Footy legend Brendan Fevola calls for drastic change at Carlton – ‘the board is just there for themselves’

AFL legend Brendan Fevola has called for fresh faces at Carlton following the club’s horror 50-point loss to Port Adelaide on Thursday night.

The Blues faithful showed their anger after the Power belting, vandalising the club headquarters early on Friday morning in protest of another failed campaign.

Fevola, much like the vandals, took aim at the board more so than under-siege coach Michael Voss.

‘Something is wrong, something is going on, the board needs to go, I’ve been saying that for ages, the board is just there for themselves,’ the Carlton Hall of Fame forward said on Fox FM’s Fifi, Fev & Nick show.

‘Get new people in; get old Carlton people in. ‘Everyone is saying, ‘Sack Vossy, Vossy needs to go’, and I’m like, ‘No, I don’t think that’s the go’.

‘It gets to a point where you go, ‘I don’t think the players are playing for you, mate’. If you’re playing for a coach, you don’t put up what you put up in that first half.

Fevola also suggested Carlton rest key midfielder Patrick Cripps so he can focus on getting his body right for 2026

‘They’re putting up nothing, they didn’t kick a goal for the whole first half.

‘They don’t look like they’ve got a system; but they do have a system, they train and they train hard. They are just not performing.’

Carlton were in second spot on the ladder in round 19 last year – but have won just seven times since.

‘They have the players; if Vossy and the assistants were coaching West Coast, you’d go well, they just don’t have the cattle,’ Fevola said.

‘Carlton were premiership favourites at the start of the year (and) they’re not even going to play finals, their season is over.

‘I (also) don’t know what’s wrong with Patrick Cripps. I would just put them all on ice and say you’re done, get your body right for next year.’

Fevola also took aim at out-of-contract ruckman Tom De Koning, who has been heavily linked to St Kilda on the AFL’s most lucrative deal.

‘The problem is they have Tom De Koning, who is in our top three players. He’s been offered $12million to go to St Kilda and Carlton can’t match that,’ he said.

‘If he’s going, don’t play him; say to him he needs to make a decision now and if he can’t answer that, you’re in the twos – get some young kid to play.

‘If he doesn’t want to stay, just be honest.’

Voss’ men need to win six of their remaining eight games to qualify for finals – but after a pedestrian performance against the Power, that is highly unlikely.

Ominously, Carlton next meet ladder leaders Collingwood before tackling reigning premiers the Brisbane Lions.