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10,000,000 Cousins threads [Merged]

Will Ben Cousins Be Playing In The AFL Next Year?

  • Yes, At The Eagles

    Votes: 9 3.4%
  • Yes, At Another Club

    Votes: 92 35.0%
  • No

    Votes: 136 51.7%
  • Unsure

    Votes: 26 9.9%

  • Total voters
    263
Hayfever said:
The incident in Melbourne where he was supposedly found "inebriated" on the street in thw wee small hours....... was he actually tested for alcohol, or was it simply assumed he was pissed?

More recent events, as well as the Perth runner, raises the question of whether it was cocaine(or ice) then as well.

the run ben run incident definately wasnt drink related...this came from a close friend who was at the same party as ben and his girlfriend...
such a disgraceful act in abandoning your girlfriend in the car...says a lot about his character..
i have been told lots of other instances involving benny which unfortunately cant be repeated on here....these have been told to me by a close mate from perth who mixes in the same circle... :-X
 
tigers80 said:
i have been told lots of other instances involving benny which unfortunately cant be repeated on here....these have been told to me by a close mate from perth who mixes in the same circle... :-X

This is the thing. These rumours abound..

the media has probably only reported a skeric of what Benny has been up to.
 
Yep your 100% right Tiger of old. I think you will find that the police know a fair bit more too!

There is so much more to come in this saga imho. ;)
 
crackertiger said:
Yep your 100% right Tiger of old. I think you will find that the police know a fair bit more too!

There is so much more to come in this saga imho. ;)

these things don't usually end well.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

glantone said:
Is it fair to assume that if the Tiges offered Cousins a contract, then the club is by default accepting of (champion) players committing such crimes and misdemeanours providing they don’t commit them while wearing the Tiger gurnsey?
And if that’s the case where do the Tiges draw their moral line?

For me, I’d say YES to any Brownlow champion junky, booze hound, party animal or mad transvestite but draw the line on suspected serial killers, rabies carriers and conservatives...... unless they’re a KPP of course.

Yes all very humourous.

Where do the tigers draw the line?

They are obviously happy with players that punch the living daylights out of other people. Considering Cousins has only harmed himself whereas the other has harmed another human being, I know which I consider worse.

Where do you seriously draw the line?
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

jb hypothetically if it were your son in Ben's position would you wish him to take time out in relative privacy to get his act together and possibly save his life or would you be happy for him to be thrust back into the spotlight and a situation history indicates he hasn't coped that well with.  To me professional treatment for my child would far outweigh a football career.

I don't see it as a matter of Richmond drawing the line.  I'd be surprised if Ben was re-registered with the AFL but I guess time will tell.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

jb03 said:
Yes all very humourous.

Where do the tigers draw the line?

They are obviously happy with players that punch the living daylights out of other people. Considering Cousins has only harmed himself whereas the other has harmed another human being, I know which I consider worse.

Where do you seriously draw the line?

Silly post.

Cousins has harmed his family, friends, team mates, girlfriend, AFL brand, along with the entire western civilisation as we know it.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

Redford said:
Silly post.

Cousins has harmed his family, friends, team mates, girlfriend, AFL brand, along with the entire western civilisation as we know it.

..but it won't harm the Y&B because we are the mighty Tigers and if anyone can reign in Ben Cousins it's us!! :spin :help
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

Tigers of Old said:
..but it won't harm the Y&B because we are the mighty Tigers and if anyone can reign in Ben Cousins it's us!! :spin :help

Is that code for: “The Y&B brand is pretty valueless right now anyway, so what the hell.” ?

Fair enough.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

Redford said:
Silly post.

Cousins has harmed his family, friends, team mates, girlfriend, AFL brand, along with the entire western civilisation as we know it.

I get it now, so anyone that harms any of the above is not fit to play. Your push to sanitise the game is pathetic.

LOL at you worried about the AFL Brand. You really do bring the worst of Caro and Patrick Smith to this site.

Where's Momentai when you need him - c'mon Miller, get Cousins. Stuff 'em all.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

Your point and opinion are made on this one jb03. I just think it would be a very bad and far too risky move. As a member, I'd disapprove strongly. As bad as we are, we have to draw the line somewhere as a responsible organisation. If Cousins had already been playing for us, I'd suggest we should boot him - and the criteria for getting or keeping any player should be the same.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

jb03 said:
I get it now, so anyone that harms any of the above is not fit to play. Your push to sanitise the game is pathetic.

LOL at you worried about the AFL Brand. You really do bring the worst of Caro and Patrick Smith to this site.

Where's Momentai when you need him - c'mon Miller, get Cousins. Stuff 'em all.

You're right. Lets get Trevor Grant's opinion.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

Benny's health is first & foremost at the moment!
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

Redford said:
Is that code for: “The Y&B brand is pretty valueless right now anyway, so what the hell.” ?

Fair enough.

*smile* Smith doesn't think we have no value.
He might if we bring Cousins on board though.

hopper said:
If Cousins had already been playing for us, I'd suggest we should boot him - and the criteria for getting or keeping any player should be the same.

Game, set, match.

No club in the competition will hire a drug addict.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

Tigers of Old said:
*smile* Smith doesn't think we have no value.
He might if we bring Cousins on board though.

Yeah, fair enough. He probably sees us as going haywire so there's a correlation between that and all the electronic wiring and appliances he sells.
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

Tigers of Old said:
*smile* Smith doesn't think we have no value.
He might if we bring Cousins on board though.

Game, set, match.

No club in the competition will hire a drug addict.

What about rapists, flashers and perveyors of white collar crime? Would you be happy to have them at your club?
 
Re: Cousins: The poll. Do you want the Tigers to draft Ben Cousins?

jb03 said:
What about rapists, flashers and perveyors of white collar crime? Would you be happy to have them at your club?

Don't forget those who urinate at Crown, brawl in the streets, drive drunk, beat up their wife/girlfriend, and so on.

I would also count in the Carlton boys who refuses to assist the salary cap breach investigation because "they are no longer with the club". Bl00dy cheats, I hate em!