Ben cousins

[Mooney_d'King]

Re: Cousins - a bit of perspective.

He's been caught with Valium for christ's sake!

What's the Lions and Saint's boys did to that bloke outside the Prince of Wales was 100 times more serious.

If that's true then it's easy to speculate that the valium was for the come-down. The telling point is that he refused drug testing.

 

[MmkMrMackie]

Re: Cousins - a bit of perspective.

Judging by our trades involving Gardiner and King, we're in the business of doing favours... What bigger favour could we do for Cousins' dad than to take Ben in. We'd get him cheap, and he is after all a brownlow medallist.

 

[Ricardo]

Re: Cousins - a bit of perspective.

Judging by our trades involving Gardiner and King, we're in the business of doing favours... What bigger favour could we do for Cousins' dad than to take Ben in. We'd get him cheap, and he is after all a brownlow medallist.

The thing is if he isn't de-registered by the AFL and he goes into the PSD then he'll be snapped up by another club. + the timing is all out, we have too many midfielders, we're too close to the salary cap and although i'd love the club to try and turn this guys life around, the club really don't need it to be honest.

 

[CF]

Re: Cousins - a bit of perspective.

Cousins is gone. He will never play at Geelong or anywhere else IMO.

 

[thylacine60]

Re: Cousins - a bit of perspective.

You can't just keep giving him another chance... he is obviously a bit screwed up... I would want to put Cousin's on suicide watch in the next few weeks haha.

And you think that possibility is funny?

 

[Stoney]

Thank god.

If the eagles/afl didnt kick him out id lose total faith in this football league.

On your bike ben cousins. now you can take as many drugs as you want.

Yeah good call hopefully someone close to u at some stage in ur ignorant life has a drug problem... maybe then u'd show a little compassion instead of making out that ben wanted all this sh!te to go wrong.

If he could the last 24 months of his life he would, once ur in over ur head - its hard to get out... and losers like u dont make the process any easier.

 

[Rockford]

The club probably doesn't have any responsibility to see that he gets well now that he is off the list. I just hope his family and friends make sure he gets the help he needs. Time to find out who your real friends are Ben.

 

[Stoney]

The club probably doesn't have any responsibility to see that he gets well now that he is off the list. I just hope his family and friends make sure he gets the help he needs. Time to find out who your real friends are Ben.

Good call... he's got a great family, im sure they'll get him through this.

 

[Mooney_d'King]

Good call... he's got a great family, im sure they'll get him through this.

He's certainly got some hard times ahead though. It's weird how all this stuff can kind of creep up on you over time and all of a sudden (ironically) you're in over your head.

 

[pistol17]

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...

Got delisted from West Coast... Apparently that decision was made earlier this year after he had an altercation with Andrew Embley. Chick also was arrested and had his home searched however no charges have been laid against him tho.

If i remember correctly i think Daniel Chicks brother died of an overdose... not 100% sure tho

 

[MmkMrMackie]

Re: Cousins - a bit of perspective.

Not even close. Try again.

 

[dan kerr]

Fourthered

Our club is a class act. Don't need a player like this there disrupting current setups.

yer steve johnson is a real class act off the field

 

[MmkMrMackie]

yer steve johnson is a real class act off the field

Compared to Cousins, Chick and Kerr, SJohnson was always an angel.

 

[thehoff]

yer steve johnson is a real class act off the field

Back in your box dopey.... stupid comment!

 

[The Final Word]

Re: Cousins - a bit of perspective.

Cousins is gone. He will never play at Geelong or anywhere else IMO.

I wish a few more people would accept this reality and move on

 

[Asty]

yer steve johnson is a real class act off the field

The difference being that steve johnson in the past was associated with alcohol ... a legal substance. He has also never been associated with crime figures like kirzon (cant be bothered looking up spellin) just with drunken stupidity. Even then geelong looked to trade him last year and suspended him this year for his drinking. Oh and he has never refused to cooperate with the police either - never refused blood test and never refused to give evidence for an investigation.

 

[buffalopride]

Wouldn't fit in the cap.

Don't want him/need him anyway.

fit in the cap..... he'd be lucky to get paid!!! IF ..THATS A BIG IF he does return he will be on a basic wage with previsions that if he stuffs up or gets caught going out they dock his pay and drop him...... He is going to live his life in a straight jacket with big brother watching his every move.

 

[LifeSpan-Void]

yer steve johnson is a real class act off the field

Steve Johnson was pulled up in a BIG way by the Geelong playing group. West Coast didn't have the balls to employ anything comparable when it mattered, and now it has come to this. I don't hate Cousins, I sympathise with his situation, having seen it several times firsthand. The most important thing for Cousins now is to take away his pedestal - for him to make any steps towards recovery he needs to be shown that his situation is no different to any standard gutter-dweller's state of addiction.
The whole "who cares what he does as long as he's playing well" ideal is all well and good for keeping a lid on a problem, but when that problem goes far beyond merely affecting a star's illustrious career and transcends a person's day-to-day existence, then that is when drastic measures need to be taken. Cousins, for his own sake, must not be allowed to play AFL anymore.

 

[Pussys]

Just remember how good of a player he was on the field

 

[Rubberducky]

Great player, a great shame.

I'd like to see him given an opportunity to make something positive of this (other than a test- sorry, couldn't not do it).

Seriously though, it's a big comunity problem, he's been a hero to many already and we can only hope he sets on the correct path. Best of luck to a man that on the field is one of the best I've seen.

 

[sarah.13]

"If only he had used his talents for goodness instead of Rotteness "
Agent 86.

 

[Darc21]

"If only he had used his talents for goodness instead of Rotteness "
Agent 86.

"Oh Max!"

 

[rizzo]

Ben Cousins, minimum wage, one year deal with a heap of clauses. I'd take the risk on that. He ****s up once, sack him.

 

[CF]

Ben Cousins, minimum wage, one year deal with a heap of clauses. I'd take the risk on that. He ****s up once, sack him.

Demetriou has practically said Cousins wont get AFL approval to get into the PSD. So give it up.

 

[WE Are Geelong]

Cousins wont play footy next year in the AFL...It doesnt get any simpler.

When draft time comes around he will most likely still be in rehab...enforced therapy to avoid impending court proceedings.

This thread has been the biggest waste of space yet all season.