ST KILDA DECIDES NOT TO PROCEED WITH BEN COUSINS

S.A Saint · Post: # 677398Post **S.A Saint** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:35pm

Hey people, did i miss the party or what lol???

Man this took me no bulls*** half an hour to read....

There are some few good comments about the decision and some shockers about people tearing up memberships...

I was gutted about the decision personally as i have wanted him to become a saint and help us for our next flag. I can only hope now that the clubs sticks to its youth plan and doesn't draft NC for only 1 reason and that is because of his age... i also think that he could help us out like some people have said to release Bj and gram into the midfield.

Iceman234 · Post: # 677400Post **Iceman234** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:35pm

chook23 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:Chook23, where were the pics in Saints jumpers? I missed them apart from the photoshopped ones.
afl website

papers

OK were they legit pics? I hadn't seen any other than the shopped ones?

Was he actually training with us?

saint66au · Post: # 677401Post **saint66au** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:35pm

Get this through your head Archie, Greg et al... Our ONE and ONLY priority is to win the flag NEXT SEASON... not to make granduous statements and moral choices...

Ahhh OK..so you werent one of the people here demanding WCE be stripped of their 2006 flag when Ben's problem's came out???

ace · Post: # 677403Post **ace** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:36pm

Who did the club send to suicide watch on Ben. No-one.

Oh silly me, that's right, clubs don't care about players because players are cattle not people.
You just fatten them up, then slaughter them.

Saint Mik · Post: # 677404Post **Saint Mik** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:37pm

I trust the club and you all know how I would of loved BC at the Saints

Not happy but hey the club knows what is best for St Kilda FC end of story.

Good luck to BC in the future.

chook23 · Post: # 677405Post **chook23** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:38pm

Iceman234 wrote:
chook23 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:Chook23, where were the pics in Saints jumpers? I missed them apart from the photoshopped ones.
afl website

papers
OK were they legit pics? I hadn't seen any other than the shopped ones?

Was he actually training with us?

I will clarify for you

pics digitally altered by papers etc

saint patrick · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:39pm

Saint Mik wrote:I trust the club and you all know how I would of loved BC at the Saints

Not happy but hey the club knows what is best for St Kilda FC end of story.

Good luck to BC in the future.

Probably the post of the night

Iceman234 · Post: # 677409Post **Iceman234** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:39pm

ace wrote:Who did the club send to suicide watch on Ben. No-one.
Oh silly me, that's right clubs don't care about players because players are cattle not people.
You just fatten them up, then slaughter them.

You are obviously talking about WCE, because he has not been our problem. He is NOT a Saint, never HAS been a Saint, and WON'T be a Saint.

Last club he was with is WCE, they are (along with the individual himself)responsible for his culture and associates and problems.

If you dare consider STKFC remotely responsible for him right now, you are a goose.

vacuous space · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:39pm

Iceman234 wrote:Was he actually training with us?

No, they were photoshopped. We don't go for guys like Cousins. We only go after young character guys like Nathan Carroll and trade for [greetings from the AFLPA!].

Iceman234 · Post: # 677411Post **Iceman234** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:40pm

chook23 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:
chook23 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:Chook23, where were the pics in Saints jumpers? I missed them apart from the photoshopped ones.
afl website

papers
OK were they legit pics? I hadn't seen any other than the shopped ones?

Was he actually training with us?
I will clarify for you

pics digitally altered by papers etc

Cheers

So there were no actual pics of him in Saints gear?

WayneJudson42 · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:42pm

If it was Judd or Franklin, I would understand. But...

chook23 · Post: # 677415Post **chook23** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:42pm

saint patrick wrote:
Saint Mik wrote:I trust the club and you all know how I would of loved BC at the Saints

Not happy but hey the club knows what is best for St Kilda FC end of story.

Good luck to BC in the future.
Probably the post of the night

fair poits from both of you

but also must mention 'the club knows what is best for St.kilda' has let down st.kilda so often through its "colourful" history.

Gabba · Post: # 677416Post **Gabba** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:42pm

Bah!!! Very disappointed in the club.

Guess we are going to need something else to speculate over for the rest of the off-season.

linz · Post: # 677417Post **linz** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:44pm

sax wrote:
Armoooo wrote:Let's get the conspiracy theories happening
Perhaps we are doing this so Brisbane think that they have him secured in the PSD and we can use our last ND pick on him instead of having to waste a 3rd rounder??
I'm sick of all this crap with St Kilda!
I'm going to cancel my membership!
30 years I've been a supporter!
NOT ANYMORE!
The hair that has broken the camels back!

All 2mm of it.

S.A Saint · Post: # 677418Post **S.A Saint** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:45pm

Gabba wrote:

Bah!!! Very disappointed in the club.

Guess we are going to need something else to speculate over for the rest of the off-season.

just wait for the draft in the next few days. will be interesting if one of the big name players are still available and we go for a smokey

Saintschampions08 · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:45pm

Can't wait to see him ripping all the teams that said no, (including us), a new a-hole next year.

