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You can't change the past and how much the eagles have done for Cousins for him to be where he is footballwise.....but his father Bryan Cousins must be thinking oh i wish i had chose the cats all those yrs ago for my son !!

Until we really know the full details of this latest arrest & yes he has'nt been charged with anything yet BUT....when the major crime squad are involved it's pretty serious stuff.
How many bites of the cherry is he going to have before he really hurts himself and more importantly his family.
 

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Wouldn't fit in the cap.

Don't want him/need him anyway.
I'm sure he would be worth a limited salary now. No way anyone would accept his 800k ish price tag, especially now.

I wouldn't take him on at Geelong, we cannot afford to take on the reputation that comes with a player like this. Our playing list is now together and bringing in a guy like this might fracture that.

Say no to Cuz.
 
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Makes David Johnsons little indescretion look tame! How come Daniel Chick seems to be getting off scott free though - if you ask me, he was the beginning of the end for Cousins and crew...
 
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If he does go into the PSD and Cousins ends up at Geelong I will not be happy.
We don't need someone with that attitude around our club.
not that it will ever happen......but u r truly an idiot. ben cousins is a superstar, and would walk into any AFL team in the comp, and more then likely dominate. clearly WCE dont know how to help their players off the field, cats and steve johnson, turn around of the century
 

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not that it will ever happen......but u r truly an idiot. ben cousins is a superstar, and would walk into any AFL team in the comp, and more then likely dominate. clearly WCE dont know how to help their players off the field, cats and steve johnson, turn around of the century
Right, I'm an idiot just because you disagree with what I said...

So you're saying we should just accept his attitude and drug problems just because he has talent? Because there's no way even Geelong could change his problems, seriously what would we do? Suspend him for 6 weeks like Dog? I doubt that would help, c'mon he's been to rehab and that didn't help. What sort of punishment could a club inflict that would actually make a difference to such a problem, both attitude and substance?
I honestly don't think we need druggies and controversy bringing down a perfectly good club.
 

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not that it will ever happen......but u r truly an idiot. ben cousins is a superstar, and would walk into any AFL team in the comp, and more then likely dominate. clearly WCE dont know how to help their players off the field, cats and steve johnson, turn around of the century
That is a big "if" there though. I know he is a superstar, a great player sure. However I doubt he will survive through this with any form of AFL career.

No club in their right mind would take him on. They would be risking a lot. It gives to the quote, is all media coverage good even when it is this bad?

Nope. The Eagles will suffer also. Why would we want that at the club, we've just got our leadership group to focus as one. The Eagles went from a winning team to nothing in 1 year.

Sure they made the finals, but looked gone otherwise. Judd left, join the dots on that. Cox is asking for more cash to put up with the crap, so is Embley.

I know Cuz is great, but come on, no way he could fit in with Geelong. SJ was a totally different kettle of fish.
 

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Bloke's not too bright if he's been busted for drugs again. No confirmation on what the substance is yet but you wouldn't think it looks good for him.

Couldn't happen to a better club, really ;)
 
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How come Daniel Chick seems to be getting off scott free though - if you ask me, he was the beginning of the end for Cousins and crew...
Not much they can do - he has been delisted already

As for Cousins, the guy is a great footballer, but he is trouble. Trouble follows him around and permeates everything and everyone around him.

I'll pass on having a great player and stick with having a great football club.
 
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