O'Brien will be back with 'Pies: Cloke July 7, 2013 - 7:08PM Harry O'Brien's immediate AFL future is unclear, although Collingwood teammate Travis Cloke is confident he will soon be back at the club. Amid ongoing speculation about a rift with coach Nathan Buckley, O'Brien spent the weekend in Port Douglas with the club's permission. The All-Australian defender was ruled out of Friday night's win over Collingwood with an ankle injury. It also emerged last Thursday night that O'Brien and Buckley had a disagreement during the week. Buckley has not denied the speculation, but repeatedly said over the weekend he would not publicly discuss any in-house issues at Collingwood. O'Brien was due back in Melbourne on Sunday to meet with club officials. When asked on Saturday if O'Brien would be back at Collingwood on Monday, Buckley replied: "not definitely." But Cloke told Channel Nine's Footy Show on Sunday that he had no doubt about O'Brien returning. "I don't think it's a matter of 'is his future at the Collingwood footy club up in the air', I definitely think he'll be back," Cloke said. He was obviously a little bit injured with his ankle - that was the main reason he was missing. There was an incident last week, a few words were spoken about, but it's a private conversation between the group that were there and also when he spoke to Bucks and the other powers (that) be at the football club. There are reports that O'Brien took issue with a comment that Buckley made at a team meeting. Cloke was also asked if senior players such as himself could have handled their response better to what O'Brien had to say in that meeting. "Oh definitely... hindsight's a great thing," Cloke said.