Parkin speaks on Fevola

[Phar Ace]

Fevola spells disaster for mine! Thanks for the Parkin rhetoric Phanto. Much of what he says makes sense. With at least six other clubs chasing him, let them up the ante among themselves. Fevola won't come cheap in that environment and I hope Miller is wise enough to realise that - must be surely!

 

[tiger in the night]

I hate david parkin, I dont think he may have coached a few premierships but he is a very average human. Full of bitterness and spite and can never look at Richmond objectivly without having a bit of a dig at the club.

How about his comment when carlton lost the draft picks "the league needs the carlton football club and this could kill them" what a load of shizzle a few years on the bottom and the're all crying.

Who was coaching Carlton when Fevola was drafted? Pagan or his mate Wayne Britten

Parkin is a bitter DISMAL man

D Parkin has probably been the most erudite, intelligent and articulate voice in footy for the last 20 years - and one of the most self-effacing. Any negative comments regarding the RFC by him in that time were probably warranted - after all, how many GF's have we won in that time?

Parkin's opinion is good enough for me.

 

[craig]

well put phantom , the old saying one bad apple spoils the barrel is appliciable in this case . we have a young team thet terry is trying to mould into a great team and they don't need the distraction that fev would bring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very true there Van but TW isnt trying hard enuff specially as Pettrified and The Chaff are gonna get to play next year, not to mention Hall, Stafford, and possibly Tivendale and the other duds. ;D :hihi

 

[Richmond United]

Yep my mistake.  lets not even consider talented players who don't go to church on sunday and aren't in bed at 7pm every night.

He is 25 and a change of club might be the perfect thing for him.  Who knows, he might even be a late maturer.  Not everyone is the same, he is in his comfort zone at Calrton and needs to be taken out of it.  Put him an incentive based contract, give him some responsibiltiy it might just be tha making of him.

As for phantom saying there is no established leadership group at Tigerland?  I'm sure Johno, browny, Richo and Joel would love to hear that one.  Absolutely absurd statement.

Yep, and the goose knows better than David Parkin.

Trust Parkin's words before the goose's any day.

"Parkin also said that there will be about half a dozen teams that would queue up to get hold of Fevola, when Carlton lets him go, because they'll feel that he can play footy and that they can change him. He sniggered when he said this."

You can be sure in the knowledge that Parkin (like certain individuals on this website eh phantom) has his own agenda
for making such statements.......minimising CFC membership fallout would be 1!

I'd agree with the cooked goose that it would be remiss of any recruiting manager not to consider any and all available talent......and Fevola is a talent.  The question with Fev is whether he has the mental application, diligence and capacity/willingness to work harder than he ever has before to become a great footballer.  This is the determination that needs to be made by interested clubs.  If the answer is no....then i'd agree that it would be much better for the RFC to continue along the path of youth.

Irrespective of what happens i for one will continue to support my club and won't resort to cheap and pathetic criticisms if a decision is made that is not to my liking!

 

[Chiang Mai Tiger]

Fevola = virus
Hope enough of us let Miller know this before anything can be signed or sealed.

 

[Richmond United]

Hope enough of us let Miller know this before anything can be signed or sealed.

A recurring nightmare....the tail wagging the yellow and black dog!

 

[Dean3]

One of the first things that we did, when introducing the juniors, was to systematically root out all undesirable seniors at the club.

Hmmm, might try that down at our local netball club.

 

[chislop]

I'd rather stick hot pins in my eyes than see Fevola at RFC.

Agree with everything Phantom and Pharace have stated.

 

[bigwow]

Roderick – better known as Ricky – McLean was the son of dual Carlton premiership player of the 1930s-40s, Rod McLean.
He was a strongly-built full-forward, who thrived on the physical aspects of the game. Unfortunately, that sometimes led to problems with the men-in-white and, subsequently, the tribunal.

With the Carlton side of the early 1970s boasting forwards of the calibre of Alex Jesaulenko, Robert Walls, David McKay and Syd Jackson, McLean decided to try his luck elsewhere.

