Pot Shots: Brendan Fevola to keep playing for Hastings despite knee injury

POT SHOTS: Brendan Fevola loves playing footy and he isn’t about to let a knee injury stop him now.

Brendan Fevola at quarter-time during Hastings’ MPNFL Division 2 match in April. Picture: James Ross

UH, oh. Brendan Fevola’s injured knee probably does require surgery.

But the former Carlton champ is so keen to help his new club Hastings into finals this season that he’s going to bite the bullet, strap up the knee and play on.

Surgery can wait.

It’s understood Fev has a meniscus tear.

“He’s been told he can’t do anymore damage to it,’’ Hastings coach Ricky Ferraro said.

“It (surgery) is something he said he might look into at the end of the season but not right now because he wants to play this year.”

Hastings (6-4) is out of the five on percentage.

Seaford football club's home, RF Miles Reserve in early 2018.

SEAFORD is eyeing a return to its spiritual home at RF Miles Reserve in 2021.

The Tigers have been based at Belvedere Reserve for the past two seasons while their old stomping ground was turned into a construction site for the level crossing project.

But a return home is nearing.

New rooms will be built, the ground will be bigger and two elevated terraces will see the Tigers roaring again at the Den.

“It’s going to be an amazing set up,” Seaford coach Zac Vansittart said

“I think it’s going to be one of the best facilities on the peninsula.”

And to cap things off, 2021 will be Seaford FNC’s 100th year.

*WE liked this from former Bonbeach coach and current Hawthorn head of development and learning Damian Carroll.

Asked back to Bonny to speak about Shane McDonald ahead of his 250th game, DC arrived armed with video highlights package of Macca’s early career.

Damian Carroll returned to Bonbeach earlier this month. Picture: Adam Trafford

Vision of Macca’s magic against Karingal in 2006, when he kicked five goals in the last quarter, featured prominently.

It emerged that while Carroll was putting the package together in his office at Hawthorn, he invited a couple of Hawthorn players in to have a look and they were blown away by how good McDonald was.

*MT ELIZA stalwart Damien Kent went to new lengths to avoid the spotlight when he played his 300th game last week.

“Kenty is so low key,” Redlegs coach Nick Claringbold said. “He tried to pretend it wasn’t happening!”

Mt Eliza's Damien Kent is chaired off after playing his 300th game.

*AND how about the marathon effort of Mt Eliza player Will Crowder last week.

Having just played in the Redlegs’ reserves side alongside Kent, Crowder was taking off his boots when a club official told him to keep them on.

Young Redleg Luca Goonan injured an ankle injury in the seniors’ warm up and Crowder was rushed in as a replacement — and played the entire game, for a total of eight quarters for the day.

Frankston YCW’s Michael Debenham with the ball. Picture: Valeriu Campan

*THE list of local footy players escaping winter and heading to Europe grows.

Frankston YCW key player Michael Debenham has gone overseas and won’t be back this season, while the Stonecats are also without Jake Lovett and Kyle Hutchison.

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*SOMETHING unusual happened to Scott Pickersgill recently.

The man who played 339 games for Tyabb copped his first-ever injury while playing superules with the Mornington Raiders. He popped his calf.

Scott Pickersgill takes a mark for Tyabb in 2009.

“Yep, first injury ever, I didn’t know what it was like to have a proper injury,” Pickersgill told Pot Shots.

“It was probably a sign to say I should have stayed not playing.”

*LOVE your cricket and want a challenge?

The MPCA is looking for an umpires adviser.

Part of the job will be to attend matches to observe and provide appropriate coaching to umpires, and “motivate, develop and support umpires”.

It’s a paid role.

Expressions of interest are to be sent to MPCA general manager Ian Benson, PO Box 482 Hastings 3915. But hurry, applications close soon.