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Why was Riccuito AA Captain over Cousins?
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Benny is a cocky little prick. Thats why I love him, at every formal function, brownlow or all australian dinner he acts like a jac kass, not captain material compared to roo, but this is why i love benny
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Will Roo be way down in Sheean's top 50 again after being All Australian Captain two years in a row?
Surely he would have to be top 5.
Surely he would have to be top 5.
Cousins getting caught with underworld figures probably didn't help his cause for an All Australian captian position.... pretty obvious i would have thought
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I have never heard one single comment from a West Coast player saying they'd want Cousins beside them in the trenches.
Crows players have said it a number of times.
Ricciuto is a leader, Cousins is a great player who has been given the captaincy.
Crows players have said it a number of times.
Ricciuto is a leader, Cousins is a great player who has been given the captaincy.
As a west coast fan you would expect me to say cousins, but i agree that Roo deserves it more. He is much more of a captain, mainly because of more experience and the fact that he is a 'hard' man. Cousins is an excellent player, better than Roo, but his leading abilities are not that great.
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BarcaRulz said:
Load of crap.
Who has a Brownlow Medal, 8 All-Australian selections, 2 All-Australian captaincies and is one of the most inspirational players in the game?
Both Cousins and Ricciuto have poor kicking occasionally, but Ricciuto is harder, more willing to get in-and-under and more skilful in the clinches.
I would pick Ricciuto over Cousins in my team any day of the week.
UNIT said:Just curious. Benny Cousins is an unbackable Brownlow favourite, is Captain of the side that led the comp for the majority of the year. Yet Mark Riccuito is named AA Captain?. How does that work
Better player, better captain.
next question?
Because Cousins is a coke snorting reciever/finisher, albeit a talented one. Roo is a far better footballer and a far better leader.
ofcourse that seals the deal doeant it? Crows supporters want Roo, this is unheard of
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Ricciuto was appointed captain because Cousins is such a natural choice for vice.
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BarcaRulz said:ofcourse that seals the deal doeant it? Crows supporters want Roo, this is unheard of
If you read the thread, more than Crows supporters want Roo. And ONLY Eagles supporters want Cousins.
Ricciuto is one of the best players of the last 20 years. Cousins is just a great player.
So what actually makes Ricciuto a better leader? Anyone?
Unless you've actually played under either or both of them, how can you possibly comment?
There shouldn't be such a thing as AA captain, totally useless accolade unless there is a specific criteria on how they select it.
Unless you've actually played under either or both of them, how can you possibly comment?
There shouldn't be such a thing as AA captain, totally useless accolade unless there is a specific criteria on how they select it.
Well i agree with the Eagles supporters that Cousins should have been AA Captain. IMO Roo should not even be in the team let alone captain. He has had an ordinary season. I would of thought Goodwin whould have got on the ground before Roo. By the way what has his associations with people got anything to do with being picked, because if you are going to bring that up than Wayne Carey shouldn't have been captain either cause he did the same thing Cuz did a few years ago. I think Cuz is a great leader, he leads from the front and im sure if you ask the WC players if they would follow him into battle they wouldnt hesitate nor would many other AFL players.
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just maybe said:
And how many conversations have you had with West Coast players recently? How offensive to compare warfare with football. It is a game after all, not life and death.
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if ricuito is gonna be in the team (which he shouldnt be) he should be captain cos hes the best leader in the comp
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You must have little clue about footy if you think Roo has has an "ordinary season". Has been better than any Tiger midfielder! Sure Goodwin has arguably been marginally better than Roo, but it is not unusual to have 2 midfielders make it from the minor premiers. I thought the Weagles were unlucky not to have another midfielder picked.tris_112 said:
Back to the title of the thread. There is no doubting that Cousins would be a worthy captain, but Roo would be more highly regarded my most. Cousins will likely be AA captain in later years.
Roo atm is a better captain than Cuz in the media and most people's eyes. I guess it's hard unless you've played under both but from an outside perspective can see how they've chosen Roo, if he's in the team he has to be captain. All I know is that a good captain doesn't get suspended for his team's most important game in 7 years for a reckless act in a meaningless game 
noodlebrain said:And how many conversations have you had with West Coast players recently? How offensive to compare warfare with football. It is a game after all, not life and death.
as opposed to how offensive it is, to draw strawmen and start arguing with them?
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noodlebrain said:And how many conversations have you had with West Coast players recently? How offensive to compare warfare with football. It is a game after all, not life and death.
In the media, numbnuts. Crows players have said similar things plenty of times, West Coast players about Cousins? Never.
And yes, in some ways there are similarities to warfare. At least sport makes more sense than warfare. It's not offensive at all. It's a metaphor, pal. Cry into your milk if you care so much.
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daddy_4_eyes said:
Of course we can comment, it's not just obvious to insiders unless you're completely ignorant of football.
Roo's hardness, his ability to lead from the front in all situations. To pop up and kick clinch goals even when he's having a bad game (ie Sydney), his willingness to get his hands dirty dragging the Crows back into the game, his ability to move form the midfield to a gamebreaking forward, the loyalty he inspires in his troops, his ability to singlehandedly turn a match.
Can you really see Cousins inspiring the loyalty of Roo? No way.
