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CibbuanoI have apologised: Fevola
October 9th 2009 11:26
NEW Brisbane forward Brendan Fevola says he has apologised to everyone affected by his drunken antics at last month's Brownlow Medal count.
Speaking at Wet 'n' Wild on the Gold Coast just hours after he was traded by Carlton to the Lions, Fevola expressed regret for his actions but when questioned over an alleged sexual assault of a female Herald Sun journalist at Crown Casino on the AFL's night of night's he refused to comment further.
"I've apologised to everyone that was in my statement, I apologised to all the people that needed to be apologised to on the night," Fevola said.
"I pretty much made a d--k of myself that night, obviously I had too much to drink, I don't think I missed too many people that night, I've apologised to the AFL, to the club, to my supporters, to the players and other media people who were there and I want to express my deep sorriness again."
"It was absolutely disgusting, my behaviour. I’ve been in trouble a bit over the time and you never really see what’s happened, and to watch those tapes of the Footy Show you just look at it and think ‘I don’t want to be that person’ and you don’t want to be back there again and it was quite embarrassing."
Fevola admitted that it was his own fault that he was offloaded by the Blues.
"The Carlton footy club, obviously, were fed up with everything, and you don't blame them, they had their hands tied, I think we are both pretty sad to see each other go but we come to the Brisbane Lions and it's a fresh start," he said.
"I've left Carlton probably on my own fault, the Carlton footy club has obviously given me a great life and set me up, I've been there for 11 years, I wanted to be a one-club player and play 200 games."
"But through my own fault that’s not going to happen, the footy club stood by me through everything, I owe them a lot, I'm sad that I'm leaving the Carlton footy club."
The 28-year-old believes his new team will be a genuine premiership contender in 2010.
"(The Lions) have traded as if they want to win a flag and I want to win a premiership. I didn’t want to go to a team that wasn’t going to make the eight. I wanted to go to a team that could have a fair crack at winning a premiership and Brisbane is that team and coming here is gong to be great and I’m really looking forward to starting," he said.
Fevola may have won two Coleman Medals and earnt All-Australian honours on three occassions but he is aware that he has plenty to prove at Brisbane.
"I've got to earn a lot of trust especially with Vossy (Brisbane coach Michael Voss), the coaching staff and the players, I'm going into the club as a new recruit, I've just got to be humble and go about my business, hopefully footy does all the talking," he said.
"My last four or five years has been pretty good in footy terms, if I can just do that and not be a dickhead out of the footy field I think everyone will be happy."
Voss said the club's culture will help Fevola thrive.
"I think we have a very healthy culture at our football club that is going to help Brendan maximise his football capabilities," Voss said.
"We have a good group on the rise that he can add value to, not only on the field but off the field ... we are all aware of what's happened before, but I guess he wouldn't be standing beside me if I was concerned."
Speaking at Wet 'n' Wild on the Gold Coast just hours after he was traded by Carlton to the Lions, Fevola expressed regret for his actions but when questioned over an alleged sexual assault of a female Herald Sun journalist at Crown Casino on the AFL's night of night's he refused to comment further.
"I've apologised to everyone that was in my statement, I apologised to all the people that needed to be apologised to on the night," Fevola said.
"I pretty much made a d--k of myself that night, obviously I had too much to drink, I don't think I missed too many people that night, I've apologised to the AFL, to the club, to my supporters, to the players and other media people who were there and I want to express my deep sorriness again."
"It was absolutely disgusting, my behaviour. I’ve been in trouble a bit over the time and you never really see what’s happened, and to watch those tapes of the Footy Show you just look at it and think ‘I don’t want to be that person’ and you don’t want to be back there again and it was quite embarrassing."
Fevola admitted that it was his own fault that he was offloaded by the Blues.
"The Carlton footy club, obviously, were fed up with everything, and you don't blame them, they had their hands tied, I think we are both pretty sad to see each other go but we come to the Brisbane Lions and it's a fresh start," he said.
"I've left Carlton probably on my own fault, the Carlton footy club has obviously given me a great life and set me up, I've been there for 11 years, I wanted to be a one-club player and play 200 games."
The 28-year-old believes his new team will be a genuine premiership contender in 2010.
"(The Lions) have traded as if they want to win a flag and I want to win a premiership. I didn’t want to go to a team that wasn’t going to make the eight. I wanted to go to a team that could have a fair crack at winning a premiership and Brisbane is that team and coming here is gong to be great and I’m really looking forward to starting," he said.
Fevola may have won two Coleman Medals and earnt All-Australian honours on three occassions but he is aware that he has plenty to prove at Brisbane.
"I've got to earn a lot of trust especially with Vossy (Brisbane coach Michael Voss), the coaching staff and the players, I'm going into the club as a new recruit, I've just got to be humble and go about my business, hopefully footy does all the talking," he said.
"My last four or five years has been pretty good in footy terms, if I can just do that and not be a dickhead out of the footy field I think everyone will be happy."
Voss said the club's culture will help Fevola thrive.
"I think we have a very healthy culture at our football club that is going to help Brendan maximise his football capabilities," Voss said.
"We have a good group on the rise that he can add value to, not only on the field but off the field ... we are all aware of what's happened before, but I guess he wouldn't be standing beside me if I was concerned."
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