FEVOLA / Tigers take a nibble at Fevola

[mightytiges]

apparently the deal is off, as said by Miller on SEN this morning.

Everyone keeps saying it's highly unlikely rather than ruling it out completely. 

Someone big from Carlton has to go. They're in debt, will make a $1 million loss at least this year and have the ATO on their back. Surely they will have to reduce their TPP down to near the minimum 92.5%. If Camporeale and Lappin go then maybe Fev will stay but if Camporale and Lappin can't be traded then Carlton will get zilch in return if those two go into the PSD. I have nothing to back it up but I still have a feeling there's a late twist to come before 2pm deadline tomorrow.

[Razorblade]

Dam it, obviously pick 8 won't do it, pick's 8, 24 and Hall maybe? 

LOL well not really, bring on Dowler!

[letsgetiton!]

apparently the deal is off, as said by Miller on SEN this morning.

Everyone keeps saying it's highly unlikely rather than ruling it out completely. 

Someone big from Carlton has to go. They're in debt, will make a $1 million loss at least this year and have the ATO on their back. Surely they will have to reduce their TPP down to near the minimum 92.5%. If Camporeale and Lappin go then maybe Fev will stay but if Camporale and Lappin can't be traded then Carlton will get zilch in return if those two go into the PSD. I have nothing to back it up but I still have a feeling there's a late twist to come before 2pm deadline tomorrow.

i have a gut feeling that miller said the geal is off as a bluff so to speak. let them know the facts are we dont "have " to get fev, get the panic stations up and running at carlton so they will come back begging for a cheap trade just to offload him, as i feel that even though lappin abd campo are gone they still need to get rid of fev as they signed fatty for more than 400k per yr

[letsgetiton!]

Dam it, obviously pick 8 won't do it, pick's 8, 24 and Hall maybe? 

LOL well not really, bring on Dowler!

dont get me wrong i want fev in our fwd line but on our terms or nothing .

[mightytiges]

i have a gut feeling that miller said the geal is off as a bluff so to speak. let them know the facts are we dont "have " to get fev, get the panic stations up and running at carlton so they will come back begging for a cheap trade just to offload him, as i feel that even though lappin abd campo are gone they still need to get rid of fev as they signed fatty for more than 400k per yr

As RT mentioned, there's more bluffs in this than on Late Night Poker. Miller's got just a pair of clubs duds while the Blues have an Ace in hand but the Flop was a huge Carlton debt, a $1m loss and the ATO knocking and the Turn card was Whitnall on $400K. The Blues will be tempted to fold .   

[letsgetiton!]

......the Turn card was Whitnall on $400K. The Blues will be tempted to fold .   

sen this morning implied that 400k was off the mark and it is actually closer to 450k !!! idiots!!! no wonder they are in debt

[mightytiges]

......the Turn card was Whitnall on $400K. The Blues will be tempted to fold .   

sen this morning implied that 400k was off the mark and it is actually closer to 450k !!! idiots!!! no wonder they are in debt

I could always never understand why Whitnall is rated that highly by the Blues. $450k . 

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Tigers pass on Fevola
3:15:19 PM Thu 6 October, 2005
Paul Gough
Sportal for afl.com.au

Carlton spearhead Brendan Fevola will not be joining Richmond with the Tigers pulling out of the race for the erratic but talented forward on Thursday.

Instead the Tigers will stick with their current attack with Greg Stafford signing with the club for another season where he will join spearhead Matthew Richardson and returning star Nathan Brown as the club's main attacking options next year.

The Tigers had expressed an interest in Fevola, who signed a new three year deal with the Blues during the middle of 2005, but then fell out of favour after a disappointing end to the season.

However Richmond football director Greg Miller told Sportal on Thursday, the day before Friday's 2pm trade deadline, that the Tigers were no longer interested in securing the Blues' leading goalkicker of the past three seasons.

"It (a possible trade with Carlton for Fevola) never got beyond our initial interest," Miller said.

"We never spoke to Carlton and it looks like we'll be doing nothing (in the way of trades) now."

Miller said 31-year-old Stafford had put off any thoughts of retiring by agreeing to play on for another year with the Tigers.

"It's good news, I think Greg always wanted to play on for another year."

