By Leonard Siragusa
August 1st 2008 @ 5:54am
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Redb said | August 1st 2008 @ 8:20am | Report comment
Brendan Fevola…… Fevola! Fevola! Fevola!….. Blues fans will be estatic. He’s just the arsey type of player to annoy us Essendon fans with his goal kicking from nigh on impossible angles. One of the league’s best contested marks.
no dumb and dumber behavioural clause is interesting.
Redb
Michael C said | August 1st 2008 @ 10:51pm | Report comment
I’m just waiting for the Sydney based ‘national’ sports reporter to quote “Brendan Fevola has resigned”……like was it Tim Webster reporting Nathan Buckley.