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bombersno1 said:
The risk of him desroying the club is too high. I don't want our youngsters to be subjected to drugs and other stupid things that Cousins does. He is not over his addiction, as anyone with some understanding of drug use would tell you it takes more than 12 months to cut a huge drug addiction.
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Think about that for a second. I assume, with no knowledge whatsoever, that you work in an office.

Let's say that one of the people in your office turns up to work having been out on coke all night. Do you and your colleagues suddenly become druggies?

Same applies here.

Why the **** would our kids become "subjected to drugs"?
 
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Nope but around a team environment the risks are much higher. I don't want our young stars which are our future to get involved in any way with Ben Cousins or his dealers. The risk of him turning our kids onto drugs- whether that is just him or whatever is not the point- the risks are there and they are huge risks. I do not want any drug related instances at EFC. I have no sympathy for drug users and never will. I hope Cousins gets himself right but I really could not care less about him. Glad the EFC will be taking Skipworth ahead of a druggo.
 
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bombersno1 said:
The risk of him turning our kids onto drugs- whether that is just him or whatever is not the point- the risks are there and they are huge risks.
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Can you tell me how having a potential user on our list will make everyone else start taking drugs?

Did everyone start screwing around in clubs when Hislop was there?
Does everyone beat their missuses because Lovett is here?
 
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Ben the Gooner said:
I'll say it again - you genuinely think he could destroy the Essendon football club?

Given the media scrutiny he's (rightly or wrongly) received over the past couple of years, do you think that anyone is going to be stupid enough to follow him even if he does re-offend. There is zero chance of him receiving a contract which doesn't have an escape clause for the club. If he re-offends, his career is over.

The issue is not what damage the club will suffer if he re-offends, it's whether he can offer on-field, and whether that's worth the risk of losing a spot on our list for a year.
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Interesting point but look at it in another way. If you take the focus about the playing group being sucked in and look at it from a sponsor or buisines angle things can be different.
The whisper getting around is that Ben has not helped his situation by refusing to cut ties with certain people that he probaly should not be in contact with and the StKilda and Collingwood investigations found that.
Now you can imagine the headlines and how our new sponsors would react if Cousins photo with some of his Melbourne based friend turned up on the front page. Having just signed a massive deal with Samsung ( who chose us becasue of our rather clean off field image among other things ) it could become rather messy.
Cousins would never destroy the playing list but he certainly has the potential to put sponsors off and in the current market situation it is a huge risk.
 

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The sponsors are the only issue which I didn't mention, but would you not eat Hungry Jacks, or get your insurance from SGIO etc. because of the drug culture at West Coast? Would anybody think like that?

It's all a bit of a beat up.

The real issue here is whether it's worth risking a spot on the list for Cousins.
 
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Ben the Gooner said:
The sponsors are the only issue which I didn't mention, but would you not eat Hungry Jacks, or get your insurance from SGIO etc. because of the drug culture at West Coast? Would anybody think like that?

It's all a bit of a beat up.

The real issue here is whether it's worth risking a spot on the list for Cousins.
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Sponsers spend millions upon millions in building their brand, Samsung have probably spent Billions.

As Ant mentioned we would appeal to Samsung, apart from the obvious, for our cleaner image than other successful clubs.

They would most likely have a break clause in the contract and if so, there is now way that the board would consider any player that might put the sponsership at risk.
 
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I want to see a left-field option get picked up for our mature recruit...Shane Birss!! more valuable on field than Skippy, and much, much safer option than Cousins :)
 
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Merv said:
You quoted me but didn't reply to my quote and mentioned calling him The Druggy, which i didn't do?

Skipworth won't be there next year if we don't draft him as he will be playing in SA.
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I didn't claim you did. Spikey did.

So let me get this straight, Skipworth is that important that we need to draft him so he doesn't leave the Bendigo Bombers... The basket case of the VFL and go back to SA.

What a rediculous notion. This would be a disgusting decision for many reasons including:

Been out of AFL senior football for far too long
Was never an outstanding player and was mearly a bit part roll player at Adelaide.
Would not be in our best 22 next year
Damien Pev' is a better player than him. We moved him on... Go figure.
If he's that important to the kids then offer him $50k or a base payment (what he'd be on to assist as a development coach.


and so on... and so on.
 
