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Dave,DaVe86 wrote:Personally I think we should be going hell for leather for Fev. I laugh at you guys saying Pick 30 or nothing. You guys have no clue. He is a contracted player, so Carlton can retain him if they want. Fev is worth a first round pick + more.
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lol. when nick's divides it does not do so in an equitable manner even if the views are poles apart. there is always a minority vs the vast majority.rocketronnie wrote:Jackie I feel the love!jack_spain wrote:Neil Appleby wrote:I don't want Fev at our club and I'm starting to breathe easier!
Eddie wants him and the majority of supporters want him if you believe the polls. The Board is divided.
This article says the Board will finalise its position over the weekend. Maxy comes out on Saturday night and says no. Maxy wouldn't say this unless it was cleared at the highest level. I reckon the Board decided Saturday some time to leave this one alone.
To all the Pro-Fev people in here, you will watch as Fev implodes again and again and thank your lucky stars that Collingwood said no.
I'm loving the way this issue has split the Nick's great divide. People are totally unpredictable on this issue.
Fancy me, RR and Pietillidie getting into the same bed over this one.
But I think you are absolutely right this time Neil. Fev is worse than a loose cannon. He's a suicide bomber ready to go off.
There is no way Eddie can possibly save face after the way he was publicly humiliated over the Heater-Didak incident, and then turn around and welcome the biggest off-field boozer and layabout in the AFL.
Listen people, if Judd couldn't help steer a Fev goalfest to a premiership, Fev will have little impact on our chances at all.
What staggers me is the conclusion people have come to that our great weakness is the full forward line when its clearly still our developing midfield. Putting Fevola at full forward isn't going to do a thing to change that situation. In fact its likely that he will be subject to the same pressures the rest of our forward line is when a Johnson helicopter floats in.
People say we need to learn from teams like Geelong. They are right, we should. And the key lesson from them is the importance of continuity in list development. Geelong are who they are now because they kept their young players together through thick and thin until they have reached a point where the understanding and bonding between them is very highly pitched indeed. I suspect we are going down that path too and to trade away developing players who are part of that group for a self-centred, undisciplined individualist who plays for no-one but himself can do nothing but harm to the fabric of the team in the long run.
Watching Nicks this week has been like watching a bunch of myopic lemmings searching for Eldorado but heading straight for the cliff...
You think the captain of the club is not consulted on team culture? Mate, that's his very mandate. That's why this bloke was chosen to be captain. That's the very input the club wants and needs from him. Recruiting someone like Fevola is clearly not simply a call on talent, because his talent is a known entity. This is very much a call on the tangible costs of the trade on the one hand (picks, salary, players, other demands), and intangible costs on the other (culture, organisational values and team dynamics).Magpie Jack wrote:Fev or no Fev
It aint Maxwells call.
Umm... have you heard of the telephone?GreekLunatic wrote:If they wanna get rid of him cause of sponsors and that they would. Also how can Maxwell know what we doing in trades due to all our Football Department was in Canberra so till someone says from the footy department we dont want him then no one knows what happening.
Well Dave, he's already half way there... he's already a deadset dickhead....Dave The Man wrote:I reckon he will become a Lion
Nice!rocketronnie wrote:Well Dave, he's already half way there... he's already a deadset dickhead....Dave The Man wrote:I reckon he will become a Lion
Perhaps the pigeons had a tail windrocketronnie wrote:Umm... have you heard of the telephone?GreekLunatic wrote:If they wanna get rid of him cause of sponsors and that they would. Also how can Maxwell know what we doing in trades due to all our Football Department was in Canberra so till someone says from the footy department we dont want him then no one knows what happening.
thebaldfacts wrote:Dave,DaVe86 wrote:Personally I think we should be going hell for leather for Fev. I laugh at you guys saying Pick 30 or nothing. You guys have no clue. He is a contracted player, so Carlton can retain him if they want. Fev is worth a first round pick + more.
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You really are missing the point aren't you? No-one is saying that he is not worth more than pick 30 but understand he is NOT required by the Scum.
The Scum want to get rid of him (or if you believe some of the posts that it is either Judd or him) and do you really believe that the 15 other clubs do not know exactly what went down on Brownlow night?
If we take him, as maxwell has said, it will be under stringent conditions. What if he breaches early on and we sack him? Then we have given away a first round pick + up and coming player for nothing. The risk is too great.
Remember he is 29 in january and how will he go in a side when the forward line is not all about him? Also, he has had a good run with injuries. What happens if he starts getting injured - will his form detoriate quickly to the point that he falls behind Anthony anyway?
We wont even go to the culture thing that we have worked hard to address.
Pick 30 or they can have him I say (or if someone offers better then good luck to the Scum).
I hope you like things up close and friendly, Jack, 'cause besides you, Rocketronnie, and Pietillidie all in the same bed, you also have me, Neil, Favourites, and Magpie Greg. Hell, Dave the Man is standing there with his socks off thinking about joining us. A more diverse group of Nicksters you would go a long way to find.jack_spain wrote:I'm loving the way this issue has split the Nick's great divide. People are totally unpredictable on this issue.
Fancy me, RR and Pietillidie getting into the same bed over this one.