Lucy Zelic demands end to Socceroos striker Jason Cummings’ nickname

The football analyst has drawn a line in the sand and demanded an end to Jason Cummings’ “dreadful” nickname.

Former SBS football analyst Lucy Zelic has demanded an end to Socceroos star Jason Cummings’ nickname of ‘Cumdog’. Pic: Getty/Twitter

Former SBS football analyst Lucy Zelic has drawn a line in the sand and demanded an end to Socceroos star Jason Cummings’ nickname of ‘Cumdog’.

The media personality was left fuming as Cummings’ name and nickname was featured all over social media as his hilarious failed jersey swap story with France’s Olivier Giroud became talk of the town all over again on Friday.

Replying to one tweet which referred to Cummings as ‘Cumdog’, Zelic fumed, writing on Twitter: “Please, please, please for the love of God, can we stop calling him this dreadful nickname?

“He’s represented our country for goodness sake. This is just revolting and so tacky.”

Please, please, please for the love of God, can we stop calling him this dreadful nickname? He’s represented our country for goodness sake. This is just revolting and so tacky. https://t.co/8uiGRlNE4n

— Lucy Zelić (@LucyZelic) December 22, 2022

The tweet quickly kicked off a firestorm as many rushed to defend Cummings and his nickname, while others accepted it could be seen as extremely derogatory.

Urban Dictionary for example describes a cumdog as a ‘w***e’ or ‘s**t’.

One Zelic follower wrote: “I think Lucy is referring to the common slang meaning which is used derogatorily towards women. Of course it’s a play off Cummings name in this case but it’s still a horrible term.”

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Lucy Zelic (left) and Craig Foster arrive at the 2019 Logie Awards. (AAP Image)

However others dismissed Zelic’s complaints while calling for her to “lighten up”.

“Not everything needs to be romanticised and serious 100% of the time,” one fan wrote.

“Why can’t we lean into our culture of larakinism and have that as a strength of our game?”

Others argued the nickname is fine given Cummings refers to himself as “Cumdog”.

Oh please, he’s referred to himself as that “dreadful” nickname. Have a bit of fun pic.twitter.com/MS0t1Fxpy0

— Jack Johnston (@jackjohns1810) December 22, 2022

Cummings has previously spoken of how he gave himself the nickname ‘Cumdog’ during a training session with Scottish club Hibernian.

“I got that nickname... it was my wrestling nickname,” Cummings explained.

“I wrestled some guy called Grado, he was a wrestler in Scotland, and he came in when I was at Hibs (Hibernian).

“He came in and he was giving it the big one so I chucked on the Spandex, put ‘Cumdog’ on the chest and I battered him.

“The rest was history. Everyone’s called me Cumdog since then but now I’m in Australia, everyone is calling me the Cumdingo. So the Cumdog or Cumdingo, no problem.”

Jason Cummings is an absolute larrikin. (Photo by Scott Gardiner/Getty Images)

The debate kicked off hours after French star Olivier Giroud hilariously shot back at the Aussie striker over an apparent jersey swap snub at the FIFA World Cup.

Cummings revealed early this week that Giroud had brutally ignored him when he asked the AC Milan striker to swap jerseys after Australia’s 4-1 loss to France in the World Cup opener.

In an appearance on The Project, Cummings declared Giroud “pretended he never spoke English” when asked to swap jerseys.

However Giroud then hit back with a hilarious Twitter post that shows he wasn’t pretending to not speak English after the match, at least not to everyone.

Writing alongside an image of a Socceroos jersey belonging to fellow Aussie player Jackson Irvine, Giroud wrote: “Hi @jacksonirvine_ how is my English mate?”

Hi 👋🏼 @jacksonirvine_ How is my english mate? 🤣🤣🤣 🇫🇷❤️🇦🇺✊🏼 pic.twitter.com/McHQP30cCX

— Olivier Giroud (@_OlivierGiroud_) December 22, 2022

The tweet instantly became a social media sensation after it was shared late on Thursday night (AEDT), with more than 5,000 retweets by Friday morning.

In one hilarious reply, Jackson Irvine took the joke even further, writing: “What a man. I can confirm we exchanged our hair care routines in perfect English.”

Although clearly tongue in cheek, it was a far cry from the version of events Cummings shared a few nights earlier.

“After the France game, I actually tried to get Mbappe – forget Giroud, I went for the top boy Mbappe – and he told me to meet him in the change rooms,” Cummins told The Project.

“So I went to the changing room and the kit man was there and I gave him my top and 10 minutes later he came out with my jersey and says: ‘Nah, absolutely not, (Mbappe) doesn’t want to swap’.

“So when I was walking back to my change room and I’ve seen Giroud and I’m walking, as handsome as ever, and I asked him, ‘Giroud, please man, can I get your shirt man? I’m a big fan, can I get your shirt?’

Jason Cummings of Australia in action during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group D match between France and Australia. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

“And he just walked past me, pretended he never spoke English! And he’s been in the Premier League for 10 years! (laughing).

“He just walked right past me!”

Considering some of ‘Cumdog’ Cummings’ other post-World Cup yarns, it’s fair to say the former Rangers striker has been giving himself a fair bit of creative licence.

The 27-year-old also joked he played a part in Messi’s majestic World Cup run because of a pre-game Instagram message.

“I think I deserve a lot of credit (for Messi’s World Cup showing) – he’s definitely checked his phone just before, he’s seen the Cumdog pop up on his Instagram there,” Cummins said.

“He’s checked that and it just gave him that extra motivation.”