I hope to god he gets the chance to play with Brisbane next year, deserves a shot and i'm sure if he gets it he'll deliver.

St Michele · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:46pm

I'm very disappointed in this decision, I truely believed he would be an assett to our club. I also beleive he would be someone the young guys could look at to understand how they needed to manage themselves and not get into the same situation.

Michele

mightysainters · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:46pm

sooo sooo disappointing... clubs fault got everyones hopes up... really is... a sad day for the supporters today like we've lost a final... he would have been a driving force and HOPE for a flag... renewed hope would have only been a smart marketing and footy move now... no new blood or aquisition...

Iceman234 · Post: # 677425Post **Iceman234** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:48pm

St Michele wrote:I'm very disappointed in this decision, I truely believed he would be an assett to our club. I also beleive he would be someone the young guys could look at to understand how they needed to manage themselves and not get into the same situation.

Michele

Maybe there's a reason the board said no - that just possibly in their 5 month investigation they figured he wouldn't be that example.

FFS can no-one see this?

WayneJudson42 · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:48pm

Iceman234 wrote:
chook23 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:
chook23 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:Chook23, where were the pics in Saints jumpers? I missed them apart from the photoshopped ones.
afl website

papers
OK were they legit pics? I hadn't seen any other than the shopped ones?

Was he actually training with us?
I will clarify for you

pics digitally altered by papers etc
Cheers

So there were no actual pics of him in Saints gear?

Exactly. Nor did the club officially state that they would recruit him.

What a funny situation...

BC is a druggie (aka) White Ice... white line fever... west coke eagles and so on...

BC is our only hope for a flag. Give the guy a 2nd chance.

The board is weak... teasers... and so on.

Go figure.

saintly_safes · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:50pm

Didnt really want to post on a seventeen page post & have given my thoughts on this saga on another post but the clubs hands were tied firstly by the AFL & then by Ben himself.Will post again after the dust has settled

Iceman234 · Post: # 677429Post **Iceman234** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:50pm

Saintschampions08 wrote:Can't wait to see him ripping all the teams that said no, (including us), a new a-hole next year.

I hope to god he gets the chance to play with Brisbane next year, deserves a shot and i'm sure if he gets it he'll deliver.

So you are also happy to see all the other de-listed players we have said no to, ripping us a new a-hole.

Re-ass ess where your loyalties are.

Can't even say he's gone, move on.

He was NEVER here.

WayneJudson42 · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:51pm

saintly_safes wrote:Didnt really want to post on a seventeen page post & have given my thoughts on this saga on another post but the clubs hands were tied firstly by the AFL & then by Ben himself.Will post again after the dust has settled

Interesting, because I posted that the AFL wanted Cousins to go away.

Would not surprise me one little bit.

Iceman234 · Post: # 677435Post **Iceman234** » Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:55pm

WayneJudson42 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:
chook23 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:
chook23 wrote:
Iceman234 wrote:Chook23, where were the pics in Saints jumpers? I missed them apart from the photoshopped ones.
afl website

papers
OK were they legit pics? I hadn't seen any other than the shopped ones?

Was he actually training with us?
I will clarify for you

pics digitally altered by papers etc
Cheers

So there were no actual pics of him in Saints gear?
Exactly. Nor did the club officially state that they would recruit him.

What a funny situation...

BC is a druggie (aka) White Ice... white line fever... west coke eagles and so on...

BC is our only hope for a flag. Give the guy a 2nd chance.

The board is weak... teasers... and so on.

Go figure.

Actually I can't figure WJ.

I just can't believe the vitriol towards the board for having made a five month assessment of a bloke who they may or may not have taken, and have never committed to having taken.

Far too many on here had him as the messiah and taking either #9 or (God forbid) #35.

But he was never ours. NEVER.

Someone suggested who did we put on suicide watch for him FFS.

I have rarely read such madness on our site over a player who is a 30 year old hamstrung recovering drug addict, allegedly been using for ten years prior to his disclosure, which was way too late in coming.

They're the facts, he was never a Saint.

However long term Saints supporters are saying they're going to throw away their memberships because of the board not taking him?

So no, I can't figure at the moment.

Saintschampions08 · Tue 25 Nov 2008 10:55pm

Iceman234 wrote:
Saintschampions08 wrote:Can't wait to see him ripping all the teams that said no, (including us), a new a-hole next year.

I hope to god he gets the chance to play with Brisbane next year, deserves a shot and i'm sure if he gets it he'll deliver.
So you are also happy to see all the other de-listed players we have said no to, ripping us a new a-hole.

Re-ass ess where your loyalties are.

Can't even say he's gone, move on.

He was NEVER here.

He basically was.

The club hyped it up to every little inch without saying no.

They had several meetings with him, in cafe's, in restaurants...the team captain said basically said he would like to play with him.

Go figure why 80% of the board is extremely dissapointed, it's because the club built it up and then destroyed it with an anti-climax.

The club, if it truly didn't want him because of 'youth' issues, shouldn't have had the need to pursue him this aggressively.
Do they do it to every player they think about recruiting? No.