Noah Cumberland [merged]

[rogerd3]

He got pantsed

[mightytiges]

Not sure if Dimma's old school approach singling out Cumberland in the post-match presser after the Melbourne game has had the opposite effect on his confidence or it's Noah own failings, but Noah has had two shockers where he can't get his hands on the ball since those comments. He got a reprieve this week when he was meant to be dropped but don't see him getting another one next week even with our long injury list and lack of genuine small/midsized forwards.

[The Machine]

Good call, the right call to sub him out. I am thinking, right now, we are a better team without him as his petulant behavior continues to hold him back.   

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Drop him. Let him reflect

[Francois Jackson]

whoever instructed dimma to bag him in public ahead of some efforts by our so called leaders was a shocking decision. His comments today is a lot closer to what he should have said.

id like to know why mansell wasnt singled out today, nank a few weeks back, Bolton for his petulant efforts, Ross etc

[Tigeritis™©®]

Im starting to get Mitch Morton vibes from Cumberland.

[Buddysucks]

One trick pony. But… he’s not the Lone Ranger in that regard.

[Andyy]

Im starting to get Mitch Morton vibes from Cumberland.

That's good, hopefully.

Because Morton is a premiership player.

Fingers crossed it means Cumberland will fall over the line in the last few weeks of the year and kick two goals in a winning GF.

[Broadsword]

Deserves the same support as other players on the list.

A guy like Cumberland plays on instinct. You publicly bag him enough and he'll stop playing on instinct and second guess everything he's doing as he's doing it -- and then the flame is extinguished. The magic's gone.

I notice from Dimma's presser that the narrative has now changed to he's doing enough defensively but not enough offensively. 

[Andyy]

Deserves the same support as other players on the list.

A guy like Cumberland plays on instinct. You publicly bag him enough and he'll stop playing on instinct and second guess everything he's doing as he's doing it -- and then the flame is extinguished. The magic's gone.

I notice from Dimma's presser that the narrative has now changed to he's doing enough defensively but not enough offensively. 

Agreed

Still don't think we have any better options for forward positions

[TigerLand]

I'm absolutely lost to the negativity on this kid. Our forward line is dosfunctional. Proven that when Dusty plays there he looks disinterested, he's past it, he can't get in the game. What can we expect from a kid like Noah.

He is high energy and gave 110% to the contests he was in, wasn't effective sure but I've had enough of the effort narrative. He's no jogger.

His IQ needs improving clearly. The 50m was ridiculous over umpiring but again the decision to do it was the type of Hollywood stuff the bottom 8 clubs do.

Let him free get around him and I reckon you have a potential Stevie J type player.

[Tiger Khosh]

Where is the negativity? Majority of posts I see are people making excuses for him. He’s a young player in bad form, but just because he had a breakout year last year and just happens to be under 23 years old doesn’t mean he should get a free pass in the side.

If you want to see negativity go have a look at the Shai Bolton thread. Clearly one of our best players and one of the most dangerous players in the league. He’s had some bad games but go and compare his bad games to what Noah’s done over the past few weeks and the night and day reactions between them.

[camboon]

But he doesn’t get criticised publicly by the coach who changes the way he plays his game 
Double standards ?

[Tiger Khosh]

Shai Bolton has most definitely been criticised by Dimma before.

[georgies31]

Needs to get betterand stay involved in games not dure what has happened since last season.