Brendan Fevola’s two old sides – Carlton and the Brisbane Lions – will face off in a do-or-die preliminary final on Saturday, but he makes no secret of where his allegiances lie.
Fevola also played for the Blues’ preliminary final foes Brisbane in a 623-goal career.Advertisementinspires the current team to cause a similar boilover against the Brisbane Lions on Saturday night.
The dual Coleman medallist transformed into a superfan during the Blues’ extraordinary mid-season resurgence, and is optimistic the club can end its 28-year premiership drought.“The support they’re getting is something I haven’t witnessed for a long time. From where they’ve come from at the start of the year, to sitting 15th [after round 13], to playing in a prelim – the boys have really turned it on, and are playing good footy.
“I’ve been in a lot of trouble driving into Optus Oval [now Ikon Park], and not been as nervous as that – and I was a guest. I was shitting myself, and didn’t want to go. I rang my wife and said, ‘I don’t think I’ll do it.’
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