Rumour Bluemour Discussion XXXVII - A return to normalcy

[passmark]

Cumberland might be good for a snag or two.

 

[ferrisb]

Would rather play Kerridge.

Only against North Melbourne...

 

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[WalshYouLegend]

Cumberland might be good for a snag or two.

I’d rather Bunnings for that

 

[slashin_velvet]

In a year where Richmond finished dead last and regularly had 15+ players on their injury list, Cumberland managed just 7 matches. Played 10 games in the VFL. Averages about 7 disposals a match. In his 7 AFL matches kicked 6 goals. No better in the VFL - 8 goals in 10 matches.

Had one half-decent year 2 years ago, has been terrible since. Would rather play Fanta.

How many of our good forwards looked like superstars when we were getting smashed in the middle and losing by 10 goals each week?

I'm not advocating for picking him up - I don't know enough about him...but judging him off this year when he played better when Richmond were better might be a flawed perspective

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Looks OK to me!

 

[KohPhi]

Cumberland might be good for a snag or two.

 

[T2B_]

One thing I'll say for Cumbo just based on highlights is he's a beautiful left foot

 

[BigFrizz36]

Looks OK to me!

Once again he has had 4 hard ball gets in his last 16 games. Jayden Stevenson, in comparison, has averaged 3 times as many in that amount of games

Be careful what you wish for.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Once again he has had 4 hard ball gets in his last 16 games. Jayden Stevenson, in comparison, has averaged 3 times as many in that amount of games

Be careful what you wish for.

I repeat - looks OK to me.

 

[Blue_Fusion]

Cumberland... shiny new toy...

However, if we take a step back... he's low risk. Put him on a small contract, if he hits his best, great, if not delist.

Fanta's contract will be up next year, so there's that too...

 

[Hello harry]

And yet was dropped 2 games later. He did kick 3 goals in that crows game but only had 5 touches.

All but cost the Tigers a game this year when he stupidly got an easy shot on goal for his team reversed by dumping a player that was just plain dumb.

His brain doesn't work as quickly as his body.

And their lies the problem Always getting dropped after a bad performance, I could name names who had been just as bad but held their position


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[tarczonandjane]

I’ve always got a lot of time for posts by Gethelred, and the poster makes some excellent reasons as to why Cumberland may not have worked out at Richmond.

Soapy V says we have talked to everyone. And Cumberland may just be another name on that list. But if the club is settling on him as the way to go for another DFA, then I’m happy to support their insight.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Once again he has had 4 hard ball gets in his last 16 games. Jayden Stevenson, in comparison, has averaged 3 times as many in that amount of games

Be careful what you wish for.

How does Tom Emmett delisted by Freo compare?

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Cumberland is exactly the type of high risk, low cost player we should be chasing.
Utter ****wit but has immense talent.
Get him right like the good clubs do.

It's not low cost in terms of the list spot because they are currently very short supply and need to be used very wisely

 

[marcmurphy3]

I just don't see us signing Cumberland as a DFA.

After all the effort we have gone to to clear list spots, essentially pushing out Kennedy and Owies, to then sign him wouldn't add up.

He doesn't fill a position of need (we have lots of average small forwards) and has just been delisted from the worst team in the comp.

Happy for him to train with us over summer.

 

[tarczonandjane]

I just don't see us signing Cumberland as a DFA.

After all the effort we have gone to to clear list spots, essentially pushing out Kennedy and Owies, to then sign him wouldn't add up.

He doesn't fill a position of need (we have lots of average small forwards) and has just been delisted from the worst team in the comp.

Happy for him to train with us over summer.

He seems to play more as a medium forward though (he’s taller than both Durdin and Motlop). And if you compare him with Elijah and Moir as our medium forwards, he seems to be a lot quicker, and his kicking seems at the quality of the other two.

Once again, I’m not advocating we take him. More that if the club decides to go that way, I can see why they think he might be different to what we’ve got. Maybe think of him more as a fit replacement for Martin and a quick replacement for Kennedy.

 

[CoachB]

Stretch...

 

[bradfisher14]

Cumberland is the definition of a cream on top player and our team is the definition of a good cake with no cream.

The production/performances of players like him were always going to drop at the same rate as the quality of the team around him. It happens to every decent team that falls into a rebuild. As for him being dropped multiple times, when you're in the trenches of a rebuild, you simply can't carry players like him while preaching to everyone else that they have to do the team things. It makes perfect sense to me that he was pushed out of Richmond under those circumstances and I don't see it as a red flag.

I think a player with his athletic profile and goal sense is exactly what our forward line has been crying out for.

 

[myblueroan]

One thing I'll say for Cumbo just based on highlights is he's a beautiful left foot

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[swuzzlebubble]

I'd rather a low risk known talent than a speculative option at this stage.
Eg What we have with Haynes
McMahon could be another via rookie draft
Another one or two of those so we're not running out of options if the injury gods don't start looking after us.