AFL Decides no

[fearnofoe12]

the afl must be thinking we're gonna take ben with our 6th pick, we had a gun to the afls head. they're trying to turn it around. Cause if we do pick cousins with out pick 6, they won't look like the bad guys anymore, no one will even remember this.
i think we take him anyway. so many rookies never play a game

 

[The Cotchin Supremacy]

I still think we will get him with pick 6. Lets wait to hear from the club before disparing.

 

[GIVELIDSTHEFOOTY]

goes to show unless you get cancer - you aren't sick in the AFL's eyes

I think Polak will retire now

What a stupid post.

 

[turtle27]

Re: Refused...

I think Freo have said they will draft Gourdis ahead of us in the Rookie Draft. I still think we should grab Cousins no matter what assurances we have given a project player who may never even play a senior game. Wallace in the last year of his contract should be thinking the same way.

IMO not getting Goo won't hurt us. There are other kids avialable, so take one of them in the Rookie draft, and take Ben at PSD #6.

 

[camsmith]

Re: Refused...

Big ****ing hearted AFL.
Bet their staff would be protected if a tram hit them!
Ahole Football League.

Eddie Football League more like it.

Once I heard Eddie was against it I always thought the odds were against us.

 

[astro_toby]

Well, this is the guy that made the AFL's drug policy look like a complete joke, and made the AFL themselves look like complete twats.

their drug policy was crap though - it was widely abused

 

[Barry_1]

Draft Cousins anyway with pick 6, screw Gourdis, Fremantle would be stupid to get him after from what i belive he has said he only wants to play for Richmond, so hopefully we rookie list Gourdis and promote him and everything will be fine

 

[thespud]

As i said previously and got shot down by many, the club always knew it was a long shot and really arent that heart broken about it. Sorry to break more bad news to the Cousins lovers, but the club WILL NOT be picking Ben with pick 6. The only way we would have taken him is with a second pre season pick. We don't lose either way really.

 

[TheNumber4]

there was a reason why the made it near impossible to get back - they don't want him back.

this has nothing to do with cousins though - the fact they have refused to help us with Polak considering his case - appalling decision AFL

What does it matter if Polak is on LTIL or the mature age rookie list? The tigers left it too late unfortunately. Perhaps they should have done this a month ago and then clubs and AFL may have gone for this.

Use Pick 6 for Cousins. Chose the kid in the rookie draft, put Polak on LTIL and elevate the rookie! They have to do this otherwise, the rookie will always be known as the kid who stopped Cousins from coming to the tigers....not unlike Josh Kennedy at Carlton last year in the Judd deal.

Good luck though ...hope you get him

 

[UpTheGuts]

Makes for a helluva lot of pressure for Gourdis if we go with him.

Not sure if that would be good for him?

 

[fearnofoe12]

Everyone to the richmonds site! Lets chaaarge!

 

[astro_toby]

What a stupid post.

why is it stupid? i didn't say i want him to - my gut feeling is he might.

its called putting the team before yourself. Polly could still sign for Coburg, and if he gets fit and goes well at coburg - we could draft him again next year - no one would dare try and trade him against his will.

i just think polly will not feel comfortable costing the team a player like cousins.

next year we already have 2 players on the LTI

 

[Themi#9]

get him with pick 6, i have had enough, so have you boys! fukn DO IT!!

 

[one eyedtiger]

We took Gourdis as our first pick last year in the ROOKIE DRAFT, and then we delisted him. It will be stupid to pick him up again. It's stupidy.

Its been said that we are looking at re-drafting him. He's been training with us.

 

[beaver fever]

Everyone to the richmonds site! Lets chaaarge!

No, let's not!

 

[camsmith]

What does it matter if Polak is on LTIL or the mature age rookie list? The tigers left it too late unfortunately. Perhaps they should have done this a month ago and then clubs and AFL may have gone for this.

Use Pick 6 for Cousins. Chose the kid in the rookie draft, put Polak on LTIL and elevate the rookie! They have to do this otherwise, the rookie will always be known as the kid who stopped Cousins from coming to the tigers....not unlike Josh Kennedy at Carlton last year in the Judd deal.

Good luck though ...hope you get him

You're as bad as Doran on SEN..there is a major difference. He keeps saying the same thing about the LTIL and pick up Gourdis in rookie draft, thing is that if that happens Polak can't play (not what the club or Polak wants) and Gourdis will probably be gone (to freo) if we wait till the rookie draft.

ffs its frustrating.

AGGHHHH HE HAS SAID IT AGAIN! omg! Someone please call him up and tell him the difference.

 

[Eagle87]

Re: Refused...

They can't take him with pick 6 now. Makes them look stupid if they do.

Whats more important, short term pride of some Tigers people, or getting a gun player for buggar all in the PSD?

 

[beaver fever]

Doran is an idiot, but spamsmith, Polak will most likely never play again.

 

[eays]

This decision by the AFL and the positions of some of the clubs such as Collingwood make we want to get Ben even more.

Not just to stick it up them all, but mostly because Ben will be one motivated buy in a few games next year (e.g. Collingwood, Freo etc) and if there is one thing i've learnt in sport is that Champion players with a score to settle are something you dont want to run into. I'd be down at the TAB as early as possible for most possessions etc on Ben for those games.

GET BEN - SCREW THE AFL.

 

[mellowyellow]

I know for many its a bad decision but some of you need to chill . Being fired up and angry leads to poor decision making.

/chill

 

[Captain_Brown_7]

Re: Refused...

Whats more important, short term pride of some Tigers people, or getting a gun player for buggar all in the PSD?

Point taken, but the club has categorically stated they won't take him with pick 6. If they do, it is more than just short term pride that is effected. No-one will ever believe what they say again.

One thing is for sure...It is going to be a very interesting 24 hours.

 

[Jim Jess's Jockstrap]

a disgrace of epic proportions and an unjust one. there should be a probe done independently about the influence of eddie mchins around the afl. would not have happened if it was coll. againa a disgrace now lets stick it up em and take ben with no 6

 

[Tiger_Stripes]

This was never about Polak's injury, from the moment Eddie opened his mouth and the media circus began it became all about Cousins. Thus, when the time for a decsion came, it wasn't about Polak's welfare, but Richmond looking to circumvent the draft rules and get Cousins.

Thank god there's still hope though although the Richmond admin have painted themselves into a fine corner, i'll swear now though, if they pick Cousins, I and my extended family are all going straight down to the club and buying assured finals tickets for the next 3 years.

Make the right decison Tigs

 

[Captain_Brown_7]

Doran is an idiot, but spamsmith, Polak will most likely never play again.

Does Mark Doran follow Collingwood?!?!

 

[tigerdan]

So only take 1 18 yr old and 1 19 yr old in an entire senior draft. Yeah good list management there cotchy.

You are insane!

You put the holy grail of 'list management' ahead of everything else. The way you carry on one would think that premierships are only won by a team of 18 year olds.

By your logic we'd have to refuse a trade for Gary Ablett or Luke Hodge or anyone, for our last pick, just because we'd not be picking enough 18 year olds.

You'd make a good fundamentalist Bentleigh, what did you study at Uni, Theology?