Love the Fev ... if only he was sober a little more often he could still be here and contributing. How old is he?

But he could kick the shit out of a pigskin, huh?

In the Border Mail (Fairfax publication) Fev writes a weekly column. Today it is "What happened to Carlton?"

Fev has gone BANG!!! I can't find a link but here is a summary.


- Murphy needs more help from other players. He thinks Murph is a superstar. Judd coming back will help so he is not getting the number 1 tagger.
- Gibbs will go back to Adelaide. His best mate Sammy Jacobs is there, Betts is there and the home/family factor is the biggest thing. Fev can't see him staying at Carlton
- When he was sacked by the blues he was shattered because he thought he would miss out on premiership number 17
- Losing to Melbourne was embarrassing
- In a year the club is celebrating its 150 years, at 0 and 4 there is nothing to celebrate
- There is nothing for fans to cheer about as there are no rising stars coming through
- MM should have played JW and JG last week
- MM is frustrated and doesn't have the cattle
- Recruiters have a lot to answer for, haven't picked a forward since he left, they keep picking midfielders
- Forwards win finals, they are the difference in big games
- Should have kept Eddie, Dale Thomas gets his occasional big specky and 15 touches and won't win you a game off his own boot
- Judd/Kennedy trade - Judd is a superstar but so is Josh Kennedy. Blues might have a premiership now with JK in the side
- Club needs to question Brock, Scotland and Carrazzo staying on the list
- Board has more leaks than a sieve
- Sticks was only meant to be president for 6 months and still there now. Need to find the right person to replace him

Was Fev an "A" grader?

How quickly people forget what Fevola did for us where it matters most, on the field, winning us games. His private mishaps were a disappointment, its a shame Fevola wasn't born in an era early, his behavior wouldn't have even been noticed back in those days ...

I still remember Fevola with fondness. Kids loved him, he made the game exciting (which is a lot more than I can say for us today) and he was a character. Actually I have often pondered if Fevola's "character" had such an impact on the club that subconsciously we've gone after introverted type footballers ever since ...

People can say what they like about Fev but I will say one thing in his defense:

When we were at our LOWEST point in the clubs HISTORY Fev was about the ONLY thing to cheer for. He kept bums on seats at games, won us games off his own boot AND won a Coleman Medal when we finished LAST!
I remember those games against Essendon** and Collingwood (you know, those game we just HATE losing?) and won those block busters off his own boot! I remember the 10s of thousands of Carlton faithful going ape droppings at those games because of Fev, and those were our darkest years as a club.

I remember going to games thinking we are screwed, we're gonna get pumped. Oh hang on, Fev might have a day out and we win this. Fevola was about the only shining light we had at Carlton in our darkest years.

How quickly people forget what Fevola did for us where it matters most, on the field, winning us games. His private mishaps were a disappointment, its a shame Fevola wasn't born in an era early, his behavior wouldn't have even been noticed back in those days ...

I still remember Fevola with fondness. Kids loved him, he made the game exciting (which is a lot more than I can say for us today) and he was a character. Actually I have often pondered if Fevola's "character" had such an impact on the club that subconsciously we've gone after introverted type footballers ever since ...

People can say what they like about Fev but I will say one thing in his defense:

When we were at our LOWEST point in the clubs HISTORY Fev was about the ONLY thing to cheer for. He kept bums on seats at games, won us games off his own boot AND won a Coleman Medal when we finished LAST!
I remember those games against Essendon** and Collingwood (you know, those game we just HATE losing?) and won those block busters off his own boot! I remember the 10s of thousands of Carlton faithful going ape droppings at those games because of Fev, and those were our darkest years as a club.

I remember going to games thinking we are screwed, we're gonna get pumped. Oh hang on, Fev might have a day out and we win this. Fevola was about the only shining light we had at Carlton in our darkest years.

How quickly people forget what Fevola did for us where it matters most, on the field, winning us games. His private mishaps were a disappointment, its a shame Fevola wasn't born in an era early, his behavior wouldn't have even been noticed back in those days ...

I still remember Fevola with fondness. Kids loved him, he made the game exciting (which is a lot more than I can say for us today) and he was a character. Actually I have often pondered if Fevola's "character" had such an impact on the club that subconsciously we've gone after introverted type footballers ever since ...

Was Fev an "A" grader?

But he could kick the shit out of a pigskin, huh?

I always reckon Fev would of been suited to the great Carlton sides of the eighties.

Great blokes who enjoyed a drink but could play. Plus FF were stars in those days.

Imagine Fev on the end of kicks from Marcou, Sheldon, Ashman, Harmes, Maylin, Buckley etc.

Right bloke completely wrong time.