Long way to go for him yet.

Very important that we develop another tall option to assist him much in the same way Bradshaw does for Brown.

I liked the way we lined up with Setanta deep up forward but for me he isn't the right option. With Hampson back he, Cloke and Kruezer could rotate through there. Hartlett is the other option.

P.S.

Since we're doing the "I told you so shit" about nothing other than off-field misdemeanors, how about we start one more relevant.

Any Bannister knockers out there??? HELLO? Can't hear you?

4th good game in a row - he's not part of our future, nah.

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

I love Fev....after he kicked that goal from the pocket against Adelaide to win the game a couple of years back I promised never to bag him again.

Once or twice I have shaken my head at his antics but he is a star! We need him to stay off the pish and he will bring home the bacon.

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He was fantastic to watch once again..

I think he really doesn't want to play for anothor club and is desperately trying to convince the Blues/Pratt to keep him at years end, even though he has used his 9 lives.......

Watching Fev is like watching someone fighting for his life....You get 100%

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Fev the only match winner? - who is that bloke in number 5 I wonder? - I'd wager that in a couple of years murphy, gibbs and kreuzer would also be deemed matchwinners.

So Fev kicked 7 goals - great/fantastic - however that should not be the only measure of his performance in the team. We all know that Fev can kick a bag of goals. I'd judge Fev on his second efforts - the chases, tackles.

In that respect Fev had a 'good' game - for myself, Fevs efforts that lead to Grigg's goal was his best piece of play in the game. If he can maintain that sort of effort every game then I'd be more than happy to have him in the team.

Having said that though there was also an incident where Fev turned his back to complain to the umps whilst the play was still going on behind him (the 50 setanta gave away whilst fighting against 2 collingwood players) - the ball was still live and rolled free behind him yet Fev had his back turned to the play. Its these sorts of 'efforts' that discredits the many positive aspects of Fevs gameplay and consequently continue to make him 'tradable'

I still have my reservations.
A couple of times he went the wrong option

One thing i would be saying to him is just kick it long if he is unsure about the short pass.

Give him credit He played well

Both on MMM and on Ch7 they said that Ratts would've been more satisfied with Fev's assist in the Grigg goal than any of the other goals he kicked himself.

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I disagree Danny, although I see your point. We do need to look at more options, which we did on the weekend. But what Fev does is give us focal point. I see so many goals where Fev makes a contest, the opposition defence is so occupied with him, and we get a goal when the ball hits the deck. He is a once in a generation genuine goal kicking champion for us which simply do not come along often enough to let him go.

The one thing about Fev is that he scares the absolute shit out of every defence in the league bar Geelong/Scarlett.

If he's not there, the match-ups get a lot tougher because he simply must be respected at all times by the opposition. If he gets an effective foil.... well look at what is happening with Brown/Bradshaw and Franklin/Roughead. The game is set up these days for tall marking forwards.

So Fev please keep your head straight.

Very true. He intimidates. He makes defenders doubt themselves and lose confidence, and we don't have many of those kind of guys just yet (other than #5 of course)

And I think his little accident a few weeks back will actually be the best thing that ever happened to Fev. Watch him evolve over the next 5 years into possiby Carltons greatest ever Full Forward. We havent had a lot of them over the years but we do have one now

thats the whole fricken problem footballers arent footballers anymore they are cross between athletes and businessmen..

theclubs, media, the members,the sponsors,the people all expect more from these footballers then just playing football..


yeah they have to have skills outside of footy but let them cocentrate on footy rather then elsewhere...

dont get me wrong either but i dont agree on what fev has done outside the club. but hey some of the responsibilty is on the club,thepeople,sponsors, members and media for placing expectations on the footballers themselves...

when does the fevs,judds etc get a breather away from footy just let there hair down away from all of us...

i am not saying we condone stupid actions etc from any player

cheers
oz

fev is an enigma, a flawed genius, a Shakespearian tragic hero.

he will never be the machine that judd is, but judd may never be the talismanic figure that fev is.

now that weve got the weaponry im sure hes relishing the challenge of taking us to the promised land. he now has the incentive he hasnt had in the past, team glory. i am no psychologist but the fact that we're slowly turning the corner, coupled with his narrow escape could be just the tonic for him. im sure he can smell the big stage that his personality thrives on and craves


time will tell

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imagine going into a big final.. or even a grand final, with Fevola...............................

OMG that is so flowering exciting. He is the kind of player that will win a grand final. He's definetly a big stage player. He could do anything in that sort of atmosphere.

EDWARDS.. next year or maybe one after.. could be a gun

that's a load of shit. the best sportsmen are complete flower off field (warne, carey, hiscox, rooney, miller (keith not brad)) etc. if swan or anyother dropkick moves him on, we will win just one flag in the few years instead of the possible four that we are entitled to. Remember the words of sticks "we're carlton and @#$%&! the rest of them" go you blue boys and we can piss where ever and whenever we want (i do). I bet riewoldt always hangs on till his bladder is bursting and how many flags had that weak cauliflower won?

This is clearly the disadvantage of watching the game on TV. Cometti stated that Fev stopped while the ball was in play. This is NOT true. Fev was penalised for in the back. The umpire called the play to stop, the other players didn't hear it. Fev heard it and argued and was penalised.
Don't always believe tv commentators they thrive on generalisations and love to exaggerate both the good and the bad.
Fev has his faults but he also deserves a fair go.

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Fev was actually turning to the umpire to dispute the umpire BLOWING HIS WHISTLE. You could hear it very clearly on BOTH replays... the umpire blew his whistle, and THEN fev stopped. The other players didnt hear it, neither did the d**kh**d commentator one channel 7 who argued the same line you are.

Enough please. They poor guy cops enough when he makes a mistake, don't attack him when he has done nothing wrong.

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That is a ridiculus thing to say. You are using irrelevant arguements that no one will refute to support your stance.

Yes all teams need a multi-target forward line BUT:

- They also need a focal point. We don't have much else... have you noticed?

- Of course good teams will find it easy to cover one man... but did it ever occur to you that while Geelong and Hawthorn are dropping an extra man to cover Fev we suddenly have a free player in our forward line? A team with a good defense will love playing teams without a player in need of double teaming, because the can back their defenders to play one on one, rather then sacrifice someone to get back onto the Franklins/Browns/Fevolas of the competition.

- Every forward demands the ball. Did you expect Fev to say "nah Stevo kick it to lance I'm going to struggle here"? You are supposed to back your midfielders to make the correct decision. The combination of having no other target and a coach that wasn't willing to push his players to look for alternatives was the reason we would kick to Fev vs 2 or 3, not because he was being selfish and demanding the ball.

- Fevola is probably the hardest working forward in the competition. Yes he has fade outs and looses interest... but how often? honestly? You only notice them because between 2002-2007 he was basically our only chance of winning a game, so if he wasn't in the right mood, you knew about it.

- Our reliance on Fev is due to a lack of options... how can you blame a guy for presenting well and being the only shining light in an appalling forward line for much of the last decade??

Its easy to have a crack, but the guy you are having a go at bleeds for this club and every Carlton supporter owes him a hell of a lot more then to have a dig at him.

I respect your view that he is not a required player, I just don't agree with your flawed arguments. Most of what you say comes back to the team, rather then Fevola.