Player Watch #38 Noah Cumberland

[SunshineBoy]

Sorry but he’s had a few opportunities this year and has failed to deliver each time

Alway looking for the soft one out the back , Spud Delist

 

[SunshineBoy]

I just don’t understand why our small forwards can’t get any seperation as we move the ball thru wing and half forward.
Cumbo never seems to lead up to the kicker. Everything seems so hard entering 50. It’s not like they are slow

Always looking for the soft one behind the play

 

[Madtiger2006]

Trying hard. Small forwards have the toughest gig in the game to find the footy

 

[SouthernStripes]

Really had hopes for this guy, but just can’t seem to get near it. Always appears to be a couple of metres away from play or madly chasing his opponent as they take the ball away from our forward half, but never actually catching them. Back end of 2022 he was hungry and commanding the ball - Last night he looked a long way off. Has had a good run in the firsts now, time to drop him back to the VFL to see if someone else can do better

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

Not as bad as people make out to be.

He needs to be at a top 4 club, in their depth, as a sub, comes on and can do crazy damage.

Can't be at an 18th place club.

 

[tiger_tough]

Not as bad as people make out to be.

He needs to be at a top 4 club, in their depth, as a sub, comes on and can do crazy damage.

Can't be at an 18th place club.

So he's just a front runner?

 

[Madtiger2006]

Our delivery was pretty crap last night. Bolton was the only one to do well

 

[prodigy]

...he took a nice mark.

Days are numbered I'm afraid. His attitude is shocking, like I can see he cares but he is more worried about his own performance rather than the teams. I get his career is on the line but being an individual isn't going to do him any favors.

 

[Tzatziki_Man]

So he's just a front runner?

Sadly that's partly why we've fallen so bad.

Graham, Kmac, short, Bolton, etc are all 'front runners' by your definition.

Played incredible well when led by Cotchin and Dimma, with generational talent like Martin, Rance and Riewoldt supporting them.

Now that the responsibility has fallen on these multiple time premiership players, we're dead last.

 

[tiger_tough]

I can't ****ing stand how he goes to ground so easily when he's beat in the contest. Get up ya weak prick.

 

[Albertonarmy]

Maybe we should try him on a wing?

He used to play mid as a junior, put him in the Centre Square as a clearance player , he has too much time think down deep forward

 

[Muddiemoose]

I can't ****ing stand how he goes to ground so easily when he's beat in the contest. Get up ya weak prick.

That’s been one of my biggest bugbears from day 1 with him even vfl days

I don’t think he does it on purpose but when he goes down he will act like it’s some season ending injury but will pop back on after a spell on the bench or even the next contest like everything’s fine

Meanwhile the play has continued and we have been left a player short because he’s on the ground carrying on like a soccer player

 

[tora tora tora]

Maybe we should try him on a wing?

5 years into his career he's struggling where we play him. I think he was gifted this game in Dusty's absence. I cannot see Noah being retained and/or being developed as a wing.

 

[THE THIN MAN]

Not as bad as people make out to be.

He needs to be at a top 4 club, in their depth, as a sub, comes on and can do crazy damage.

Can't be at an 18th place club.

People should stop this revisionist .

Creating scenarios where he would succeed and blaming external pressure, reminds me of the beginning of our decline in the 80s.

Time to face the truth, he had his chances and failed to grasp them.

 

[SunshineBoy]

I can't ****ing stand how he goes to ground so easily and gives when he's beat in the contest. Get up ya weak prick.

EFA

 

[copthat]

 

[tiger_tough]

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Even that was a weak effort. Went to ground cos he was beaten, not because he couldn't keep his feet.

 

[copthat]

Even that was a weak effort. Went to ground cos he was beaten, not because he couldn't keep his feet.

There was another one on the boundary where someone lightly bumped him and he deliberately let his legs go limp and he went spread eagle into the fence as Freo waltzed away.

 

[Bojangles17]

Not even close to afl std and that’s being as kind as I can be

 

[THE THIN MAN]

Not even close to afl std and that’s being as kind as I can be

Suggest we trade him to the DAFL, I hear Denmark is beautiful this time of year!

 

[Cam Payner]

Reckon Dow is 10 x the player and I don't want Dow anywhere near the firsts

Dow's kicked 330 goals?

 

[SunshineBoy]

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I need more of that play to see if he punched the ground

 

[prodigy]

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Sniper in the stands. Not his fault.

 

[The_Kraken]

I can't ****ing stand how he goes to ground so easily when he's beat in the contest. Get up ya weak prick.

If there was a stat for falling over and flopping around like a fish, he’d be elite.

 

[shaky]

Our delivery was pretty crap last night. Bolton was the only one to do well

Bolton kicked 2 cheap goals out the back, he did kick 2 more from good marks, but other than that was actually pretty ordinary.