Everytime Fev does something stupid I hear the torch and pitchfork crowd on one side
"Sack him!"
"Trade him!"
"BUUUUUURRRRN HIMMMM!!!"

and the apologists on the other side
"He's not hurting anyone"
"We've all done it"
"Must be a slow news day"
"STFU and let the boys have some fun!"

But for me three things are important to remember:
1) Fev's already had a stipulation in his contract stating that if he gets pissed again he's gone. This stipulation may not exist anymore, but the fact that one existed to begin with speaks volumes.
2) Whether he likes it or not, in public places (specifically official functions) he is representing his football club, employer, shareholders (members), sponsors and when he makes a goose of himself in these arenas it reflects on these other people.
3) The fact that he's had a "shape up or ship out" clause in his contract, been fined countless times and been removed from the leadership group indicates he doesn't respect authority. We can bang on about the PC police all we want, but THE CLUB has a set of rules for behaviour and conduct, and with such punishments the club obviously has felt he's broken these rules. The club sets rules, he breaks them, gets punished, wash rinse repeat.

I don't give a flying !@#$%& what the media thinks of this, what the do-gooders think, or what the 'let boys be boys' crowd think. What matters to me is what the club thinks of this, and they aren't !@#$%& happy. If only the punishments actually solved the problem.

You call this rubbish being published in the media getting off lightly? Let alone every moron who can type getting on the internet wriing banal sanctimonious drivel?

Is it rubbish?? or does the truth hurt. Poor Fev be a man and take some responsibilities stop protecting the baby hasn't helped.

Any chance McLean could take Fevola off the back/front page tomorrow?

Public places? Was it open to the public or only people invited to the Brownlow?

I'd say it was public in the sense that there were members of the media there, whose job it is to report on matters with public interest to the public.

Yep, public. If a massive national tv audience is watching then in principle it makes it public. If it is behind closed doors with no link to the outside world, it is private.

We're arguing semantics here.

I take it you expect all of us to talk about your private life then?

I'll get onto the HS to follow you around when you're next out and we'll all be able to tut tut when you do bad karaoke.

If I had a profile like Fev, then thats exactly what would happen. Its a spurious and silly comment as no-ones actually interested in my life. But if I was under the spotlight, I'd be careful about where and when I got up to mischief.

You don't think if I behaved like Fev did at my companies work function that it wouldn't be an issue? You can try to justify it all you like, but I suggest you go and read any HR protocols and you will see that employees at an employer function need to behave appropriately.

I do not begrudge the lads having some fun and being able to let their hair down. But the Brownlow is hardly the place to do it. over.

wish i was there - i might have got a hug and i would have loved to jump up on stage and sing with the fev

looked like everyone was having a great time