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I think if we had of taken cousins then we would have been making the same old StKilda decision. Since the early 1990's StKilda has gradually changed the way they do business. We havent cracked it for a flag yet, but if they keep improving the way they opperate, then oneday maybe.
Knee jerk reactions trying to cheat the system by thinking you can get something for nothing isnt a plan.
I hope Ben does well, but from a statistical point of view there is more chance of him stuffing up than there is of him succeeding.
bob__71 wrote:I think if we had of taken cousins then we would have been making the same old StKilda decision. Since the early 1990's StKilda has gradually changed the way they do business. We havent cracked it for a flag yet, but if they keep improving the way they opperate, then oneday maybe.
Knee jerk reactions trying to cheat the system by thinking you can get something for nothing isnt a plan.
I hope Ben does well, but from a statistical point of view there is more chance of him stuffing up than there is of him succeeding.
Take that considered voice of reason to some other forum bob!
WayneJudson42 wrote:
If we were that strongly in favour... where were our supporters when we were about to make the decision. Granted that all signs pointed to us picking him... but hwre was the passion from our supporters?
WayneJudson42 wrote:
If we were that strongly in favour... where were our supporters when we were about to make the decision. Granted that all signs pointed to us picking him... but hwre was the passion from our supporters?
That's been waning rapidly since about Jan 2007.
Waning dagerously.
agreed, the passion is non-existent and its a worry
at the few games i went to down in melbourne this season i was looked at awkwardly from many saints supporters for using my voice to support the boys etc etc
mind you no swearing, no profanity or singeling out of opposition players (i.e jeff farmer and the wife-beating thing) etc etc
just plain old support for my club
its just not good enough, but then again we have the whoosey-ist cheer squad built on pre-pube chants that are embarressing anyway...
I think it says it all about the mindset of some on here that the thread about a player we DIDNT get is longer that about the players that we DID pick up today
saint66au wrote:I think it says it all about the mindset of some on here that the thread about a player we DIDNT get is longer that about the players that we DID pick up today
I think it says more about the players that we did pick up today.
saint66au wrote:I think it says it all about the mindset of some on here that the thread about a player we DIDNT get is longer that about the players that we DID pick up today
I think it says more about the players that we did pick up today.
Why dont you grow some balls and actually say something for once Mr Fox. You come across as being about as stable as Gollum
bob__71 wrote:I think if we had of taken cousins then we would have been making the same old StKilda decision. Since the early 1990's StKilda has gradually changed the way they do business. We havent cracked it for a flag yet, but if they keep improving the way they opperate, then oneday maybe. (You obviously don't think that Ben cousins a Brownlow medallist would be an improvement)
Knee jerk reactions trying to cheat the system by thinking you can get something for nothing isnt a plan. How is it cheating the system?
I hope Ben does well, but from a statistical point of view there is more chance of him stuffing up than there is of him succeeding.
from a statistical point of view I think there is probably a 50% better chance of him hitting roo on the chest than half our list
bob__71 wrote:I think if we had of taken cousins then we would have been making the same old StKilda decision. Since the early 1990's StKilda has gradually changed the way they do business. We havent cracked it for a flag yet, but if they keep improving the way they opperate, then oneday maybe. (You obviously don't think that Ben cousins a Brownlow medallist would be an improvement)
Knee jerk reactions trying to cheat the system by thinking you can get something for nothing isnt a plan. How is it cheating the system?
I hope Ben does well, but from a statistical point of view there is more chance of him stuffing up than there is of him succeeding.
Yeah I
from a statistical point of view I think there is probably a 50% better chance of him hitting roo on the chest than half our list
the rookie draft is fast become a draft for young players who need a kick up the backside that have positives that far outweigh the negatives..just look at the rookie draft it is littered with examples i.e dawson, moss, howard, sam-something from carlton) the list goes on
truth be told ben cousins still won't help richmond with the flag, they imply do not have the cattle to do so...a good year for them as been a 9th place...so the draft pick is never going to be a player that is a definite gun
its a perfectly good waste of a ben cousins...a player that the dogs could have used like us (btw i stand by the boards decision - they had the guts to look into it and after everything say no)
the dogs didnt, they didnt want a bar of it to begin...perhaps more should be asked of them???oh wait...its 'rocket' rodney...noone ever asks anything of him as he is a media-saavy attempted coach
WayneJudson42 wrote:
If we were that strongly in favour... where were our supporters when we were about to make the decision. Granted that all signs pointed to us picking him... but hwre was the passion from our supporters?
That's been waning rapidly since about Jan 2007.
Waning dagerously.
GT's gone... get over it.
How about you actually answer instead of posting another glib line.
Maybe it has waned for you... but you sound like a passionless creature TBH.
All I see is a club transformed, emerging from it's transitional period and building towards some real success.
Like I said, it's ok for people who didn't agree with the decision and sook about it... after the horse had bolted.
But where were they when it cam to getting off their butts and going down to Moorabbin to let the board know what they wanted?
Where were you?
Baaaa Baaa... where's my Labrador?
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sainteronline wrote:By the way does anybody know where the board members sit at the football
because if Richmond beat us next year
which they came close to this year without cousins
110-107
I would like to know where to point the finger
And yell shame shame shame
And if we beat them?
or if Cousins gets back on the gear?
or if Richmond implode because of the intense scrunity of Cousins?
Fair Dinkum mate, there are good reasons 15 clubs didn't pick up Cousins, and extremely good reason why the Saints didn't.
If you dont know them, dont speak from a base of ignorance.
There are people who post here who know EXACTLY why Cousins wasn't drafted by the Saints - I only know second hand so I wont say a word because I didn't hear it in first person, but my sources are impeccable and if they want to reveal what they are thats up to them.
Lance or James??
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sainteronline wrote:By the way does anybody know where the board members sit at the football
because if Richmond beat us next year
which they came close to this year without cousins
110-107
I would like to know where to point the finger
And yell shame shame shame
how soft???
because in your pretend world of fantasy-board member you would have picked up ben cousins???
is that it???
you were not privy to all the information gathered over 4-5 months on ben cousins by our club and people outside...you never will be...the board voted all in favour of not picking him up
sainteronline wrote:By the way does anybody know where the board members sit at the football
because if Richmond beat us next year
which they came close to this year without cousins
110-107
I would like to know where to point the finger
And yell shame shame shame
how soft???
because in your pretend world of fantasy-board member you would have picked up ben cousins???
is that it???
you were not privy to all the information gathered over 4-5 months on ben cousins by our club and people outside...you never will be...the board voted all in favour of not picking him up
comprehendae???
Apparently he was... he swears by it. We didn't get him because he wasn't 100% clean... I think.
Anyway, I'm sure if he hangs around Linton St long enough, he's bound to bump into Burkie and Thommo... then he can speak his mind as freely as he does on here... NOT.
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