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Merv said:
Sponsers spend millions upon millions in building their brand, Samsung have probably spent Billions.

As Ant mentioned we would appeal to Samsung, apart from the obvious, for our cleaner image than other successful clubs.

They would most likely have a break clause in the contract and if so, there is now way that the board would consider any player that might put the sponsership at risk.
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I understand it's a reality, and it'll be why we won't sign him. However, it's a bit strange. As I said before, I'm not not going to use a sponsor of West Coast because of the drug issue, or a sponsor of Carlton because they're *****. If anything, it'll get the sponsor's name in more places. If Ben Cousins signed for Essendon, then played his first game, what would be the front page of the Sun and the Age? It'd be Ben Cousins and the big Samsung logo on his chest. Bam, hundreds of thousands of people see the Samsung name in a flash.

I'm not going to subconciously attach drugs to Samsung because of Ben Cousins wearing their logo.

But, it's a fact, and that's why Ben won't play again, unless there's a real turn around.
 
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TheDon35 said:
I didn't claim you did. Spikey did.

So let me get this straight, Skipworth is that important that we need to draft him so he doesn't leave the Bendigo Bombers... The basket case of the VFL and go back to SA.
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You got it bent, i didn't say that at all, i merely responded to your statement that he could continue to be a mentor at Bendigo.
 
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bombersno1 said:
No he is not, I'd rather take a project kid that may make it rather than a guy (Cousins) that in all likelyhood would destroy EFC. He is not what we need. Even Skipworth would be better.
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Well wouldnt that be fitting, we are the bombers arent we

XD
but seriously

what are you on?
 
yze anyone?

Yze puts his hat in pre-season draft ring

FORMER Melbourne star Adem Yze is hoping his prolific career at the top level is not done yet, with the 31-year-old a surprise nominee for next week’s NAB AFL pre-season draft.


http://afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=70733

worth some consideration i would have thought
 
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Has about as much chance of being picked up as I do..... and I've not nominated.
 

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Wouldn't think twice... Plenty of other better options out there that would be more beneficial to the side. Andrew Lee would be a better option... That's saying something...
 
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Hopefully as much chance as Nathan Carroll.
 

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Ben the Gooner said:
I understand it's a reality, and it'll be why we won't sign him. However, it's a bit strange. As I said before, I'm not not going to use a sponsor of West Coast because of the drug issue, or a sponsor of Carlton because they're *****. If anything, it'll get the sponsor's name in more places. If Ben Cousins signed for Essendon, then played his first game, what would be the front page of the Sun and the Age? It'd be Ben Cousins and the big Samsung logo on his chest. Bam, hundreds of thousands of people see the Samsung name in a flash.

I'm not going to subconciously attach drugs to Samsung because of Ben Cousins wearing their logo.

But, it's a fact, and that's why Ben won't play again, unless there's a real turn around.
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I always chuck non-recylclables in with the recyclables at work. Dick Pratt can get stuffed.
 
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AndyLesPaul said:
Well wouldnt that be fitting, we are the bombers arent we

XD
but seriously

what are you on?
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I am not on anything, I don't do drugs and have never tried drugs, and I rarely drink at all (special occasions and only the very odd glass of wine). I don't want Cousins anywhere near our club.
 
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bombersno1 said:
I am not on anything, I don't do drugs and have never tried drugs, and I rarely drink at all (special occasions and only the very odd glass of wine). I don't want Cousins anywhere near our club.
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Then seeing as you arent a druggo then you must be good enough to play for essendon, because druggos arent? He's not going to even be their anyway.

The_Young_Gun said:
That's a bit hypocritical.. dont you think?:cool:
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Its what we're all thinking :p
 
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is there any word on essendon taking an interest in cockie deboer rockliff klemke etc?
 
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Strike Swiftly said:
Ben cousins... and by looking at the results above, most agree with me.
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OH dear Swiftly my friend, less than 30% isn't most, the other 70+% disagree with you, they just have different views on who we should draft. ;)

Also, I guarantee a lot of weagles supporters have voted in the poll, it should have been a public poll for accuracy, really all polls on club boards should be, to stop opposition supporters wrecking the polls.
 
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