Noah Cumberland [merged]

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Let’s stop making excuses for him.
He is playing a level below AFL at the moment.

[Willy]

Definitely looks down on confidence.

[Assange Tiger 😎]

Let’s stop making excuses for him.
He is playing a level below AFL at the moment.

It’s not an excuse to point out he played less than a full quarter.

[georgies31]

Club botched they way it handled this kid no confidence at all yes his weakness , but the kid has class and a match winner.

[lamington]

I love cummy. Last year he played on and his heart sank because he felt the weight of losing a game off his own boot. Next week instead of retreating in his shell he had a blinder and I think kicked 3 goals? You can’t teach ticker. They need to persevere with him and embrace his strengths and not hang him out to dry because of his weaknesses

[Tiger Khosh]

What did he injure? Because we’ve now got 2 spots open in our forward line.

[WilliamPowell]

What did he injure? Because we’ve now got 2 spots open in our forward line.

Calf out for at least 2 weeks

[Tiger Khosh]

Well that’s just horrible timing for him.

[The Machine]

Ordinary player anyway so not missing much.

[Chuck17]

Harsh

[Andyy]

He's a talented goal kicker with a chance to shine again without Dimma coaching him

[Diocletian]

Ordinary player anyway so not missing much.

Confirmation he's actually a good player. #themachineeffect

[camboon]

Killed his confidence with all the negative stuff, he is more worried about tackling than killing goals now.

[WilliamPowell]

Thought he played like he was 2nd guessing himself every contest. It feels like he is almost more worried about making a mistake rather than playing on instinct

Said the above also week

Still believe it.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Our club has expectations according to assigned roles. Forward pockets are expected to use work rate and speed to cause turnovers in the front half harassing and providing pressure on the opposition defenders as first priority. Goals are a bonus for them if they can work hard back towards goal and get on the end of a few and maybe get the odd free kick from a bone crunching tackle in F50.

Cumberland was able to provide turnovers last season and was rewarded with more opportunities.

I’ve got only one thing to say to this kid…..

You’ve got the talent but your work rate is crap. Work hard and you’ll get your opportunities because we are crying out for a pressure forward especially one who is a natural goal kicker.
Do what they want and you’ll be playing every single week