And here's the media version ...Richmond Tigers fans slam club over Ben Cousins
December 15, 2008 09:15pm
DIE-HARD Richmond supporters reacted angrily to their club's announcement that they are "highly unlikely" to draft Ben Cousins
Terry Wallace fronted the angry supporters after training at 8.30pm, but refused to speculate about what would happen Tuesday.
Leigh Witten, 43, planned to stay at Punt Road overnight and vowed to remain at the ground for as long as it took to convince the club to recruit Cousins.
"What they've been doing is beating around the bush,'' he said.
"We will sit on the roof of the stand until it is done.''
Thirty-year club member Ray Mahos drove to the club from Heidelberg desperate for answers.
"They've given him a lifeline with one hand and taken it away with another,'' he said.
"We stand to gain, even with just female members alone.
"He is the catalyst to make this club great again. Everybody deserves a second chance.''
But Chris Knott, 29, from Richmond, said he didn't want Cousins at Punt Road.
"We don't want him, he's a bad apple and a bad apple can ruin the whole bunch.''
Shortly after 9pm about 50 angry Tigers supports marched up the ramp to the club's front door, pounding on the windows singing the club song and chanting ``Cousins for Christmas''.
Fred Haifa, 20, from Brunswick demanded the club recruit Cousins.
"Ben Cousins at 100 per cent health can do a lot of damage on the field and he has got a point to prove,'' he said.
"If Ben Cousin's doesn't come to the club it will be probably the worst Christmas present ever.''
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