Chris Masten in hot water...

Winmarvellous · Mon 28 Jan 2008 11:51am

won't the Eagles be happy. Their new rookie was apparently handcuffed after a blue on Australia Day. Good to see the Eagles are mentoring their new kids on how to behave now the axe is over their necks.

Oh When the Saints · Mon 28 Jan 2008 1:16pm

Knowing his reputation, I'm quite surprised it's taken that long for him to be involved in something.

The Eagles must be a better club than I thought if they've kept Masten clean for this long.

chook23 · Post: # 512698Post **chook23** » Mon 28 Jan 2008 1:38pm

Stop blaming the club for once

BLAME the individual

such a trait of today's society to blame someone else.......

individuals take responsibility for your actions.

Armoooo · Post: # 512703Post **Armoooo** » Mon 28 Jan 2008 2:40pm

Spot on Chook, will be interested to see how the club react, I would hope there will be atleast some punishment, while individuals need to take responsibility, the club needs to start taking responsibility for the future of their players...

nabby7 · Post: # 512705Post **nabby7** » Mon 28 Jan 2008 2:57pm

oh wow realllllllly
hes a good kid thooooo

starting young tho haha

magnifisaint · Mon 28 Jan 2008 4:06pm

What an absolute dick!

Hasn't been in the system 5 mins and already in trouble. Weagles should suspend gim for the 1st 5 games. A fine is pointless!

Batnoe · Post: # 512742Post **Batnoe** » Mon 28 Jan 2008 7:02pm

chook23 wrote:Stop blaming the club for once

BLAME the individual

such a trait of today's society to blame someone else.......

individuals take responsibility for your actions.

To a degree it is the clubs fault, there is an interviewing process during trade time of kids they are interested in. If they dont conduct themselves in a professional manner most clubs pass on them. After all, you are employed by a club and people see that a mistake by an employee is that of a judgement of the club.

It is their own fault for drafting a kid with issues...regardless of skill level

saint66au · Post: # 512744Post **saint66au** » Mon 28 Jan 2008 7:08pm

Lucky he's not a Catter, he'd be given a one year ban and boiled in oil. They, after all, admit to giving special treatment to senior players

redwhite&blackblood · Mon 28 Jan 2008 7:54pm

What # did Masten get given by the club?

With this start to his career surly the kids should be granted the famous #9 of the eagles? He has earnt it.

esaint66 · Post: # 512756Post **esaint66** » Mon 28 Jan 2008 8:05pm

redwhite&blackblood wrote:What # did Masten get given by the club?

With this start to his career surly the kids should be granted the famous #9 of the eagles? He has earnt it.

im pretty sure he was given the number 13.
his lame punishment was today to tag daniel kerr in training haha.

st_Trav_ofWA · Mon 28 Jan 2008 8:12pm

im all for kicking the eagles when they are down but as a local perth person being at the skyshow as an 18 yearold i think this is more a moutain out of a mole hill . the bloke was drunk so were over 100k others at the skyshow the bloke got into a fight ditto to lots of others this bloke plays for the eagles thats the only reason it was even reported . he also got fines $2000 by the club as well as suspended for the preseason comp

esaint66 · Post: # 512787Post **esaint66** » Mon 28 Jan 2008 9:40pm

st_Trav_ofWA wrote:this bloke plays for the eagles thats the only reason it was even reported .

nah i dont think so its the pre season they would print pretty much anything.

Lynch Beast · Mon 28 Jan 2008 9:41pm

I would be putting the blame on the individual in this case

He broke a very clear rule put in place by the leadership group (drinking in public) and as far as I can gather he wasn't with any of his west coast team mates that night.

He has been suspended from the nab cup (which means he has to play 3-5 WAFL games before getting an AFL game) fined 2k and is required to do extra charity work. Not to mention being the 2nd story on the 6pm news, almost all of page 3 in the west this morning and the same again tomorrow also most likely losing respect from the clean skin leadership group because of the incident.

I would love to know how much this sort of attitude from the leadership group/coaching staff/administration would have changed the situation with Cousins/Gardiner/Fletcher/Kerr back in 99-01

Eastern · Post: # 512794Post **Eastern** » Mon 28 Jan 2008 9:46pm

We've ALL been in hot water at some stage. The last time I got into real hot water I burnt my bum ..............in the bath

!!

Winmarvellous · Mon 28 Jan 2008 9:49pm

Would've been nice to see him get knocked out. Seriously, nobody I knows goes to the skyshow anymore for this exact reason (16-18 year olds hitting the piss and starting fights left, right and centre). If you can't handle your piss, or turn the other cheek, you shouldn't be out there. Serves the dickwad right. Looks like I have already found my "new" Ben Cousins to discuss with my Eagle loving friends

magnifisaint · Tue 29 Jan 2008 12:53am

st_Trav_ofWA wrote:im all for kicking the eagles when they are down but as a local perth person being at the skyshow as an 18 yearold i think this is more a moutain out of a mole hill . the bloke was drunk so were over 100k others at the skyshow the bloke got into a fight ditto to lots of others this bloke plays for the eagles thats the only reason it was even reported . he also got fines $2000 by the club as well as suspended for the preseason comp

What a load of crap!

I can go to the skyshow stay sober, have a good time and go home without getting into a fight. If a 100,000 ppl were drunk at the skyshow, then you must have been at a different skyshow. **** grow a brain, engage it and then post something decent.

evertonfc · Post: # 512845Post **evertonfc** » Tue 29 Jan 2008 5:53am

So a footy player - not one of ours - got caught up in some crap...

Really, who cares?

Saints94 · Post: # 512850Post **Saints94** » Tue 29 Jan 2008 8:37am

They can never get it right

TimeToShineFellas · Tue 29 Jan 2008 8:44am

I know it's slightly off the topic, but geeez I miss the Sky Show they used to have in Melbourne.............

magnifisaint · Tue 29 Jan 2008 9:21am

Take a leaf out of Ben McEvoy!

Saints Premiers 2008 · Tue 29 Jan 2008 10:43am

everyone seems to be shooting down st trav lately

CURLY · Post: # 512876Post **CURLY** » Tue 29 Jan 2008 10:51am

What a lot of total crap! An 18 year old gets into a fight while out with his mates. What is the big deal it happens every weekend and more than likely happened to most of us at some stage or another. At worst his mum would be dissapointed and his dad will tell him to pull his head in.

LTN16 · Post: # 512878Post **LTN16** » Tue 29 Jan 2008 10:58am

CURLY wrote:What a lot of total crap! An 18 year old gets into a fight while out with his mates. What is the big deal it happens every weekend and more than likely happened to most of us at some stage or another. At worst his mum would be dissapointed and his dad will tell him to pull his head in.

Exactly CURLY I agree

saint66au · Post: # 512882Post **saint66au** » Tue 29 Jan 2008 11:06am

CURLY wrote:What a lot of total crap! An 18 year old gets into a fight while out with his mates. What is the big deal it happens every weekend and more than likely happened to most of us at some stage or another. At worst his mum would be dissapointed and his dad will tell him to pull his head in.

I must have mixed in the wrong circles..Ive never been in enough trouble in public that has required the Police to handcuff me

Nice to see that my punishemnt theory was correct. whilst Masten's incident was very dumb on his part, the only scope for injury was a black eye or bloodied nose. He gets to miss a huge part of his pre-season..and a chance to push for a senior berth in Round 1.

Meanwhile down at the Cattery, a Norm Smith medallist could easily have killed somone and gets a slap on the wrist for about his 4th offence. Affect to reigning premiership team...zilch

poochy2008 · Tue 29 Jan 2008 11:13am

get off the kids back would you all