Working class Richmond and the rough’n’ready Ricky McLean were a perfect match.

McLean arrived at Punt Road in 1972 and quickly formed a fearsome, double-pronged Tiger attack with fellow strongman Neil Balme. They became known as ‘Biff’ and ‘Bam’ (can’t remember who was who, but I can assure you they had opposition backmen looking over their shoulders). Toughness aside, McLean could 'play a little bit', too. He was Richmond’s equal Leading Goalkicker, with 55, in his debut season at the Club, and was a member of the Tiger Grand Final team that year which lost to his old side Carlton in a goal frenzy. McLean, frustratingly, tore his hamstring during the first half of the ’72 GF and spent the entire second half on the pine. He ended up playing 39 senior games with Richmond from 1972-76 (with one year in between spent at Tassie club Burnie) and booted 103 goals with his trusty left foot.

This from an article at Richmondfc.com about imports to the club. They rated Ricky McLean apparently, he fitted the working class, blue collar, underdog image that GR fostered through the 70's.

Fevola offers nothing that can't be developed from within from Pattison, McGuane or Limbach.

 

[Tango]

we have put up with Richos antics for years and he is finaly maturing, nobody is calling him a virus
just because Fev is from carlton and not homegrown like Richo he is classed as scum
Fevola has more natural football talent than almost everyone at RFC - apart from Browny & Lids
He kicks goals and lots of them - consistently in a bad team
the right coach, team and structures as well as a kick in the arse and some maturity may just be what he needs

if the right deal comes along id take him in a heartbeat

 

[the claw]

A youth policy needs to be complimented with the recruitment of mature bodied senior players - St Kilda is the perfect example.  Along with the kids they traded for and got - G-Train, Hammil, voss, powell, penny.  You can't win anything with a tema of 19-22 year olds.  I'm not saying fevola is the answer, but he must be looked at.  It has been proved time and time again that a change of club can have a prefound impact on players.

It is worth the risk.

Again,

Hammill, love him at Tigerland. Exactly the right type. Leader amongst men. Exactly the right type.
Voss, brother of Michael Voss, same principles, another good pick.
Powell, gutsy midfielder hurt by injuries, a risk, but a good risk.
Penny, just a boy, like any other boy with talent.
Gehrig, 6'5", 3" taller than Fevola, look at the negative influence that he's had at the club. Do we want a Gehrig type, and his influence, at our club.

For me, Hammill, Voss, Powell & Penny types yes, Gehrig no.

we could of had both penny and powell already phanto but a certain messiah chose to ignore them.

 

[the claw]

its to late for greg millers reputation phanto hes already made to many short term decisions.lets be honest his recruiting has been average at best.

 

[Richmond United]

A youth policy needs to be complimented with the recruitment of mature bodied senior players - St Kilda is the perfect example.  Along with the kids they traded for and got - G-Train, Hammil, voss, powell, penny.  You can't win anything with a tema of 19-22 year olds.  I'm not saying fevola is the answer, but he must be looked at.  It has been proved time and time again that a change of club can have a prefound impact on players.

It is worth the risk.

Again,

Hammill, love him at Tigerland. Exactly the right type. Leader amongst men. Exactly the right type.
Voss, brother of Michael Voss, same principles, another good pick.
Powell, gutsy midfielder hurt by injuries, a risk, but a good risk.
Penny, just a boy, like any other boy with talent.
Gehrig, 6'5", 3" taller than Fevola, look at the negative influence that he's had at the club. Do we want a Gehrig type, and his influence, at our club.

For me, Hammill, Voss, Powell & Penny types yes, Gehrig no.

we could of had both penny and powell already phanto but a certain messiah chose to ignore them.

Thank goodnes for that.

Powell is a near 30 yr old with shocking disposal and Penny is poor mans Razor! Thank goodness the "messiah knows what he is doing!

