Johnners
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Rape and pillage till you get some imo.You were actually my last option at finding tickets....
Called up everyone I know who might have, nothing.
Rape and pillage till you get some imo.You were actually my last option at finding tickets....
Called up everyone I know who might have, nothing.
Yes, 14 minutes to spare.Gah! Daylight savings. Did I get in on time?
Ha, **** it. One game and someone from my DT is crocked already.Speechless.
Cousins and Raines getting hurt just rubbed salt in the wounds.
Don't count out Raines yet, injury may not be that serious.Ha, **** it. One game and someone from my DT is crocked already.
Incidentally, a bit surprised Cousins is still held is such universally high regard after his slightly chequered history. Is he really that good or do people just think he's a good bloke still despite everything?
It affected WCE an enormous amount. He let down more than his team mates he let down the whole club a number of times.Don't count out Raines yet, injury may not be that serious.
Regarding Cousins:
a) He was THAT good. Been an out and out star for just under a decade, and was a prodigy as a kid too. In his particular position (midfield), up there with a McGrath or Ambrose in terms of how good he was at what he did.
b) His chequered history, is at the end of the day, his personal problems. He's never let it affect other people much, like say Symonds has. You can say Cousins let his West Coast team-mates down in 2006 where he had to stand down as captain because of his booze bus incident, but again, it wasn't such a tragedy that people would really hate the bloke.
He's no different to many other AFL players, the only difference is he was made public. He was still never caught doing drugs.
I think he's held in higher regard now as a person than he was before his issues became public.Incidentally, a bit surprised Cousins is still held is such universally high regard after his slightly chequered history. Is he really that good or do people just think he's a good bloke still despite everything?
Yeah look, I was probably a little light on him, but the club's grounds for releasing him were weak. Wasn't he cleared of all allegations against him when he was caught by the police in the summer of 2007/08? So basically they got rid of him because he was caught by the police shirtless.It affected WCE an enormous amount. He let down more than his team mates he let down the whole club a number of times.
Your right about one thing he was/is unbelievably good but it is pretty naive to say it did not affect anyone but himself.