This is just a guess! Purely a shot in the dark as to why the press conference was called. So don't shoot me!

What time was the training session this morning? Was Fev's absence from it planned? Is it possible that the press conference was called after Fev failed to show up for training without reason? Was THAT the final straw which resulted in his suspension for this week's match?

Actually, now that I think of it, my speculation is most probably wrong. Cos if he did miss the training session, it would have been said at the press conference wouldn't it? Hmmm...ignore me. I'm just talking to myself now...

Out and out champion George? You're kidding aren't you. What are Voss Buckley Harvey PAvlich Judd Hird if Fev is a proven out and out champion?

If Fev does what he did last year every year till 2012, maybe, but out and out champions don't put in the sort of efforts Fev has in a number of games this year.

Oh, and I am trading him out of my SuperCoach team...

You have to wonder what affect his onfield antics has had on the rest of the playing team.

Is it possible the players have had enough of Fevs attitude????

I believe we will see the guys turn it right around this week without Fev!!!

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not really he was the main reason we lost the 94 semi-final against Geelong.

this is a fukin disgrace. Wat bout Didak? Look wat he did and he got shit all! Fev argues with umpires and gets suspended and might not play again!! Fukin stupid, and i tell ya wot i am NOT buying a membership anymore, might not even go to another game again this year if Fev doesnt return. Coz of his shit, Fev might not return. Lets play russell, and hartlett and kennedy who have no fukin clue and are not good enough. Disgraceful by the blues, and ive had enough of this shit.

Feva you'll be back and prove those fools fukin wrong, true carlton supporters luv ya big fella, cant wait to c ya bak.

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"I can't wait to win a premiership with this club" - Fev

"Mens sana in corporo sano" = Sound in the body, sound in the mind.

It is what this great club is founded on.

We have kicked the 2nd most number of points this year and Fev has averaged 3 goals a game. You know, I reckon we could "cope" without him.

We need leadership at this club and he's been told today in no uncertain manner. Whether the Club should have announced via a presser, well that's 6 of one, half a ......

Mate, come back to us if you REALLY want to play for this club and want to put the Club and the development of your younger teammates ahead of your own "interests". Sorry, it's just more than giving away 2 x 50's. As if he was suspended only for this.

It's also about kids wearing their No 25's up in the stands knowing that their club champion (we ALL know he has championship abilities) is doing their very best for them. Unconditional.

All I know is this - if he's only going to be focused playing amongst a team that delivers it on a platter, sorry mate, you're at the wrong place. There are plenty of clubs that could do this for him, so Fev, start doing the ground work. It's how you perform in that magnificent NAVY BLUE jumper that interests me. If you kick a million for another team why would I be upset if I thought you would only kick 50-70 for US? It's called a win-win isn't it?

Gang, we'll get plenty for him - as we'd bloody well want to. What did Doggies give up for 30 yr old Aker in the "super draft"? First rounder?

You know, we're potentially in the ball park for Judd here. Dick could make this happen if he wants to.

Fev, you're 26 years old now, the ball is in your court.

Based on some of the arguments in this thread half the team should be suspended.

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I see nothing but a huge opportunity for the club now.

Trade Fev why we can, only if it means getting Judd to Carlton. The planets are aligning. We will have more room in the salary cap so affording Judd is not an issue.

Fev can't go into the draft as he is still contracted by the blues. It is a win win scenario.

Will they do it?

As with the press conference I think it was required. Keeping the members informed is what the club didn't do well in the past.

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Molly brought up an interesting point yesterday when he wondered how many goals Plugger would've kicked if he'd been playing for Hawthorn instead of Dunstall.

Now I can't say I have every followed St Kilda all that closely, but from memory they were constantly (apart from one or two years) down the bottom of the ladder, and Lockett still managed to ply his trade effectively. I'm sure he had a plethora of wayward delivery in his time there.

Then again he defected to Sydney, so maybe this comparison is null and void.

Anyway, I reckon the press conference was held because it is pretty big news, and they Club wanted to look like it was making a stand.

Not sure what to make of it all, but life goes on, and hopefully Fevola can get his head right and knuckle down.

