Fev's form leaves red faces.
Jake Niall is now one of my favourite journos and I think this is my favourite part.


I thought Pagan allegedly said he was gone?

That chat was after trades.

Malouf was the man that ultimately kept Fev

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The fact the club would even contemplate moving him on is an idictman on the whole place and demonstartes what a rabble we are.

Have a look at last week's game for example - We should actually be changing our name to the "Fevola Football Club" and have the whole team wearing a "25" on the front instead of a "CFC".

That's what a massive part of the team's success he comprises.

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NOW YOU'RE JUST SOME CLUB THAT I USED TO KNOW.

How quickly we forget .

Fev would be the first bloke to say his attitude was all wrong. He was seen leaning on a fence by hundreds of thousands of people, didn't chase, got drunk and 'dissed' a club champion in front of the young playing group.

What else must a bloke do to get himself sacked. Both the club and Fev say HE wanted a fresh start.

Terry towelling on WLF last night made an amazing statement that they valued Fev highly but the blues wouldn't come to the party on salary . I actually think they valued him so highly they offered something like a Stafford or Kellaway plus a third rounder and us take up 150K of his salary .

WOW Terry - what an eye for talent.

I said back then right here, play him into form, if he kicks 80+ goals offer him in a trade to the WC for Judd - I'd still take it now.

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Maybe Fevs attitude was wrong.

But the club was negligent with his mind by getting him to play injured for the full season.

Because theyre a rabble!!!

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Whatever transpired and conspired, we are lucky to have him given our current circumstances.

What a rabble we would look without him. I'd suggest having him will cut years off the time it will take us to get back to a winning ratio.

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This might sound extreme in the context of alleged sexual assault, drunken violence and a drug trafficking charge...

I was wrong about Fev

Good on him for turning it around

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I was fuming when I heard the club were contemplating trading him. I am not as critical as some about his so called "bad" body language. Why wouldn't he be frustrated?!!? He has a bunch of footballers up field that has the worst delivery/disposal that I have ever seen a Carlton team produce. DP's single-minded use of the flood left Fev always fighting against 3-4 defenders as a shortish FF. For the love of his club he persisted playing injured (Fev partly to blame) and the club's medicos failed in the professional duty to declare him unavailable due to injury.

He is put through all of that and the club then wanted to piss him off!!! I was livid!!!!!

In the end, I was even reluctantly giving my support to him leaving if only for his sanity and professional well-being...

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Well said Marciblue - the fact that he managed 50 or so goals last season with the crap that he was being served up from upfield and with a troublesome groin is a testimony to his ability and grit. Would have loved to have seen the body language from Matthew Richardson if he had to put up with that every week.

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Fev himself has actually said he wanted to leave - the club wanted him to stay - that's why they signed a lucrative 3 year deal mid season.

He and richmond were in discussions but the good ol' tiggers wanted him for next to nothing and the Blues said.......

"Blow it out your arse!!"

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Yeah probably but how welcome was he being made felt at Carlton?

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I dunno, 3 years @$450K and the face of Carlton is a fair indication you're welcome in the halls of the once great football club.

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A lot changed between signing that agreement (April IIRC) and post season.

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Great article because it makes Carlton look good.

But in all honesty how can the clubs take fevola's word that he has changed. Part of his problem was injury but the main problem was his attitude on the field.

Its great what Fav has done this year not only for the Club but for himself

I think you need to ease off on the conspiracy gas there, Marci

I think the only thing that changed was Fev's attitude going south and the club and board thinking HOLY CRAP, WHAT HAVE WE DONE!!

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Either way, I am glad no trade eventuated and he is still a Blue!

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I'll drink to that!!

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And thank heavens for that!...

All hail King Malouf lol!

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Niall conveniently leaves out the fact that all and sundry of his media colleagues (and I'm assuming himself as it's only taken 19 rounds AND 80 goals to provoke this response out of him) wrote off Fev at the end of the last season too. They were buying the crap out of Richmond (and printing it extensively) that Fev was only worth Kellway + a 2nd pick AND Carlton would have to subsidise part of his salary, leaning on the fence, loose cannon, wasted talent, blah, blah, blah.

The fact that Fev had performed creditably for 3 years, was obviously talented and played injured for most of last year wasn't reported last year at all.

The day journalists start making their own mind up about players without accepting without question the rubbish of Sheedy, Malthouse and Wallace is the day I give them some respect.

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This is the thing that annoys me the most. All of the media, opposition clubs and even our own great club criticised the guy and undervalued him last year and did not and would not factor in his injury.

And yet a bunch of supporters 100 metres away in the stands could identify the injury almost from the point it happened in the Brisbane game. It just staggers me.

And I still get angry when I think about that three ring circus during trade week and the stress I felt at the thought of Fev being traded.