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Brendan banned from media

By Mr Dandalooa

Gaff-prone former Brownlow medallist presenter Brendan Fevola has been banned by his new club Brisbane from talking to the media.

Reports circling around today say the Lions will keep the roar of Big Bad Fev on a media ban indefinitely in what the club says is to help him overcome the fall-out from the Lara Bingle photo scandal.

Coach Michael Voss was on Monday unrepentant, saying why the club had gagged Fev ahead of Thursday’s clash against his former club at the Gabba.

Since the Bingle photo affair surfaced, which we are no doubt sick of by now, and the threat of legal action and the AFL poking its nose in on the saga, Brisbane felt it was necessary that Fev not endure any media scrutiny.

Bikini model and form Michael Clarke fiancé Bingle announced she would take legal action against the former Blues for allegedly circulating of a nude photo of her in the shower taken in 2006.

Voss feels Fevola’s on-field performance will do the talking and refused to put time frame on when his media ban would be lifted.

Voss said Fev has carried an “emotional load” for the last six weeks that the club and the star mutually came to an agreement that his footy “is the part that has got to do the talking”.

“That’s what he’s committed to do and as a football club that’s what we’re committed to do,” Voss said on the ABC website.

“He wants to do that and that’s the right path to go at this point in time.

“We think it will work. Don’t think I’m going to sit here and justify access to Fev.”

During his Lions debut, Fev kicked three goals but amassed a massive seven behinds, combining for eight goals with skipper Jonathan Brown in the weekend’s 32-point home victory over the West Coast Eagles.

The Lions are likely to play without Swans recruit Amon Buchanan who has a broken thumb and is likely to miss a month.

But FootyGoss understands they are hopeful vice-captain Jed Adcock can overcome an ankle injury to play the Blues.