Just reported in the Herald Sun- Geewizz we,AFL need to concern ourselves re image.This behaviour is getting out of control.

what an idiot, the rest of his career is going to be tarnished. he is a great prospect though

he's not the first, and he won't be the last.

But it's very disappointing.

what an idiot, the rest of his career is going to be tarnished. he is a great prospect though

Thats goin to stuff his career,why dont they learn?

Thats goin to stuff his career,why dont they learn?

It will always happen, they are young men.

Edited September 25, 200916 yr by Mr Morton

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Thats goin to stuff his career

Slightly over dramatic.

Like I said, it's very disappointing, but I doubt it will be the end of him.

Dane Swan, Wayne Carey, Brad Ottens, Alan Didak, Colin Slyvia and even Andrew Lovett just to name a few seemed to have gotten on with their football careers ok after off-field "incidents".

Indian taxi driver.....just the news bumbling Brumby needs as he heads over to India to try and rescue the relationship between the two countries. High profile sports person beats up an Indian taxi driver.

His timing could not have been worse.

It will always happen, they are young men.

That's not an excuse. I don't know about you, but I don't have any friends who have been charged, so it's just meathead mentality. It has to change. A lot of these footballers aren't the brightest candles, but surely they can be taught some manners.

I think Essendon should now look to trade him to Melbourne :D

Indian taxi driver.....just the news bumbling Brumby needs as he heads over to India to try and rescue the relationship between the two countries. High profile sports person beats up an Indian taxi driver.

His timing could not have been worse.

Great point re relationship with India and Fevola's conduct as well. However, we hopefully are jumping to a conclusion which maybe not true. I hope not- but think so.

It will always happen, they are young men.

Cant remember the last ime I was arrested for assaulting someone.

This is exactly why it continually happens. Why make excuses for them? They had a long season? Boo Hoo. I work 6 days a week why shouldnt I blow off some steam by assaulting an innocent bystander and get away with it?

They are just footballers like anyone else, they should be made accountble for their actions.

I'd envisaged him as Essendon's new "golden boy" into the future.

Oh well.

Cant remember the last ime I was arrested for assaulting someone.

Only because you were too drunk to remember, right?

Hurley just lost a fist full of dollars.

Really glad it wasn't one of our boys!

It will always happen, they are young men.

They are also JUST footballers.

I think Essendon should now look to trade him to Melbourne :D

Agree now that he is tarnished pick 34 should be enough.

Oh man... I'd give up just about anything to take him at a discounted price. Was depressed we were never going to have a crack last year.

It will always happen, they are young men.

Haha, how ridiculous.

I've lived amongst many young men that are absolute mentalists when they get on the [censored], and none of them have ever been arrested for assaulting someone.

We should've taken Hurley instead of Watts, PERFECT replacement for Neitz. Well, almost perfect, haven't seen too many balls bounce of Hurley's chest...

Indian taxi driver.....just the news bumbling Brumby needs as he heads over to India to try and rescue the relationship between the two countries. High profile sports person beats up an Indian taxi driver.

My first thought when reading the article is why it needed to mention that the guy was Indian at all? How is it relevant to the story? We may be improving on our collective prejudice to other races, but we've still got a long way to go to removing the needless distinctions altogether.

It will always happen, they are young men.

I agree. Assault is definitely OK just because they're young men.

Don't think he was suggesting that it's ok.

Just that it will always happen regardless

My first thought when reading the article is why it needed to mention that the guy was Indian at all? How is it relevant to the story? We may be improving on our collective prejudice to other races, but we've still got a long way to go to removing the needless distinctions altogether.

I agree. Assault is definitely OK just because they're young men.

Right at this moment we don't know if it's relevant because we don't have all of the info on what happened. Let me give an example, if Hurley racially abused him as well as assaulting the guy then it would be very relevant, the result being very ugly for Hurley and Essendon.

Hopefully race not an issue...but taxi drivers don't always seem to understand that it's their primary role to ferry our drunks home so they don't try to drive themselves.

Neita?

If he learns from his mistake it could be the making of him, if he doesn't learn he probably never will.

Hopefully race not an issue...but taxi drivers don't always seem to understand that it's their primary role to ferry our drunks home so they don't try to drive themselves.

Neita?

Sometimes druck idiots don't seem to understand that they have to actually pay for a service being provided.