by Footy Chick » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:15 pm
Gatt_Weasel wrote:if they (Walkerville) dont win the flag ill run around the block of my street naked :) you can grab a chair and enjoy the view
by Booney » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:23 pm
Footy Chick wrote:Peter Maynard mentioned on Triple M this morning that it would be worse for him NOT to get picked up. Would crush his confidence and he would be more likely to relapse.
I tend to agree with that statement.
Adelaide is the last place Ben Cousins needs to be... Ports reasons for wanting him would be purely selfish, they would do it for no other reason than to boost their own attendances, moreso than giving a top player a second chance. The pressure put on him in Adelaide was enough to drive our last star out of town (and funnily enough to Western Australia)
by JK » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:25 pm
by Footy Chick » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:26 pm
by JK » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:34 pm
by Booney » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:41 pm
by JK » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:48 pm
by Adelaide Hawk » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:57 pm
Footy Chick wrote:Peter Maynard mentioned on Triple M this morning that it would be worse for him NOT to get picked up. Would crush his confidence and he would be more likely to relapse.
I tend to agree with that statement.
Adelaide is the last place Ben Cousins needs to be... Ports reasons for wanting him would be purely selfish, they would do it for no other reason than to boost their own attendances, moreso than giving a top player a second chance. The pressure put on him in Adelaide was enough to drive our last star out of town (and funnily enough to Western Australia)
by Booney » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:10 pm
Constance_Perm wrote:You would think only those clubs who consider themselves close to being legitimate contenders, and believe they have enough juniors in their talent pool to punt on an investment, would take him.
So who fits that bill IYO Danielsahn? Hawks, Cats, Dogs, Power, Richmond, Carlton, Brisbane?
by JK » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:19 pm
Booney wrote:Constance_Perm wrote:You would think only those clubs who consider themselves close to being legitimate contenders, and believe they have enough juniors in their talent pool to punt on an investment, would take him.
So who fits that bill IYO Danielsahn? Hawks, Cats, Dogs, Power, Richmond, Carlton, Brisbane?
Carlton and Essendon are the first two that pop to mind. However,Port and the Doggies also,IMO,seem to be in a similar position.
by Tooting Bec » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:27 pm
by BALLHOG » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:58 pm
Tooting Bec wrote:I know that there will be a lot of scrutiny on Cousins if he gets picked up, but a lot of clubs a picking on all the negatives that they see and not focusing on some of the positives that Cousins might be able to give to the clubs. What happens if he recovers well and manages to play another 5 years of AFL at the top level and teaches the kids a lot of invaluble footy lessons?
He is/was an absolute football superstar...
by Dog_ger » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:18 pm
by Dog_ger » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:48 pm
by hearts on fire » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:49 pm
Dog_ger wrote:Something tells me "Port Power"...?
by Barto » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:00 pm
hearts on fire wrote:Dog_ger wrote:Something tells me "Port Power"...?
what makes you think this? it wouldn't surprise me if an outsider picked him up, but i doubt the Power would......
by hearts on fire » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:02 pm
by westozfalcon » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:37 pm
by McAlmanac » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:19 pm
westozfalcon wrote:I don't know why sponsors of clubs are getting so scared off by the prospect of Cousins being recruited.
The club would not be inheriting all the disrepute from Cousins tenure at West Coast. The Eagles brought that upon themselves by continually doing an ostrich impersonation over his indiscretions. They turned a blind eye too many times and created the fiasco.
All that previous dirty laundry doesn't have to carry over to his new club and tarnish it and it's sponsors. The AFL has given him the green light (subject of course to strict conditions) and the slate should therefore be wiped clean.
All they need to worry about is the future, not what has gone before.
by Hondo » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:42 pm
Barto wrote:hearts on fire wrote:what makes you think this? it wouldn't surprise me if an outsider picked him up, but i doubt the Power would......
They've been pretty quiet on the whole issue. Every other club is screaming "no thanks".
It'd be a shame for him to end up there.
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