By Brent Diamond

FORMER Geelong and Adelaide coach Gary Ayres says he will target Melbourne Storm players over the pre-season as recruits in the VFL and will question whether they want to be a part of the embattled club after last week’s salary breach upheaval.

Ayres has suggested that it will become a growing trend after former NRL star Karmichael Hunt’s transition to new AFL franchise, the Gold Coast.

“With the success the Melbourne Storm had, it’s going to put a lot of questions out there because of the situation they find themselves in and then the players will think do I have to look at another alternative or am I wanting to give that a go,” Ayres said.

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WHEN Ben Cousins was racking up 28 disposals for the Coburg Tigers in the VFL last week in Frankston, the football world looked upon the much-hyped AFL veteran as if they expected a special performance.

The Richmond midfielder is in the twilight of his career and faced a one week ban that was reportedly because he distributed prescription sleeping tablets to a younger team-mate Luke McGuane who was also banned and played with Coburg last week.

Cousins, a Brownlow Medallist at West Coast, is perhaps past the break-out performances that made him such a big name player in the AFL.

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