Makes a bit of sense, Soldo would be a risk to play a full game, Bauer with his recent VFL form could play forward or back if needed. Low risk bring him on for a quarter/half than a full game.
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In the presser, he also mentioned that Dion was being rested as he’s been carrying an issue for most of the games. Just shows you cant make judgements without knowing all the facts.
Why we play injured players like Dion has got me stumped though as surely we can cover him having recruited Taranto and Hopper
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Dimma wont use a sub for a debutant. Sub will be Judson most likely
He said in his presser that Bauer isn't in this week. Agree Juddy makes the most sense as sub, hopefully to replace one of the rucks if we have no injuries.
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You’ve gotta read between the lines. Do you not think Dimma has told Cumberland a million times to put his head down and work hard if he wants to realise his potential? It’s obviously Cumberland does not do everything in his power to be the best player he can be, and it clearly frustrates Dimma as he know the talent he has.
The game against Demons was probably the precise reason Cumberland drives him mad. Kicks 3-goals when he’s got petrol in the tank, but then goes missing for basically the last 2.5 quarters. I assume this includes not engaging in team defence as he’s too gassed. So Dimma knows if he had a rock hard fit Cumberland we probably win.
So given his likely desperate pleas for Cumberland to work like a true professional have not gotten him anywhere for years, he decided a public mention was warranted.
Let’s not feel sorry for Cumberland. He’s clearly frustrating the coaches and likely his teammates with his general attitude to doing all that is required to be a team player and a true professional.
Dimma never called our Castagna or Aarts for their general crapness because you can bet your life on it that those guys were giving 110% on and off the field to get the best out of themselves. Why would a coach ever criticise that? They were just very unskilled.
Cumberland isn’t doing all he can to be the best he can be, he isn’t putting in 100% and he isn’t performing all his roles for the team. If a little clip from Dimma in a presser to make sure he can’t ‘hide’ from scrutiny gets him putting in more effort off the field to get the most out of himself then I’m all for it.
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You are adding an awful lot of subjective opinions as supposed facts there. Who said Cumberland doesn't work hard. Not engaging in team defence (despite being our lead tackler the week before), questioning his professionalism, he has a questionable attitude, not giving 110%, etc. You have no evidence of any of that, just reading between the lines.
Dimma stated that Cumberland is frustrated. Mentioned body language and that he gets down on himself and goes missing, which we all can see. Not sure how you manage to piece together all the rest of what you wrote.
He is a kid just getting going, and maybe a bit of maturing etc. like most young players.
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But he played 12 games and kicked 3 goals in that match. Could’ve had 5. If he was a 50 gamer still playing like this, then I get it. Or if he was doing what Stack was doing, then I get it as well, but he’s nowhere near as disappointing as Stack was for us.
Also, a lot of heat is being put on Cumberland for the loss when there were other people responsible as well. Mansell, who basically started the same time as Cumberland due to Cumberland’s ACL in the first year, had 4 touches and one tackle for the game. Miller had 6 touches and had 1 mark for the game. He ended up being subbed out of the game. So why did he single out Cumberland?
Cumberland’s the type of guy that’ll respond well in my opinion, but I still don’t like what Hardwick did to be honest. Sounds like Hardwick verbalised his thoughts instead of just thinking them in the heat of the moment because it still doesn’t make sense to me.
Sometimes there comes along a player that may need a public call-out, but I don’t think we have any currently on our list (including Cumberland) that have reached that level.
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And that's why Dimma probably criticised him publicly. People react differently to criticism. It fires some up to work harder other people need encouragement. Dimma would know Cumbos personality.
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He’ll respond now, but I don’t know whether comments like this will make him want to leave the club. Sometimes things like this can push a player out, and Cumberland’s a young talented player that I don’t want us to lose
Yup don’t get it. Could’ve been giving Ross a solid crack at it.
Guess they were all in on getting some wins so risked it?
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Wasn't it because the journo specifically asked about Cumberland?
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Yeah but he could’ve given a standard response where you say words that don’t really mean much. The typical cliche responses that the AFL world is in love with. And then kick Cumberland’s ass behind closed doors.
I don’t disagree with the criticism of Cumberland. 2 disposals after quarter time is not good enough. But I just don’t agree with the way Hardwick went about it because at the end of the day he did contribute 18 points from the 78 points we scored.
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I get your point but I didn't think it was out of line by Hardwick at all. As DickieKnee mentioned earlier, Dimma would know which players respond well to criticism and which ones don't. Plus I thought it was pretty constructive criticism anyway. If he'd just bagged him without saying anything positive then that would be a bit too far, but I thought it was fine.
How the kid responds will be interesting.
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Yeah Cumberland’s one to respond. He’s not one to go into his shell after that. Even if he doesn’t get 3 goals, he’ll get more touches than what he did last week IMO
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I minor detail many are overlooking.
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That doesn't mean anything when he could have chosen not to talk about Cumberland the way he did
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He answered a question. Watch the presser. Hear the enthusiasm in Dimmas voice about him. * Le half you campaigners are looking for something that isn’t there and completely irrelevant. * me are we that sensitive these days a coach can’t comment about one of his players have been specifically asked a question about him.
How many catch ups do you think Noah would have had with Dimma and his line coach this week? The press stuff is irrelevant
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A good experience for the younger lads, playing in a major game.
The young rucks and defenders were caught out of position down the line, when Gawn blocked for van Rooyen, only 194 cm.
They tried to guard the corridor but should have pushed Jacob out of position.
Two crucial goals when scores were level.
The young rucks and defenders were caught out of position down the line, when Gawn blocked for van Rooyen, only 194 cm.
They tried to guard the corridor but should have pushed Jacob out of position.
Two crucial goals when scores were level.
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Let's test out if Dimma reads the forum. Dimma get down on the boundary and coach tomorrow 
With both MRj & Mansell out of the team this week i would love to see a couple of positional changes tried
- Pickett & Baker played foward as replacements for the above 2 players as the team line up reads
- Shai & Dusty given more midfield time
- Cotchin to be subbed and Clarke played as the sub
- Miller to be given the job on Chol
- Sonsie to be given some game time off half back
rekn he made it up to make presita look not so shyte in bf richmond boards eyes
yep thrown into disarray by the shytest allround sub disaster ever seen
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I'll tell youz what, we loose today and we may as well pack up shop
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