So Fevola is on his way out of Carlton, is he?
Not likely.
Fevola is a key ingredient in that team – arguably THE key ingredient – and for a team that is entering its premiership window in the next two years, an 80 to 100 goal full-forward will be worth his weight in gold.
Make no mistake – Carlton don’t really want to get rid of Fevola.
It’s simply the threat of being traded that they hope will be the rocket that makes him change his ways.
Any team that does fancy Fevola will have to offer something good to get him – a very high draft pick (probably below 10) or a top line player.
Only problem is, clubs will be extremely reluctant to do that because of his chequered past.
He has so much baggage that for most young teams, his influence will be more trouble that he’s worth.
His worth is also a stumbling block – he has two years left on a contract worth something in the order of $700,000 a year.
So by the end of next week’s trade period, Fevola will still be a Blueboy, Carlton’s board can say “well, we tried to offload him” and he’ll be back in time for pre-season training.
What will really rattle Carlton is a club willing to come to the party and offer something of value. Then they’ll really have a decision to make.
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Totally agree. While The Judd is Carltons best player, Fevola is the most important to the team. As a Blues fan the thought of offloading Fev is a shocking one. He may be a screw up, but he's OUR screw up.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to see what happens if Sydney comes to the table with O'Keefe and a draft pick. Still, don't think it'll happen.
What do you think about it now - given that he is at the Lions? But no-one then knew about the bathroom incident...
ReplyDeleteCarlton were more desperate to get rid of Fevola than any of us thought. Given some of the things I have heard he got up to on Brownlow night, in hindsight it's hardly surprising.
ReplyDeleteCarlton's treatment of the issue though is baffling.
For a club trying to erase it's image of going soft on bad-boys they did a less than passable job of acting the tough guy.
They knew about the allegations made against Fevola.
They didn't investigate them.
They didn't ask for Fevola's version of events.
In fact, neither Brett Ratten nor Stephen Kernahan have spoken to him since that night.
It's not a good look.