Glenn McFarlane | Herald Sun
February 7th, 2010



IT HAPPENED to Brett Ratten again this week. Ratten was walking along the street when a well-meaning but worried Carlton supporter stopped to ask how the club was going to conjure up enough goals without Brendan Fevola.

Suffice to say the female Blues supporter has not had a copyright on the question in the four months since the mercurial forward was traded north.

There have been a myriad of similar moments - not to mention a swag of letters and emails that have landed on the Carlton coach's desk.

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Sam Edmund | Herald Sun
January 20, 2009



CARLTON defender Jordan Russell says the Blues have put their controversy-plagued off-season behind them.

Russell today declared that the playing group was in a healthy state, mentally and physically, despite enduring a pre-season interrupted by ugly off-field incidents.

Former Blue Brendan Fevola's alcohol-fuelled Brownlow rampage was followed by last month's booze cruise, which ended in fines and suspensions for Eddie Betts, Ryan Houlihan and Andrew Walker -- the latter two fighting with security at Crown casino.

"Of course we haven't forgotten about it, but post-Christmas the players and coaches have all moved on and we're just looking forward to our Round 1 NAB Cup game against Sydney," Russell said.

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In accepting responsibility for the drunken stupidity that arose from an end-of-year booze cruise, Judd pledged that the players would become better role models.

The Carlton board yesterday met Judd and his leadership group, and club officials, before increasing punishment for the three players - Ryan Houlihan, Andrew Walker and Eddie Betts - who were embroiled in highly publicised drunken incidents after the Yarra River cruise on December 19.

Having already been fined $5000 under the AFL's code of conduct, the trio have also been suspended from the club for a month and are unavailable for selection in the NAB Cup pre-season competition.

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