Why not Cousins?

[AnnieH]

You all know I'm perfect!!

[Nico]

Well......which is it, the former or the latter? You claim you have done nothing to cause people grief, then in the next breath say you got pissed a lot and may have said things out of place. You can't have it both ways. hell, I'd go as far as to say you have probably caused some people grief on this site.

No-one is perfectly innocent, no matter how much they might try to kid themselves.

Of course no one is perfect, but you forgot to highlight the last bit of my post as regards; "but to the extent of anything criminal...."

I thought this thread was about a person who is confessed drug addict, his comeback and the context of my reply being about when someone who uses the word blameless, and brackets Cousin's behaviour with that of law abiding citizens, as if we should be all forgiving for we also have sins regardless of the level or nature of such.

It appears that on a subject like this people will always be splitting hairs so at this stage I will agree to disagree.

[CureTheSane]

you either CTS !!!

I beg to differ......

And I am happy to produce references

[Nico]

well good on you - or is that just a selective memory speaking??? No one in this world is perfect..not even you Nico!

Wardy, of course I am not perfect I would have thought my post made this clear. I would say it is the greatest flaw of the the human race if you go by the dictionary meaning. There is a little difference in the meaning of blameless and perfect. The word perfect should perhaps really only be used in reference to something made by a human.

On selective memory; no I don't have a selective memory or any diagnosed memory issues.

On the Cousins topic, it is interesting to note that the tone of some posters to sites and callers to SEN, is that it is perfectly normal for people to have a criminal record or go against what is perceived as good social behaviour, and hence all should get a second chance.

Cheers.

[givekidsakick]

Cousins for sale.......

On ebay is for sale an autographed Ben Cousins footy jumper.....$320. At Least someone is making money...

[givekidsakick]

More Cuz for sale

You gotta be quick off the mark.....there is a SIGNED tigers jumper for sale for $295....but theres better... a VIC AFL logo Licence plates CUS-032 for a mere $430.

[givekidsakick]

A sleeping Ben

And for a mere $1100 you can get a portrait of Cuz asleep...for the real fan.

[givekidsakick]

cuz for sale.....

How is the sports memorabilia pie divided....what do Cuz and other stars rake in? Richmond seem to be gaining new members (2000 plus reported) and it could have been us with rising memberships instead of losing members.

[BSA5]

How is the sports memorabilia pie divided....what do Cuz and other stars rake in? Richmond seem to be gaining new members (2000 plus reported) and it could have been us with rising memberships instead of losing members.

I take it you wanted Cousins. That's pretty ironic, "givekidsakick".

Cousins would just be taking the spot of a Bird, or a Veszpremi, or maybe a Meredith, or maybe a DOK. For what? The sake of 3 years of potentially great footy from a single player, gaining us at best one or two places higher on the ladder each year until his hamstring falls off, or he relapses, or he simply retires?

Also, if you think Cousins would generate as much support for the Swans as he would for the Tigers, or any other Vic/SA/WA club, you're dreaming. Don't get me wrong, we'd get a few members, but Cousins is nowhere near the celebrity in Sydney that he is in the footy states. Allowing a group of young stars to rise will be much more effective in the long term in generating support for the team.

[Cardinal]

Sydney folk suffer from the worst case of celebrity idolising I have ever witnessed - there is no doubt membership would have improved with the signing of a good looking bad boy superstar

[givekidsakick]

Go Cuz

I take it you wanted Cousins. That's pretty ironic, "givekidsakick".

Cousins would just be taking the spot of a Bird, or a Veszpremi, or maybe a Meredith, or maybe a DOK. For what? The sake of 3 years of potentially great footy from a single player, gaining us at best one or two places higher on the ladder each year until his hamstring falls off, or he relapses, or he simply retires

I wouldn't mind 3 years of exciting football from a bloke who with our present list could put us in a GF....look at what Judd has done for Carltons centre...and we have a better team to work with. Anyway, history will tell the story.....as for Birdy and Scooter...there jobs look safe but as always it depends upon performance mainly unless your Nick Davis.

[givekidsakick]

givekidsakick....

I take it you wanted Cousins. That's pretty ironic, "givekidsakick".

Giving kids a kick is all about my 7 year battle with the clowns that run this club for kick to kick after the game... just another tradition that they jettisoned.

[connolly]

Giving kids a kick is all about my 7 year battle with the clowns that run this club for kick to kick after the game... just another tradition that they jettisoned.

You are on to something there. If Cuz was signed up he and his associates would certainly give the kids a kick along after the game.

[givekidsakick]

One big party....

Yeah, I do remember some interesting times with the kids having a kick and the players of both sides having a beer together after the game. On the greens of the Moore Park Bowling club (deceased) my kids and others enjoyed a kick with some of the younger players eg Adam Heuskes whilst God and Kell and the boys had one in the rooms.

[Mountain Man]

Terrible football days, but the the accessability of players was wonderful for kids.

The team training on the Showground in the funny old gym in (?) the French Pavillion, and eating in the canteen under the Clocktower. The after game at the Moore Park bowling - a far cry from Melbourne footie hysteria.