Ben Cousins - He's back (now at Richmond) [Merged Threads]

[Dave The Man]

Hope this does not come back to Bite ua on the ARSE.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 61,00.html

[Black_White]

More likely it will come back to bite Richmond on the arse.

[spoljar]

Perfect club for Cousins to work on his Tan. They are going to have to build a bigger Solarium down at Punt Road!

[jack_spain]

Hope this does not come back to Bite ua on the ARSE.

That would be a horrible sight Dave.

[Leggie]

More likely it will come back to bite Richmond on the arse.

Beat me to it

[Culprit]

Suntan Terry Wallet has a last roll of the dice before getting the flick after five years of nothing. Cousins is his rabbit out of the hat.

[bwphantom]

Haha...couldn't think of any other Club that deserves Cousins.

A dud going to a dud club...Feed that retirement fund at Punt road...Classic

[Wokko]

If you had a club legend breathing down your neck for the head coaching job, you'd be willing to try anything too.

[Culprit]

Rumour and a huge one from the Yellow and Black is the discussions with the possible new major sponsor are now on hold until after the draft. If they pick up Cousins I am told that there will be no deal.

[Wokko]

Rumour and a huge one from the Yellow and Black is the discussions with the possible new major sponsor are now on hold until after the draft. If they pick up Cousins I am told that there will be no deal.

Why should sponsors give a shit about who a club drafts? Is this seriously where our game is headed, with a financial contributor actually costing clubs a chance at success by vetoing draft picks? Is that what happened to us as well?

[Culprit]

Rumour and a huge one from the Yellow and Black is the discussions with the possible new major sponsor are now on hold until after the draft. If they pick up Cousins I am told that there will be no deal.

Why should sponsors give a shit about who a club drafts? Is this seriously where our game is headed, with a financial contributor actually costing clubs a chance at success by vetoing draft picks? Is that what happened to us as well?

A sponsor may not wish to have a druggie as part of their image.

[Wokko]

A sponsor may not wish to have a druggie as part of their image.

If this means costing the team they sponsor a chance at a flag then the team is better off without them. Premiership > $$$

[RudeBoy]

Haha...couldn't think of any other Club that deserves Cousins.

A dud going to a dud club...Feed that retirement fund at Punt road...Classic

You're half right, except I actually think it's a case of a champion player going to a dud club.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Midfield's probably the least of their concerns so this seems like a desparate move

[stui magpie]

Rumour and a huge one from the Yellow and Black is the discussions with the possible new major sponsor are now on hold until after the draft. If they pick up Cousins I am told that there will be no deal.

Why should sponsors give a shit about who a club drafts? Is this seriously where our game is headed, with a financial contributor actually costing clubs a chance at success by vetoing draft picks? Is that what happened to us as well?

A sponsor may not wish to have a druggie as part of their image.

That's up tp the club spin doctors to sell the potential sponsor on the good publicity of being actively involved in giving someone a second chance. Some company could make some good mileage out of spinning it into, "we do not condone drugs or drug use, but we do believe everyone deserves a chance to make reparations so we are proud to be involved....etc etc"

On the other hand I'm glad we didn't take him, If you thought the fuss over Didak was something, imagine the headlines the first time he did something remotely connected while at Collingwood. If he farted at church the Hun and Aged would print special supplements analysing the sound and aroma and blaming Eddie and our culture.