To save Fevola or not you decide the outcome.

[Dylan12]

Foxsports News reporting Fevola has conceded his career is over via his Facebook page.

 

[Skoob]

" the AFL yesterday confirmed it would use its discretion to relieve the club's salary-cap woes by spreading Fevola's seven-figure payout over two years,"

"Anderson, the AFL's football operations boss, last night confirmed the league had discretionary powers to spread any termination settlement over more than one season, although he refused to discuss Fevola specifically."


Quotes taken from Caro's article seem to make an assumption. Also easy to quote something as a statement when actually just an answer to a specific question.
For example ... "Adrian, if the Lions sack Fev, will the AFL make any concessions?" A. "we are able to...... if someone.....

Result.... AFL will allow......... when Fev is sacked.
The reporter seems hell bent on a need to display superior knowlege of football matters as if compensating for a lack of a f..... clue.
Make some bold statements/predictions hope they come off and if not blame the "source".
More interesting is all the other media not wanting to miss out and so quote her article as gospel.

 

[C4[2]Yo`DooR]

Foxsports News reporting Fevola has conceded his career is over via his Facebook page.

Fev's facebook status update:

"Anyone looking for a FF this year?"

 

[Lehmo87]

Last I heard today, Fevola's manager, Lynch, didn't even know what the decision was so I wonder if Fev actually knows what's going on or if he's just bought into the media speculation.

Who the hell knows what's going on anymore

 

[dlanod]

Based off the combination of the article and the court appearance next week I suspect the actual story is that next week Fevola will plead guilty (after all it's pretty easy to be found guilty for public nuisance because it's such an airy-fairy charge plus his lawyer expects him to plead guilty - http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...arge-says-lawyer/story-e6frepf6-1225997975011) after which the board will sack him. That's probably the missing part in Caro's article, after all I can't see us arbitrarily sacking him before that.

 

[Skoob]

[quote='C4[2]
"Anyone looking for a FF this year?"[/quote]
wouldn't be looking for sympathy??
2 months in therapy and still can't take ownership.
Somethings can't be fixed.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[JDogg]

Fev's facebook status update:

"Anyone looking for a FF this year?"

You would think he'd be laying low wouldn't u?

The bloke just can't help himself.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Poor Fev, if he played for Collingwood or St Kilda it would be all good.

 

[jack the ripper]

wouldn't be looking for sympathy??
2 months in therapy and still can't take ownership.
Somethings can't be fixed.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

why would he worry about the door on the way out, hes leaving with 1.5mill, theres no clauses in his contract, hes to be pain in full, he robbed your club, seems lethal leigh was alot wiser than vossy, he would never have gone after him.

 

[blue gunslinger]

it is easy for Lethal to come out and say he would noy have touched him
Every Carlton person from Sticks down to celtic pride expected Fev to sort himself out and kill us every time we played Bris leading them to flags whilst we went backwards
any Carlton person who says otherwise is not telling the truth
It is a shame for him but gun power forwards that can kick 100 goals a season don't come around very often
It was a gamble that failed-move on

 

[jack the ripper]

it is easy for Lethal to come out and say he would noy have touched him
Every Carlton person from Sticks down to celtic pride expected Fev to sort himself out and kill us every time we played Bris leading them to flags whilst we went backwards
any Carlton person who says otherwise is not telling the truth
It is a shame for him but gun power forwards that can kick 100 goals a season don't come around very often
It was a gamble that failed-move on

if sticks thought he was gona straitin out hed still be at carlton, that morons a train wreck, lethals smarter than that, they tried to trade loyal players and draft picks after what they saw on brownlow night, i actually like the lions, but there in for a bad 5 years.

 

[Dylan12]

seems lethal leigh was alot wiser than vossy, he would never have gone after him.

Hard to say, although I suspect Lethal would have read Fevola the riot act and set higher standards for Fevola to uphold than Voss set, however to be fair, Lethal did trade for Travis Johnstone which also didn't exactly pan out as expected.

It was a gamble that failed-move on

Pretty easy for a Carlton supporter to say that considering you were the clear winners in a trade that will see Henderson and your pick 12 (Lucas) that will be around for another 10 years whilst we have nothing to show for it, except for a broken down kid that may never play a game.

 

[Grimreepah]

Pretty easy for a Carlton supporter to say that considering you were the clear winners in a trade that will see Henderson and your pick 12 (Lucas) that will be around for another 10 years whilst we have nothing to show for it, except for a broken down kid that may never play a game.

Nah, moving on is better than continually beating yourself up about it.

 

[jack the ripper]

Hard to say, although I suspect Lethal would have read Fevola the riot act and set higher standards for Fevola to uphold than Voss set, however to be fair, Lethal did trade for Travis Johnstone which also didn't exactly pan out as expected.



