AFL knocks back Polak rookie request.

[WesternTiger]

Let's draft a young kid who might turn out to be an excellent player for a long period of time and forget this media circus that is Ben Cousins, a player who is over 30, has a bd history off the field, as well as injuries in his final year on it.
Let's move forward now...put this rubbish behind us...

Gee Livers as sensible post! Didn't think you had it in you!

 

[Liverpool]

Gee Livers as sensible post! Didn't think you had it in you!

You're starting to scare me now Western.... you're not going to hug me or anything, are you? :hihi

 

[WesternTiger]

You're starting to scare me now Western.... you're not going to hug me or anything, are you? :hihi

Will see after pick 6 tomorrow! ;D

 

[skiptomystu]

Let's draft a young kid who might turn out to be an excellent player for a long period of time and forget this media circus that is Ben Cousins, a player who is over 30, has a bd history off the field, as well as injuries in his final year on it.
Let's move forward now...put this rubbish behind us...

I won't move forward until 10:15 tomorrow morning.

 

[ROLLS ROYCE]

Agree with the Red boy and Westy.

In the minority I know but this whole BC circus has been a joke and we need to put it behind us.

 

[tommystigers]

boy there must be doing some wincing there, those sour grapes must be tart.
if we want him we use pick 6 the afl have done nothing but uphold their own laws and regulations.and they have not prevented cousins from playng afl.

failure to take a drug test in most sports is what an automatic two yrs. ben should think himself lucky.

Testing positive to a drug test is two years in most sports, but not the AFL where hypocrisy reigns supreme. Don't forget the two strikers out there that have tested positive twice. Should that be four years boys?

 

[seven]

Wow..my 1st post in over 3 years!! I think i retired prematurely at the ripe old age of 23.
I feel like in the comeback kid like possibly Benny boy tomorrow but in my case im sure knowbody cares!

At first i was against the Cousins idea but the more i think about it the more i think lets do it. Bottom line is it will make our midfield stronger, free up Foley, give us experience and we can pick up a rookie in his place in 2-3 years/next year when he retires/relapses :-[ From a marketing point of view it will also give our team more exposure and possibly put bums on seats. People who say they will not go anymore if we pick him up are all talk. 2 works. BULL DUST!!

Do it!!

Welcome back. You need to fix your avatar

 

[GoodOne]

actually demetriou said that most clubs were against the idea.

Im sure he did. Im also sure he has said he would like to see Cousins playing AFL footy again. The only way I'd believe Demetri-Pies is if he presented the results and every team confirmed their opinion.

 

[Hayfever]

actually demetriou said that most clubs were against the idea

He did, yet his offsider AA used different terminology a little later which was a far less emphatic. I suspect we'll never know what the vote was, presuming one was even taken. There's still a suspicion floating around that one of the other 5 clubs might still pick Cousins up before our turn arises...... in which case the whole deal will stink to high heaven. One wonders what prompted Barrett to pour crap on us in the press and those SEN guys to be so confident this morning that our Polak request would be knocked back. Might they have be leaked the outcome in advance?

 

[Tigerbob]

A youth policy hey.....

It gets funny when picking a young player is more important than picking up a talented player.

If Ben Cousins is the most logical choice because he is;

a) The most talented player
b) represents more benefit to us in financial terms

and;

c) represents more benefit to us in achieving our on field goals

Then whats the problem?

I am a patriarch for the National Draft and Rookie Draft, i am all for the Youth planning and building a list, but common!

Ben Cousins is the most logical choice here. In more ways than just list clogging.