West Coast suspend Cousins indefinitely
http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=39784 West Coast suspend Cousins indefinitely 11:20:00 AM Tue 20 March, 2007 | Back Exclusive to AFL BigPond Network News West Coast has suspended former captain Ben Cousins indefinitely. It is unsure what the reasons behind the decision are, but it has been reported it is for breaking team rules. Chief executive Trevor Nisbett will expand on this development at a press conference today Guys/Girls just be mindfull that kids of all ages read this site. Any ideas that you come up with that go over the top will be deleted pretty fast.

The saga continues over in Perth. I wonder what Dalton Gooding will have to say about this?

why isn't this a surprise.

The Footy Show will be all over it.

Dont even bother trying to get onto the sen site to listen to in online, you cant get into it. Sen are reporting that he missed training . Was ment to be at training at 9.30, still wasnt there at 10, reports ben had told the club not to worry about his personal life, maybe hes said something to the club, the club didnt like it, and have had enough, so they suspended him.

Mel, the reason why the website doesn't always work is because there is a cap on how many users can listen online at once. It has been set up this way to ensure that there is no server overload caused by people trying to tune in online.

Yeah i new a lot of people would be tr ying to get on to it, so i tried once, thn didnt boter again, i jsut went and got a radio to listen to it. He missed a training session He has a few private and personal issues going on Was asked if it was drug related, there was no comment Said it was a sad day for the eagles and its history Ben was drug -*test*-('")ed on the weekend, the results wont be back for a few weeks Hes got to get counselling Wont play for the wafl Wont be aloud to train with the club Thats about all i remember from what dalton gooding said. If anyone wants to add anything else go for it.

i think i'll wait to hear the definitive answer from the Weagles before making any wild accusations or assumptions...

hehe Yeah, I wouldn't trust anything from that administration, Craggle. I'd rather rumour and innuendo, thanks. In all fairness though, Cousins is a gun of a player (even if he is a complete k**bhead off field). Whatever the circumstances that have lead to this, albeit all his warnings also, I hope Ben straightens himself out and takes the time he needs to recooperate. And I hope that we win the premiership too.

He is one, silly silly boy! Takes so much gloss off what should have been great times for the club after a great Grand Final victory. But with EVERYTHING that has been going on with this club, they are now just the laughing stock of the AFL. Some players go around town thinking that they are godlike figures, treated like kings in nightclubs etc, and unfortunatly for players like Ben Cousins, think that they are above the law. Sad!

As much as ben has made himself look like an idiot with all the stuff hes done, and now being suspended, if the eagles were to let him go(which i dont think they will) i would love the dogs to go after him hard. Yes he will be a handfull, yes hes an idiot, but hes a dam good footy player. Maybe a change will do him good.

I was listening to SEN and they are saying that there are rumours of a massive rift within the Eagles following the suspension of Cousins. On one hand a group of players are happy that something has finally been done about Ben's off field indiscretions. Another group are upset that Cousins has been dumped in a time of need with his life approaching crisis point. This alledgedly has resulted in an altercation between 2 senior players. I wonder how Chris Judd is feeling about all of this, and whether this will be the final nail in the coffin regarding Judd's career at West Coast.

to quote a movie, "Ben Cousins is not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"