New Carlton recruit Alex Fasolo has been left 'embarrassed' by his behaviour over the long weekend, after he broke his arm in an alcohol fuelled scuffle.
The 26-year-old suffered a fractured radius in his left arm during a play fight at a house part on Australia Day.
Carlton released a statement saying that the forward is expected to be out for 6-8 weeks, meaning he is likely to miss the start of the season.
While the Blues are yet to punish Fasolo for his actions, the AFL world certainly has.
A message from Fas to all Carlton members and supporters. #BoundByBlue pic.twitter.com/WkUHfXa4KL
— Carlton FC (@CarltonFC) January 29, 2019
Here's how the AFL sporting world reacted to Fasolo's 'embarrassing' Australia Day incident.
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TIM WATSON
“It’s not ideal though is it? You’re starting at a new club like Alex Fasolo and you’re wanting to do all the right things,” the Essendon great told SEN Breakfast.
“This guy has got a little bit of baggage that he has taken with him, you want to do all the right things at your new club, and you find yourself in this situation.
“It is embarrassing to find yourself in that situation. Things haven’t gone well for them during this pre-season, and the last thing they wanted was somebody injuring themselves outside of their training regime.”
TERRY WALLACE
“Really disappointing start,” Wallace told SEN’s KB and The Doc.
“Can you recover from it in terms of your supporters and your teammates? Yes, you can.
“It’s not a great way to start at a new club. You want to be setting all the right examples and standards that you possibly can.
“It’s just really disappointing.”
DWAYNE RUSSELL
“Alex Fasolo, another one having a few beers with mates, messing around, we are told he was wrestling, falls and breaks his arm," Russel said on Sportsday.
“Fasolo wasn’t drunk in a public place (or) bringing the club into disrepute. No police were called. The clubs all tell us they want their players to have a life and not be footy, footy, footy.
“They don’t want footy to be all you have in your life and Fasolo did nothing illegal, he did nothing out of the ordinary from what a lot of footballers were doing on Australia Day, and that’s having a beer with their mates.
“The problem I have with both Wines and Fasolo – yes, they are well within their rights to do what they did – but it’s a perfect example of what I’ve said for years about the really dedicated players.
“The old fashioned ‘eat and breathe’ footy guys who are just smart enough to not put themselves in situations where the one-in-a-thousand chance disaster can actually happen.
“They respect the opportunity they’ve got too dearly to take any little career-threatening risks.
"You’re allowed to have a beer and play wrestle with your mates but your career’s on death row. Do you really have to?
“Couldn’t you be avoiding that situation, perhaps? Sometimes you’ve got to respect the opportunity you’ve got a bit more.”
TOM BROWNE
“Alex is recovering at hospital this morning, he obviously had some surgery on his arm yesterday,” Browne told Triple M Footy.
“He will miss up to eight weeks of footy.
“The version of the story he gave the club is that he was at a house party on Saturday night, a friend’s house, an Australia day house party, [and] he had a bit of a scuffle that at some point with some mates and broke his arm… there’s not much more to it than that.
“Obviously the Blues will be disappointed that he was drinking I guess to the extent that he broke his arm, so that’s not ideal and they’ll look at some kind of internal sanction in that regard.
“But Alex has been training well but they will want to set standards to the group.
"I don’t think there’s much more to the story.”
While Alex is a good guy. The club will be disappointed he was out drinking to the extent he somehow broke his arm. So internally you’d expect them to look at a penalty. But I’m sure they’ll have his welfare in mind too @7NewsMelbourne @mmmhotbreakfast
— Tom Browne (@TomBrowne7) January 27, 2019
ASHLEY BROWNE
"Getting liquored at a party, even in January, is not an indicator of professionalism for someone brought to a new club partly because of the experience and leadership he brings," the senior sports journalist wrote.
"But to skylark and now be in doubt for the season opener is a huge black mark against him and he’ll need to play pretty well upon his return to square the ledger."
BOB MURPHY
“Imagine walking into the club the day after having to front the coach?” the former Bulldgos skipper said on SEN Breakfast.
“You haven’t earned your stripes yet, there’s no water in the well.”
