Tribute to Benny Cousins!

patterz123 · Aug 23, 2010

Hi Guys

Bit of a tribute to Cousins and my card collection.
On Friday i said good bye to some lovely cards of his therfore breaking apart the "every card chase of Cousins", so thought it be fitting to do a send off for them!

Reason being as i am not as "super keen" on collecting cards as i once was,
still a big fan of Cuz and still love cards, but thought the timing was right to let them go and put the focus in a different direction!

It was only 5 cards, but in my eyes all in the top 10 of his easily.

I guess it is time to update my sig now

Not the maildays i am custom too! Bit sad to let them go, but a collecting change is what i am after!

Cheers,
Daniel.

Matty76 · Aug 23, 2010

Wow, they are great.

I still reckon that the 1997 Medal signature cards are the best that Select have produced. The James Hird one has been posted elsewhere here and I believe it to be the best football card I have ever seen!

The great thing about your cards is that they tell a story in themselves, a sort of timeline of his career.

juddcollector · Aug 23, 2010

sad to see them go but we all need to change or go stale

GiRDS- · Aug 23, 2010

nice cards mate, sad to see him go but it was probably a good time t choose before he gets himself into trouble again. i liek that 3rd sig redemption

vivo87 · Aug 23, 2010

Nice auto's of Cuz there mate!

piefan · Aug 24, 2010

a hard choice, im sure.
those are some good looking cards (love em all)
which direction are you taking your collection in now?

Lions2003 · Aug 24, 2010

Sweet Cuzzo's Nice mailday

Wheeldude · Aug 24, 2010

Tough choice mate but I'm sure you had your reasons. Did you have his 2007 Champions Sketches gem you can offload cheaply. If so, PM me.

Tom12 · Aug 24, 2010

what a player he was...

Lions2003 · Aug 24, 2010

Tom12 said:
what a player he was...

Everyone has to retire someday..

westkoastking · Aug 24, 2010

JUST A TRUE BLUE and GOLD CHAMPION

Lions2003 · Aug 24, 2010

Just sad he won't really be remembered for his footy, because of incidents in last couple of years..

kingjack · Aug 24, 2010

Sad to see you let them go mate! I always loved your Cuz PC... Im guessing you'll be chasing more of the memorabilia now?

BLOWN8 · Aug 24, 2010

Lions2003 said:
Just sad he won't really be remembered for his footy, because of incidents in last couple of years..

i'll remember him as the hard running premiership player who came back from possibly the end of his career to play a massive part in the Richmond FC's future. goes to show you the guys carticture as a bloke, to be able to come back after what happened and be a positive influence on some young guys is fantastic and makes him an even better player in my opinion. cant wait for this cuz doco so we can all see the inside story instead of judging from the outside. theres more to drug addiction than people think!

Wheeldude · Aug 24, 2010

I'm glad he's doing a doco...makes him less of an idiot...

Lions2003 · Aug 24, 2010

BLOWN8 said:
i'll remember him as the hard running premiership player who came back from possibly the end of his career to play a massive part in the Richmond FC's future. goes to show you the guys carticture as a bloke, to be able to come back after what happened and be a positive influence on some young guys is fantastic and makes him an even better player in my opinion. cant wait for this cuz doco so we can all see the inside story instead of judging from the outside. theres more to drug addiction than people think!

I'll remember him for the same, don't doubt that, but, alot of people will remember him for the drugs, off-field blues, etc..

patterz123 · Aug 24, 2010

Once again thanks for viewing guys, Cousins has been a champion of our game for so many years!

Matty76 said:
Wow, they are great.

I still reckon that the 1997 Medal signature cards are the best that Select have produced. The James Hird one has been posted elsewhere here and I believe it to be the best football card I have ever seen!

The great thing about your cards is that they tell a story in themselves, a sort of timeline of his career.

The 1997 signatures are real beauties indeed mate, they are great. The Hird is a lovely card from that set!

juddcollector said:
sad to see them go but we all need to change or go stale

It is sad to let them go, but i felt a change in direction was in order.

piefan said:
a hard choice, im sure.
those are some good looking cards (love em all)
which direction are you taking your collection in now?

Thanks mate, yeah they were all lovely.
Bit of a focus towards memorabillia side of things now, few larger items etc

Wheeldude said:
Tough choice mate but I'm sure you had your reasons. Did you have his 2007 Champions Sketches gem you can offload cheaply. If so, PM me.

Cheers bud. Yeah still have that card, but remains in the collection sorry. Was just these few high ends to go!

kingjack said:
Sad to see you let them go mate! I always loved your Cuz PC... Im guessing you'll be chasing more of the memorabilia now?

Thanks mate, yeh it was a hard choice, one that's been playing on my mind for a little. Thats the plan, trying to collect some more memorabillia now, would love another Cousins match worn if i can ever find one oneday!!

Lions2003 · Aug 24, 2010

Hey patterz, not sure if you have seen the member "Walshy's" mailday but you should write a letter to cuzzo and see what he sends you back, maybe next year after he's settles down..

Wheeldude · Aug 24, 2010

patterz123 said:
Cheers bud. Yeah still have that card, but remains in the collection sorry. Was just these few high ends to go!

Well if ever you want to give it a new home I'm your man...in saying that I don't want you to give this awesome hobby away.

immsy007 · Aug 24, 2010

its sad to see a gem of a collection get broken , and if your keen i still have the JK guernsey available

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