Pretty easy for a Carlton supporter to say that considering you were the clear winners in a trade that will see Henderson and your pick 12 (Lucas) that will be around for another 10 years whilst we have nothing to show for it, except for a broken down kid that may never play a game.

fair point with johnstone, we did get grimes with that pick, but trav mite have been laconic and maybe lazy but he wasnt a ********.

 

[Hollow Knight]

whilst we have nothing to show for it, except for a broken down kid.

Pathetic comment.

Stop being so insipidly defeatist and grow a pair.

 

[dannitori]

wouldn't be looking for sympathy??
2 months in therapy and still can't take ownership.
Somethings can't be fixed.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

You would think he'd be laying low wouldn't u?

The bloke just can't help himself.

So, its okay for know-nothing slags like Caroline Wilson to make comment about Fev's future, but not okay for himself to put a statement out there on his own facebook page?



He is firing back, and EVERY right to!

 

[Bucking Beads]

I really feel for Fev, he is a moron no doubt about it but not the bad man he is made to look like by the media.

 

[Lionfan17]

So he's sacked because some ugly ranga said so?
He was 'sacked' after the brownlow..and the indecent exposure.
I hope he stays, it was actually exciting to watch games even though we suck.

 

[Dylan12]

Pathetic comment.

Stop being so insipidly defeatist and grow a pair.

Seeing as though you are the expert, enlighten me to the positives of the trade then?

 

[Bucking Beads]

The trade was a failure but the club took the risk which could have been brilliant had last season been better with injuries for us. SHame but why not move on and watch the kids develop

 

[blue gunslinger]

if sticks thought he was gona straitin out hed still be at carlton, that morons a train wreck, lethals smarter than that, they tried to trade loyal players and draft picks after what they saw on brownlow night, i actually like the lions, but there in for a bad 5 years.

you have no understanding of events obviously.Fev had CFC in no win situation as we had let things get out of hand. He had just won a coleman and thus was a quality player capable of kicking 100goals. Tuff to trade such a bloke but we had little choice by this time.He could not stay at Carlton

Hard to say, although I suspect Lethal would have read Fevola the riot act and set higher standards for Fevola to uphold than Voss set, however to be fair, Lethal did trade for Travis Johnstone which also didn't exactly pan out as expected.



Pretty easy for a Carlton supporter to say that considering you were the clear winners in a trade that will see Henderson and your pick 12 (Lucas) that will be around for another 10 years whilst we have nothing to show for it, except for a broken down kid that may never play a game.

easy? Jury is still out on hendo and WABLUES own Kane Lucas. They may be servicable players at best but at the time were 2 unknown prospects v a dual coleman medallist.same argument still goes v WC re:Judd. How WC can say they won is beyond me

 

[Hollow Knight]

Seeing as though you are the expert, enlighten me to the positives of the trade then?

Never claimed to be an expert Dylan.

I was referring to your assessment of Callam Bartlett. True to form you went for the most negative, pessimistic appraisal. Personally I'll choose to hope for the best while he remains on our list... being a player on the team I support and all. Maybe I'm just weird in that I see supporting the Lions as more than just a cross to bear.

I just can't fathom how tortured and miserable you have let yourself become.

You don't have to support the team if it causes you nothing but misery. There is always fly fishing or something.

 

[blue gunslinger]

Seeing as though you are the expert, enlighten me to the positives of the trade then?

he could have kicked 100 goals in a flag winning year-it did not happen but...

 

[Hollow Knight]

he could have kicked 100 goals in a flag winning year-it did not happen but...

Yeah. Can't believe I am agreeing with gunslinger on the Brisbane board.


It's like betting on red on a roulette table and it coming up black.

"See! How did they not see that that bet was doomed to fail? The ball landed on black and we bet on red, so we were stupid and never could have won!"

There is a difference between assessing the trade and assessing the outcome.


Edit:For the record, I thought the trade at the time was probably "fair" in terms of what was exhanged.

My disappointment was that we played "fair". In my view Carlton had their backs to the wall and we could/should have screwed them royally, but we didn't.

Then we have the issue of the contract Gubby Allan offered him, which is the far more painful issue for us now.

 

[MacMum]

I have analysed myself before writing this and the only thing I could come up with is that I am a female!!...so here goes..

I have always said that I don't want Fevola at our club, ideally I still don't..but I am getting a strong feeling that the right thing all round to do is KEEP Fev..yes yes I know!

He has to have had some sort of change while in rehab...and if we have to pay him that huge amount of salary, well, let him work for it and we get the on-field benefits..

It would also make us look like a caring club....and if he stuffs up again, we will get the sympathy and understanding for having given him a chance after him finally going through some serious rehab..it was never a serious effort before this..

..dunno, but I just feel we should keep him and help him back to playing again..


(I hate being so indecisive about a topic...this one is a doozy!..tooing and froing on an opinion is not usually my caper)