The Tigers are also in contract negotiations with much-improved midfielder Shane Tuck with negotiations progressing well on an improved deal for the player who ran third in the club's best and fairest this year.

Tuck played on only a one year contract for the minimum base salary in 2005 after he was the last player to win a place on the club's list at the start of the season, but his new deal is expected to be for several seasons and on much-improved terms.

The Tigers are also expected to retain wingman Greg Tivendale, even though he had been subject of trade speculation, while their decision to pull out of the race for Fevola increases the prospect of the dread-locked full-forward staying at Optus Oval.

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=233560

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Here's the audio link to Greg Miller on Sport 927 this morning.

http://sport927.com.au/gateway/Daily_Audio/Sound%20Grabs/GMM_061005.asx

[Mopsy]

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORAAAAAAYY!
Sanity has prevailed!!

[mightytiges]

A grab from Miller on SEN said he's told Fevola today that it's very unlikely we'll be able to organize a trade to get him over.

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Miller said in that interview there is nothing in the pipeline that involves trading our first 2 picks, but they have been exploring some avenues in regards to trading our 3rd or 4th pick!

Sidenote they mentioned Coughlan and Miller said that he recently brought a new house in Elwood and that he loves it, so he won't be going anywhere! 

[tigers80]

A grab from Miller on SEN said he's told Fevola today that it's very unlikely we'll be able to organize a trade to get him over.

fev was keen as mustard.... or perhaps is still...

[one-eyed]

Fevola to stay at Carlton
By Jake Niall
The Age
October 7, 2005

BRENDAN Fevola will remain with Carlton in 2006 following Richmond's decision to give up its pursuit of the spearhead.

Richmond director of football Greg Miller contacted Fevola, his manager Paul Connors and Carlton coach Denis Pagan late on Wednesday night to inform them the Tigers were unable to bid for Fevola for financial reasons. "I told them our interest had finished," Miller said.

Pagan met Fevola yesterday, when the full-forward told his coach he was 100 per cent committed to the Blues and vowed to make substantial improvements in 2006.

"He's committed to making his 2006 a better year than 2005," Connors said of his client.

The Tigers had needed to offload a substantial sum of money to accommodate Fevola's three-year $450,000-plus contract but were unable to trade Ray Hall or Greg Tivendale, the players they had earmarked for trades that would make it possible to pay for Fevola. Hall has agreed to a new two-year deal.

Richmond was the only club to pursue Fevola in the course of the trading period, which concludes today at 2pm — the exact time when Fevola will be getting married.

Richmond's inability to accommodate Fevola was not based on a tight salary cap, but on the Tigers' strict budget and desire to get back into the black after major financial losses in recent years.

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2005/10/06/1128562944395.html

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Fevola renews vows
07 October 2005   
Herald Sun
Damian Barrett and Jim Wilson

BRENDAN Fevola last night said "I do" to Carlton, leaving him in a buoyant frame of mind to utter the same words at his wedding this afternoon.

After Richmond abandoned hopes of luring the gun goalkicker, Fevola and the Blues put a month of tension behind them and agreed to a future together.

Positive talks with coach Denis Pagan convinced Fevola to start afresh with his club of seven years and honour a three-year contract signed in July.

Fevola's manager Paul Connors said last night the full-forward was excited to have resolved his football future on the eve of his marriage.

"He can look forward positively now on every front," Connors said. "He is a very determined person, and will do everything in his powers to make 2006 a successful one for him and his club."

Connors denied Fevola's relationships with key Carlton officials had been strained in the past month.

"Whatever was being done was not being generated by Brendan," Connors said.

"Brendan has always had the utmost respect for the people of Carlton."

Richmond and Carlton discussed a Fevola trade at Monday's trade week opening at Optus Oval.

It is understood the Blues demanded two first-round national draft selections.

Tigers football director Greg Miller indicated yesterday the Blues' demands for Fevola had been impossible to meet.

"It (a Fevola trade) never got beyond our initial interest," Miller said.

Carlton chief executive Michael Malouf said last night there was no serious intention to off-load Fevola.

"From day one we have always said he is a contracted player and our position hasn't changed," Malouf said.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,16840963%255E19742,00.html