a good one but admitted he wasn’t thrilled when he saw his dad — AFL great David Cloke — criticise Collingwood and Buckley in The Herald Sun.

“It’s been amazing. It’s been a great change,” he said.

“You go to a new club, they’ve got different structures, different techniques, I’m playing a different role.

“Bevo’s a lover, he’s a hugger. Bucks is structured, he loves the game, he lives and breathes it.

“It’s an unusual situation — dad is obviously a former great of the game — when he comments, you’d like to think he comments as a past player of the game.

“They’re his words. I wasn’t part of it ... ideally you’d like those conversations to stay out of the paper.”