 

[Richmond United]

we have put up with Richos antics for years and he is finaly maturing, nobody is calling him a virus
just because Fev is from carlton and not homegrown like Richo he is classed as scum
Fevola has more natural football talent than almost everyone at RFC - apart from Browny & Lids
He kicks goals and lots of them - consistently in a bad team
the right coach, team and structures as well as a kick in the arse and some maturity may just be what he needs

if the right deal comes along id take him in a heartbeat

Absolutely spot on!

 

[the claw]

A youth policy needs to be complimented with the recruitment of mature bodied senior players - St Kilda is the perfect example.  Along with the kids they traded for and got - G-Train, Hammil, voss, powell, penny.  You can't win anything with a tema of 19-22 year olds.  I'm not saying fevola is the answer, but he must be looked at.  It has been proved time and time again that a change of club can have a prefound impact on players.

It is worth the risk.

Again,

Hammill, love him at Tigerland. Exactly the right type. Leader amongst men. Exactly the right type.
Voss, brother of Michael Voss, same principles, another good pick.
Powell, gutsy midfielder hurt by injuries, a risk, but a good risk.
Penny, just a boy, like any other boy with talent.
Gehrig, 6'5", 3" taller than Fevola, look at the negative influence that he's had at the club. Do we want a Gehrig type, and his influence, at our club.

For me, Hammill, Voss, Powell & Penny types yes, Gehrig no.

we could of had both penny and powell already phanto but a certain messiah chose to ignore them.

Thank goodnes for that.

Powell is a near 30 yr old with shocking disposal and Penny is poor mans Razor! Thank goodness the "messiah knows what he is doing!

president of *smile* just about sums things up.

 

[Richmond United]

A youth policy needs to be complimented with the recruitment of mature bodied senior players - St Kilda is the perfect example.  Along with the kids they traded for and got - G-Train, Hammil, voss, powell, penny.  You can't win anything with a tema of 19-22 year olds.  I'm not saying fevola is the answer, but he must be looked at.  It has been proved time and time again that a change of club can have a prefound impact on players.

It is worth the risk.

Again,

Hammill, love him at Tigerland. Exactly the right type. Leader amongst men. Exactly the right type.
Voss, brother of Michael Voss, same principles, another good pick.
Powell, gutsy midfielder hurt by injuries, a risk, but a good risk.
Penny, just a boy, like any other boy with talent.
Gehrig, 6'5", 3" taller than Fevola, look at the negative influence that he's had at the club. Do we want a Gehrig type, and his influence, at our club.

For me, Hammill, Voss, Powell & Penny types yes, Gehrig no.

we could of had both penny and powell already phanto but a certain messiah chose to ignore them.

Thank goodnes for that.

Powell is a near 30 yr old with shocking disposal and Penny is poor mans Razor! Thank goodness the "messiah knows what he is doing!

president of *smile* just about sums things up.

the alias has spoken....:-*

 

[Brettstigers]

we have put up with Richos antics for years and he is finaly maturing, nobody is calling him a virus
just because Fev is from carlton and not homegrown like Richo he is classed as scum
Fevola has more natural football talent than almost everyone at RFC - apart from Browny & Lids
He kicks goals and lots of them - consistently in a bad team
the right coach, team and structures as well as a kick in the arse and some maturity may just be what he needs

if the right deal comes along id take him in a heartbeat

Absolutely spot on!

No, not spot on in fact absolute rubbish.  Fervola is a confidence player who for every game in which he kicks goals there is another game where he not only doesn't trouble the scorers but he doesn't make the statisticians break into a sweat either.  Unlike Richo who can be counted on to take marks in front of goal whilst lame.  Whether he kicks them or not is another matter but he usually gets his three or four no matter how many players are on him or how injured he is.  Its this up and down thing with Fervola which makes him such a bad prospect.  Not to mention his personality which is right up there with the worst of them in the game at the moment.

There is no way in hell that an ego like Fervola's will take the kind of deal that he is actually worth - so if he does come here RFC have sacrificed big time and for an inconsistent, negative yob.   

Have a nice day.