Barack Obama wrote:
Was at the soccer tonight, and in a function, and saw Fevola and a few other players. Now this kid went up to a player I won't name, and said he supported his club (the club was not Carlton) and asked for an autograph. He was brushed aside. Fair enough you might say, except the kid was approximately 7 years old and a quick autograph would not have been too troubling. He then went to Fev, and said he didn't support Carlton but liked Fev and wanted his autograph anyway. Fev must have spent at least 5 minutes talking to the kid, and from what I heard it was about if the kid played little league football and just football in general. He then got the other player to sign an autograph for the kid.
I just thought I'd post this because there has been alot of negative stuff on here about Fevola, so I thought why not point out this nice deed that he had done, which had definitely made this kid's night. I don't want to tie this to the trade fev/don't trade Fev debate. I just thought it would highlight that Fev is not just a good footballer, but a good bloke too.
David Teague = Best Clubman 2006; Dyland Maclaren & David Teague hosted a family day earlier this year ... they're both out on their Rrs ... OK - Fev is a great player, and does some great work for the club (there was the post about a flag being chased down by the man) but that doesn't render him untouchable ...
Any professional player (and
not the guy from the team that the kid does support) would give their time of day to a seven year old. It's things like this that kids remember, and help form a basis of an opinion that sticks with them for life.
Onya Fev.. the table has us on the bottom but you continue to put us and yourself on top ...