Jason Cousins
10-27-2007, 09:46 AM
I'm new to this site and have chosen my name after a Wycombe Wanderers legend - Jason Cousins aka Psycho
My avitar is the challenge on David Moss from Doncaster, which Ian St John decribed as "the worst challenge I have seen in professional football"
Here is what the then Wycombe manager Matin O'Neill had to say about it;
"Our victory over Doncaster Rover was over-shadowed by the dismissal of Jason Cousins for the second successive week. I felt that his sending-off against Colchester for hand ball was harsh and said so at the time. However his challenge on Moss, the number 11 for Rovers was sickeningly brutal and deserved the red card in itself. The tackle was needless and completely incomprehensible. I take lan St. John's view that Jason was very lucky not to find himself in the law courts but I don't think I should need St. John's advice on how to deal with the situation. There were a lot of fair-minded Wycombe people incensed by Jason's actions, feeling that he had let the Club down very badly. Indeed they were absolutely right. The girls in our office told me that a few supporters came in after the match to say that they wouldn't be watching us any more because of that challenge. I cannot prevent any one from taking whatever action they see fit, but I can, as Manager of this Football Club, tell you that I will not tolerate such behaviour from my players and that if Jason does it again he won't need to be told to leave the Club. He has been fined and suspended and the captaincy will be taken away from him. The biggest piece of luck that he himself received was that Moss walked away from the incident unscathed. But when judgment is passed on him please take last February's game with Bromsgrove Rovers in the F.A. Trophy into consideration. Jason Cousins was stretchered off unconscious when, while still lying on the ground, he put his head in front of an opponent's boot to prevent a goal being scored. We eventually triumphed 2-0 in that game and went on to enjoy another memorable day out at Wembley. Jason Cousins lay unconscious for over four hours in Wycombe General Hospital for the cause of this Football Club. It was that sort of never-say-die attitude which endeared him to us and almost won him the Supporters' Player of the Year award. He will no doubt have to live with his actions for quite some time. Perhaps you are still not in the forgiving mood but Jason Cousins will get one more chance by this Manager to prove himself all over again. I hope he, for his family's sake, succeeds."
My avitar is the challenge on David Moss from Doncaster, which Ian St John decribed as "the worst challenge I have seen in professional football"
Here is what the then Wycombe manager Matin O'Neill had to say about it;
"Our victory over Doncaster Rover was over-shadowed by the dismissal of Jason Cousins for the second successive week. I felt that his sending-off against Colchester for hand ball was harsh and said so at the time. However his challenge on Moss, the number 11 for Rovers was sickeningly brutal and deserved the red card in itself. The tackle was needless and completely incomprehensible. I take lan St. John's view that Jason was very lucky not to find himself in the law courts but I don't think I should need St. John's advice on how to deal with the situation. There were a lot of fair-minded Wycombe people incensed by Jason's actions, feeling that he had let the Club down very badly. Indeed they were absolutely right. The girls in our office told me that a few supporters came in after the match to say that they wouldn't be watching us any more because of that challenge. I cannot prevent any one from taking whatever action they see fit, but I can, as Manager of this Football Club, tell you that I will not tolerate such behaviour from my players and that if Jason does it again he won't need to be told to leave the Club. He has been fined and suspended and the captaincy will be taken away from him. The biggest piece of luck that he himself received was that Moss walked away from the incident unscathed. But when judgment is passed on him please take last February's game with Bromsgrove Rovers in the F.A. Trophy into consideration. Jason Cousins was stretchered off unconscious when, while still lying on the ground, he put his head in front of an opponent's boot to prevent a goal being scored. We eventually triumphed 2-0 in that game and went on to enjoy another memorable day out at Wembley. Jason Cousins lay unconscious for over four hours in Wycombe General Hospital for the cause of this Football Club. It was that sort of never-say-die attitude which endeared him to us and almost won him the Supporters' Player of the Year award. He will no doubt have to live with his actions for quite some time. Perhaps you are still not in the forgiving mood but Jason Cousins will get one more chance by this Manager to prove himself all over again. I hope he, for his family's sake, succeeds."