Fevola faces axe from Lions

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Fevola faces axe from Lions

Brendan had Club minders who escorted him home on NYE , it was his decision to then leave home , his decision to continue to consume alcohol , his decision to be aggressive and verbally threaten the Police who approached him


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With their salary cap in mind, maybe the Lions left a few cases of scotch outside his house just to encourage him a bit?
Meh...Has it coming. Mouth off at police and see how far that gets you.

[LostDoggy]

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And HE is doing his best to be sacked!

I doubt he wants to be sacked.

[LostDoggy]

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My initially argument was directed at Chops who suggested that the AFL had some accountability for Fevola behaviour and or situation.

So the AFL inviting Fev, a know trouble maker at the time, to what is really is an EOS piss up in Ireland not asking for trouble?

[ledge]

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I doubt he wants to be sacked.

Well if he doesnt want to be sacked why is he being sooo stupid?

[LostDoggy]

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Well if he doesnt want to be sacked why is he being sooo stupid?

I suppose because he knows its not that easy to be just sacked. He isn't that stupid really.

[Desipura]

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Well if he doesnt want to be sacked why is he being sooo stupid?

Perhaps because he has an illness being an alcoholic and has a gambling addiction
It's like telling the husband to stop getting drunk every night if he wants to save his marriage and risk losing almost everything. Sometimes the penny just does not drop for some

[GVGjr]

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Perhaps because he has an illness being an alcoholic and has a gambling addiction
It's like telling the husband to stop getting drunk every night if he wants to save his marriage and risk losing almost everything. Sometimes the penny just does not drop for some

I used to just think he was the boy who just never grew up but now I'm convinced he has a problem that just can't be solved by people just pointing out his mistakes.

The Lions can argue that his problems are increased by the fact that he is away from his family and therefore canceling his contract and allowing him to head home might actually be in his long term best interest. He needs professional assistance and a better form of supervision than an AFL club can reasonably provide.

[Desipura]

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I used to just think he was the boy who just never grew up but now I'm convinced he has a problem that just can't be solved by people just pointing out his mistakes.

The Lions can argue that his problems are increased by the fact that he is away from his family and therefore canceling his contract and allowing him to head home might actually be in his long term best interest. He needs professional assistance and a better form of supervision than an AFL club can reasonably provide.

I am of the same opinion, hence why I am not like a large majority who thinks he is a dick head and that is all there is to it. It's deeper than that and I fear how he will live life if/when his footy career has ended.

[GVGjr]

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I am of the same opinion, hence why I am not like a large majority who thinks he is a dick head and that is all there is to it. It's deeper than that and I fear how he will live life if/
When his footy career is finished.

It certainly started with him being a dickhead and having virtually zero consequences for his extremely poor behaviour over a number of years was the main contributor but I think he wants to get on the right track now and doesn't have the skills to do so. It starts with the drink and escalates from there.

[Missing Dog]

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It certainly started with him being a dickhead and having virtually zero consequences for his extremely poor behaviour over a number of years was the main contributor but I think he wants to get on the right track now and doesn't have the skills to do so. It starts with the drink and escalates from there.

It started in his 1st years at Carton when he ran amok through the Maribrynong detention centre with a fire extinguisher

[Ghost Dog]

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Pack him off over here to China. Nothing like a bit of surrounding poverty to give one perspective. Serious. Trip to nepal or Vietnam followed by a stint in some local schools would do him good.

[GVGjr]

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It started in his 1st years at Carton when he ran amok through the Maribrynong detention centre with a fire extinguisher

and he was a problem child before he got to Carlton.

[Twodogs]

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Perhaps because he has an illness being an alcoholic and has a gambling addiction
It's like telling the husband to stop getting drunk every night if he wants to save his marriage and risk losing almost everything. Sometimes the penny just does not drop for some

This.


I know from personal experiemce how important your addiction becomes. If, as is being reported, Fev is an alcoholic then having a drink becomes more important than anything. Family, friends, career. Everything eventually becomes an impediment to that one overriding goal in life. Due to his disease a addict will just consume whatever their poison is to the point of destruction.

Addiction is a discease that cant be cured. It can be controlled thugh. A bit like diabetes sufferers of addiction have to choose to be cured themselves. Noone can make that choice and it's mostly only when the addict themself makes that choice.

[Desipura]

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and he was a problem child before he got to Carlton.

Sure was, I can recall watching a documentary about young draftees, Fev and Des Headland were on, you could tell that Fev was a problem child.
He spoke about not having a Dad growing up, that is one thing I remember him mentioning.

[LostDoggy]

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Problem child like many kids 16/17yo are?
Being in an environment were instead of being punished properly/taught the right way/helped has more to do with his problems now than what he was like as a 16/17yo. Kids grow up, but if there is no reason to then no wonder he didn't.

Also I thought Fev has a dad still alive.