Hey All
I actually went last night
The night was packed, loud, noisy and plenty of Beer
Got my photo taken with the great RICHO, Cousins was happy to sign anything but insisted he wouldnt pose for photos. Terry Wallace, Gary March, Foley, Polak, Morton, Johnson and Cotchin were there. LMAO at getting players autographs but insisting to my wife that I didnt want Johnsons as it would diminish the value.
Cousins spoke about how he thinks we are well placed to make a charge, happy with being at a Melbourne based club and thanked the many people for supporting him.
They also had Weightman, Michael Mitchell, Peter Wilson, Darren Gaspar attend last night
Started about 7:15 players generally lasted until 8:45, Benny wasnt the last to leave but he did hang around longer than most, Cotchin stayed longer than Ben. Polak he was happy to hang around till around 9:30, his brother and family were there last night, I had the privledge of standing next to him when the WA Richmond team of the century was revealed. He cringed when he was named on the bench and his brother was taking the pee out of him that the likes of Mitch Morton was in the starting 22 on a stuff.
LMAO @ the Richmond WA team of the Century naming Ben Cousins as Rover considering the guy hasnt played a game yet. Naming Mitch on a stuff and Polak on the interchange, talk about short of players no offence but I'm sorry for being a sour puss but the whole concept is cheap and corny, I also cringed and LMFAO at the list.
The whole night was good, got me out of the house with the Mrs but its wasnt worth 120 a head but hey it goes to the club so I didnt mind. I have to say the crowd was a bit rude too noisy, Tim Gossage actually started to get a bit annoyed at the supporters especially when some past players were trying to talk and tell us about their fondest memories at tigerland. Except Peter Wilson, I booed him the traitor. LOL Nah he spoke well, mentioned one of the best moments for him at Richmond was the fact he sang the club song 11 times over 3 years, the prick was taking the pee.
I also spoke to Axel for a few minutes, the boys cant wait to get stuck into the season, you can tell Cousins just wants the season to start so he doesnt have to keep going to these functions, he was polite and happy last night but you could tell he was uncomfortable with all the attention. He actually stayed in a corner of the room last night and flanked by a few friends and some family.
The Club raked in the cash, they sold all 50 signed Ben Cousins jumpers with "WA supporters Group 2009" on each one for $375 a pop, I on the other hand just got Ben to sign this years training top which I paid only $85 They also had an auction of Ben's first ever training top, framed and signed etc... went for $1400, they sold a trip for 2 package to the G in Round 12 against the Eagles, with before and after access to the players room, toss the coin, RFC function for $6,000 and last but not least 4 tickets to the Round 22 game against the eagles with access to the players room after and before the match for $4000.
The club would be pretty happy with Ben Cousins since picking him up I would think.
