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Cousins to Richmond

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:20 pm
by 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

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:23 pm
by Black_White
More likely it will come back to bite Richmond on the arse.

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:26 pm
by spoljar
Perfect club for Cousins to work on his Tan. They are going to have to build a bigger Solarium down at Punt Road!

Re: Cousins to Richmond

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:12 pm
by jack_spain
Dave The Man wrote:Hope this does not come back to Bite ua on the ARSE.
That would be a horrible sight Dave. :lol: :wink:

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:51 am
by Leggie
member34259 wrote:More likely it will come back to bite Richmond on the arse.
Beat me to it

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:22 am
by 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.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:32 am
by 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 :)

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:33 am
by Wokko
If you had a club legend breathing down your neck for the head coaching job, you'd be willing to try anything too.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:11 am
by 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.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:44 am
by Wokko
Culprit wrote: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?

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:54 am
by Culprit
Wokko wrote:
Culprit wrote: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.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:13 pm
by Wokko
Culprit wrote: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 > $$$

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:18 pm
by RudeBoy
bwphantom wrote: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.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:37 pm
by Piethagoras' Theorem
Midfield's probably the least of their concerns so this seems like a desparate move

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:42 pm
by stui magpie
Culprit wrote:
Wokko wrote:
Culprit wrote: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. :roll: