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Post-footy blues 'led to forgery'
A FORMER AFL St Kilda ruckman was suffering "post football blues", drinking heavily and snowed under at work when he forged a magistrate's signature on a statutory declaration, a Melbourne court heard today.
Lazar Vidovic, 39, of suburban Altona Meadows, today pleaded guilty at the Victorian County Court to five counts of forgery.
The court heard that between January and September last year Vidovic forged a magistrate's signature on statutory declarations concerning several infringements and penalty notices for cars from his Footscray business, Lazar Cars.
Vidovic's lawyer Peter Morrissey said his client felt "beached and adrift" after the end of his football career in 1997 and was suffering "post football blues".
He said Vidovic was also under a lot of pressure at work and received up to 20 penalty notices each week for cars driven by other people.
"When he finished (football) he felt somewhat beached and adrift," Mr Morrissey said.
"When he was conducting his business, he just got snowed under with work."
Mr Morrissey said the retired footballer escaped his troubles through long lunches and drinking at work.
"He found himself drinking a lot and carrying on," Mr Morrissey said.
"The reason is he learnt how to party very hard at St Kilda ...(he) found himself engaging in long lunches and drinking at work."
Vidovic had an 80-game VFL/AFL career between 1989 and 1997, mostly with St Kilda.
Since his retirement after a knee injury, he has sold vehicles from his used car yard, Lazar Cars.
Judge John Nixon adjourned the hearing for sentencing this afternoon.
There have been plenty of Video Vic stories recently, however, his and Spider Everitt's knee injuries combined as the main reason the Saints lost the 1997 Grand Final and the Adelaide Crows jagged the luckiest. Until the next year.
HOW CAN YOU JUDGE THIS MAN JUST BECAUSE OF THIS IM PRETTY SURE EVERYONE HAS DONE SOMTHING BAD IN THERE LIFE AS THEY SAY DONT JUDGE A BOOK BYE ITS COVER.
Posted by: Kiki | 30 June 2006 at 23:57
AS THEY SAY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD THROW STONES.
Posted by: Tony.T | 01 July 2006 at 12:40
I drink heavily and get snowed under at work but I don't go around forging signatures on Stat Dec's for fun. Even if I was present at the 97 GF like big Laz and was sitting down the end where a certain D.Jarman decided to run amok.
(P.S - Why do people run "amok"?)
Posted by: Adsy | 02 July 2006 at 22:59
It's Malay for oUt of CCoontroo0ll ....
Posted by: Tony.T | 03 July 2006 at 14:44
My name is Susan Sears and I am Lazers neice. I no him more than any of you people complaining and making comments. He is a good man and I am proud to call him my cousin. Sure he may have done somethings rong but doesnt everyone make mistakes????? We know him from football, selling cars and now at the fottscray market. He is well known. He had a lot on his plate that year to do with family so all u reporters saying all this do u even no the real story???????? Think about that
Posted by: Susan Sears(his neice) | 04 November 2006 at 09:03
I can only say that I reject any inference of wrongdoing.
Posted by: Tony.T | 04 November 2006 at 13:16
this is my dad and i love him to bits.
fuck every single person who dogs him
go get a fuckin life you fuckin cunt
glad to get that off my chest
Posted by: KV | 04 January 2007 at 23:52
i wasnt lying in wot i said in my stat decs, phil goldberg is a good freind of mine and never meant to offend anyone ,i am now out off used cars and selling real lemons , i havebought a fruit shop, regards to my fans .yours sincerly lazar
Posted by: lazar | 03 July 2007 at 18:51
go saints , im now working as a personal motivator any one or buisness that needs a person of positive energy call lazar vidovic for an uplift 0412887722
Posted by: lazar | 15 July 2007 at 20:24
Know where ur coming from Im a disgruntled butcher whose drifting along thru life... I am in definate need of personal motivation so I can be just like Head ... Superbutch.... FAAAAAAAAARK
Posted by: anthony | 27 October 2007 at 19:09
Instead of having long lunches perhaps you should have been staying at home with ur gorgeous
sexy charming & witty wife... its all about you.wot about taking 1 for the team....
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARK.......
Posted by: ANTHONY | 27 October 2007 at 19:15
faaaaaaaaaak, im more roo ted now than when i was playin , i sell real lemons , and not the old ones.......im a good fruiterer now , and i bone out old pigs at the back of a butcher shop at st albans .......osso bucco boned tunnel pork......Faaaariki apples from greece i also sell....a few bits of this and that....
Posted by: lazar | 31 October 2007 at 12:37
i wish i could of been a rockstar , in a great band like motorhead or airbourne or the whittlems.........dont judge a book by its cover if the cover looks shit dont resd the book
Posted by: lazar | 31 October 2007 at 12:40
wish i coulld bloody speil properley..life after footy no education.........im not even a qauilified butcher or fruiterer,should i use the Bolte bridge or the westgate!
Posted by: lazar | 31 October 2007 at 12:47
im a pork rockstar from bigsam market in stalbans market they call me rocky or head and i sell meat , lazar u were my favorite player in the 90 s keep up your great work and maybe u could be a porkstar like myself
Posted by: john | 07 November 2007 at 14:02
you know why they call me bigsam...........
Posted by: sam | 07 November 2007 at 14:04
Lazar not sure if u remember me my name is tim i use to work with tony and am brother inlaw of the cleaner brothers that live near u i have made a real go of my life even after having simalar problems to u and i dont have footy to blame basically shit happens i am living proof mate hope all is well and fuck everyone that bags u
P.S i am still waiting on my spotters from that vp wagon
Posted by: tim | 13 January 2008 at 22:56
yea tim shit happens, good 2 see u doin ok, im just tryin to adjust to life on the outer sanctum of football where everyone that your involved with whilst playin top level AFL want to suck up your arse. As soon as you retire or get demoted from the senior team people walk away from u like youve got Aids..... it took me a while to realize this as ive found that people around that scene are basicly coat tail riders or hanngerer on erers.... they want to be seen with someone who is in the public eye to Bignote to all theryre freinds that they know SUCH AND SUCH if u know what i mean , i call those type of people SPANKERS......... they are the type who drop off u at the drop off a hat ,the type that move into hip areas such as port melb yarraville seddon spotswood etc and then have their Lates and social gatheringings to bee seen ...they are not the old school who used to live in the areas ,iwill post more soon on drugs and lies in the AFL at a latter date cheers Lazar
Posted by: lazar | 13 February 2008 at 19:15
People make mistakes that doesnt make them a bad person.Ive maade my share but Im a damn good human being.No ones perfect and no one will ever be only God.He is the judge not us so who are you to judge ?Talk is cheap so stop talking.
Lazar is an awesome man and an a great friend to many and a good family man..Hes also a very funny man can make you laugh and keep you entertained..
In closing ..If you cant say anything nice about someone ... Keep it to yourself...
Hats off to you my friend...Good luck and God Bless you..Aloha to you and your family...Always in my heart......Breezee...
Posted by: breezee | 13 February 2008 at 21:56
hi breeze is that u from Aloah airlines in ohahu Hawiai .. thanx 4 those nice words ,dont JUDGE a book by its cover bless u
Posted by: DR montana | 19 February 2008 at 18:06