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TRAVIS Cloke "dead-set gets nothing" from umpires, according to Nathan Buckley, and the Collingwood coach has had enough.

The Magpies will again seek answers from the AFL umpiring department over what they believe is Cloke's rough treatment when it comes to free kicks.

The big forward received just one free kick against Richmond on Sunday and conceded four, taking his overall tally in 2015 to 11 free kicks for and 13 against.

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"He dead-set gets nothing from the umps," Buckley said in the wake of the Magpies' five-point loss.

"I don't know what it is. He gets nothing when it looks like he's being infringed and he only has to sniff to give a free kick away."

It is not the first time Buckley has queried the umpires' treatment of Cloke, who kicked three goals and took 10 marks against the Tigers.

In April last year – also following a match against Richmond – Buckley said Cloke was being umpired to "a different set of rules" than any other player in the competition.

Buckley made a similar argument after the Magpies' duel against Adelaide in July last year, leading to a concession from umpires coach Hayden Kennedy AFL.com.au's Whistleblowers that the key forward had deserved more free kicks.

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The Magpies coach was quick to note the umpires did not have any bearing on the result against Richmond, however he also made the point known that he would be speaking to umpires boss Wayne Campbell this week.

"I think [Campbell] and those guys are doing a fantastic job… but we need to understand what Clokey's done wrong, because it's not working for him," Buckley said.

"It's not the issue of [today's] game, but it's something ongoing.

"Trav's attitude has been first-class. I'm not saying he never gives a free kick away but his ledger's not great."

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Buckley said the Magpies' failure to ram home their advantage after a four-goal-to-one opening term was costly.

"The second quarter was really disappointing. Our tackle efficiency was poor, we couldn't stop them on turnover – and it's been a strong point (of ours)," Buckley said.

"It was a breakdown of the way we want to play. We've had 15-20 minute periods in almost every one of our games.

"That's our challenge, to become a 120-minute football side. But even early this year, we've given sides a look and taken the foot off the throat."

Buckley said it was his side's inability to stick tackles that was a major factor in their close loss.

The Pies had 110 "tackle efforts" and were credited with 54 made tackles by Champion Data, well down on the expected output according to Buckley.

"We're 25-30 (tackles) shy of what we wanted to do. But that came down to technique and being able to find the handle at the right time," Buckley said.

"We would've given away seven or eight free kicks away for high tackles. It went from a turnover opportunity to an unpressured opportunity for the opposition, so that's something that hurt us, especially in the second quarter."

Important defender Alan Toovey was substituted out of the game with a jarred knee early in the second term, but Buckley is "not anticipating any bad news long-term".

Buckley said Toovey would have a scan on his injured knee on Monday.