My guess is that Fev will do a Fat Tony Mokbel and dissappear for a while. Hope it doesn't happen, but its a strong possibility.

The Tiges would be ok with Fev at FF, Richo CHF and Brown in the pocket. If they'd give us their top two draft picks for Fev, then we'd have maybe 1, 2 and 3 in the draft plus more in the top 20. Add this to Murph and Gibbs, and a new coach, and we'd be just like the Dawks..............set for the next decade !!!

Lil' Miss Wojee won't be impressed.

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with all due respect fevolution, brendan could pimp slap your grandma, the proceed to shit in your sunday roast, and he would be still a god in your eyes.

obviously it is deeper than last weeks game. he is getting a message to sent to him. something which has been brewing for a while now.

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Correct decision by the club.
Fev as a senior player shows poor on field leadership.
Do we want our young players to follow his lead every time things don't go their way?
Fev needs to grow up, he's playing a team sport, yet every time he chucks a wobbly we're effectively one man down on the field.

Pagan and the club as a whole has supported Fevola to the N-th degree since Pagan came along. Countless times.

When is enough finally enough? Someone finally had to make a stand and to make a hard decision and it is not before time. Obviously the mollycoddling hasn't worked because stuff all has changed. Yet you want to continue to follow the path of least resistance with this clown?

Why did the club support Fevola "publically" after the myriad on and off-field indiscretions over the past 5 years.

Since you purport to always know what is going on in the inner sanctum, perhaps you can tell us why NOW instead of 10-15-20 times ago?

The answer is that you don't have a bloody clue about what REALLY IS happening at the club.

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Suspend him by all means, he had that coming after last week, but what idiot in his right mind would actually trade him. Supporter spend too much time talking with their emotions and not enough with their brain. If he plays next year and kicks 80+ goals he'd be the best player in the world again. Typical supporters. I'm sure in the line of "people to get rid of "he'd be well behind Pagan. One wins games for us the other loses them and, in the process, personally set this club back so far.

Ok they've suspended Fev. Suddenly we have decided to show some grunt in our decision making. Whether Fev has been a scapegoat or not depends on what happens at the selection table and how long Pagan remains. If we want to suspend for lack of discipline and poor performance fine. Then it has to be goodbye to Pagan NOW. It also means the Ants for Ackland and the other duds running around who don't give a damn about the jumper or the club. I could name quite a few.

Lets be consistent and fair if this is the way we are going to go. In which case I would support this show of leadership. But if isn't applied across the board, then we really are the piss weak club I have been fearing we might become.

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Thanks for the memories Kouta. You are and always will be a True Blue Carlton Legend. #43.

although i agree Fev needs to be ridiculed for his performance this week, suspending him is ludicrous.. To me, Fev is a victim of our game plan, or as i call it the "Reverse Flood"

The reverse flood is when we continue to put players inside our forward fifty, we dont wait for the opposition to do it, we instigate it ourselves. On the weekend we had 8 forwards on direct opponents in our forward 50. Just a touch crowded. Not only do we do this, but we also allow the other team to have outriders where if a quick kick comes outside 50, they have 70 or 80 metres to run (or walk) the ball inside theirown 50, leaving Pavlich one out.

Fev would be looking at the space afforded the opposition forwards and would be ropable. Could you imagine what Fev would do with this much space??? This falls squarely on DP and the MC. If teams flood against us surely we must be smart enough to combat this rather than just bombing the ball to a pack. Why not try Fev at CHF where his kicking could be used to go over the flood???

We need to look outside the square with Fev and try to figure out why he is cracking it, not just sending him away for a week to see if he can figure himself out.

Ask yourself a question, Was his performance any worse than Acklands last 2 weeks? Was his performance any less motivating than Cain's "weak as piss" efforts the last 2 weeks??Obviously not, yet i guarantee that huge lump of shit will beplaying again this week.

Denis maybe you should take a week off to assess your performance as well.

Gotta laugh at the fools here who reckon Fev is useless but yet want to trade him for Judd.

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tend to agree

C.Aikland should be suspended for about 3 weeks.

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