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What 2 do with Mr Sylvia?

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Trade him or persevere? 161 members have voted

  1. 1. What do u wanna do?

    • Yes, trade him now while we can!
      40
    • No, He's getting there!
      72
    • Only trade him if were approached.
      43

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So many people are so easily sated. This kid puts in..what.. a hndful of appearancs as a true AFL level player and people fall allover themselves with praise and guffawing. Keep things in perspective. He puts in decent returns on about 5-10 % of his outings.. Hardly anything to get excited about. He is petulant abd thinks( and often plays ) like a spoilt kid.

Instead of knuckling down and putting in the extra efforts he gets narky out there.Starts doing silly things. No matter how long you persist ..he'll still always be promising to deliver, showing you glimpses etc.. He CAN lay..but its as if its all too hard. He doesnt havehte right ethic..and personally id rather se whatever coin can be got for him reinvested in another.

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    So many people are so easily sated. This kid puts in..what.. a hndful of appearancs as a true AFL level player and people fall allover themselves with praise and guffawing. Keep things in perspective. He puts in decent returns on about 5-10 % of his outings.. Hardly anything to get excited about. He is petulant abd thinks( and often plays ) like a spoilt kid.

    Instead of knuckling down and putting in the extra efforts he gets narky out there.Starts doing silly things. No matter how long you persist ..he'll still always be promising to deliver, showing you glimpses etc.. He CAN lay..but its as if its all too hard. He doesnt havehte right ethic..and personally id rather se whatever coin can be got for him reinvested in another.

    He hasn't even put in a handful of good performances. He has played a maximum of 2 full good games of AFL and other than that, shown occasional glimpses. Exactly right - he CAN do most things, he just won't. Shocking attitude, petulant child. He plays like he just expects to dominate, and is symptomatic of what is wrong with the culture of the MFC. Trade him to a club that thinks they can get more for him, like St Kilda (he will play well on the other flank to Fiora).

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    Yes, trade him now while we can! [ 25 ] [25.77%]

    No, He's getting there! [ 45 ] [46.39%]

    Only trade him if were approached. [ 27 ] [27.84%]

    so atm...we have near 54 % in favour of trading him. I wonder how much of that other 46% would be so stalwart if they were shown a viable trade ?

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    I think everyone would trade Sylvia if a good trade option came up. It would be the same with most of the players on our list.

    Hence why I think the 3rd option on this poll is stupid.

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    So many people are so easily sated. This kid puts in..what.. a hndful of appearancs as a true AFL level player and people fall allover themselves with praise and guffawing. Keep things in perspective. He puts in decent returns on about 5-10 % of his outings.. Hardly anything to get excited about. He is petulant abd thinks( and often plays ) like a spoilt kid.

    Instead of knuckling down and putting in the extra efforts he gets narky out there.Starts doing silly things. No matter how long you persist ..he'll still always be promising to deliver, showing you glimpses etc.. He CAN lay..but its as if its all too hard. He doesnt havehte right ethic..and personally id rather se whatever coin can be got for him reinvested in another.

    here here

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    I would keep him on the list for another year, and see if he proves himself and if not then trade

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    Given the current list of available players and "where we are at as a club", Sylvia makes the 22.

    What I don't understand is the constant, "I'd hate to see him dominate elsewhere". I like seeing exDemons play well at other clubs. For whatever reasons, players that have not been able to shine at the MFC get an opportunity to prove themselves at other clubs. If they thrive in a different environment then good luck to them. But I would never hold onto a player for fear of what he might or might not do at a different club. Its gutless.

    (Fact is that he is not going to anyway)

    he's got 7 weeks to impress the coaches of his future with MFC...otherwise I think time to trade

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    Yes, trade him now while we can! [ 25 ] [25.77%]

    No, He's getting there! [ 45 ] [46.39%]

    Only trade him if were approached. [ 27 ] [27.84%]

    so atm...we have near 54 % in favour of trading him. I wonder how much of that other 46% would be so stalwart if they were shown a viable trade ?

    Sylvia to Collingwood so he can play with his mate Didak.. Throw in Yze and we'll take Thomas.. :rolleyes::blink::rolleyes:

    I do think Sylvia is improving and would like to see what he could do next year but if a realistic, viable trade option came up we'd be silly not to look at it.

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    Thats the biggest insult O'Keefe could earn..

    Ryan is one of the hardest working players in the league!

    Colin one of the laziest atm!

    Im sure you meant just the graet hands and strength, I just wanted to point of the main HUGE differance between the 2!

    Id love Col to be half as good, but cant see it yet!!!

    LOOOOOOOONG way off!

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    I can see it now...

    Melbourne trade Sylvia to the Crows for pick 30....

    Sylvia and Scott Thompson tie for the 2009 Brownlow medal, as Adelaide rocket into the Grand Final.

    Keep him!

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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    Lets not forget that this is actually his first season.

    Christ you're a joke.

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    My first reaction to Colin Sylvia is to trade him. Col reminds me of Medhurst a little bit, just not as good. I'd be happy to trade him if the offer was right. I think he needs a good end of year to be not thought of being traded, if that makes sense.

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    My first reaction to Colin Sylvia is to trade him. Col reminds me of Medhurst a little bit, just not as good. I'd be happy to trade him if the offer was right. I think he needs a good end of year to be not thought of being traded, if that makes sense.

    Keep he will be our Robbo replacement for years to come

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    All good clubs put faith in their players and spend time and $money developing them, as they all have the talent just need the right coaches to get it out of them.

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    Keep he will be our Robbo replacement for years to come

    If Sylvia turns out to be half as good as Robbo, I'd be happy.

    Robbo has kicked a ton of goals, won two B&Fs, represented Australia and has led our goal kicking more than once. There is little chance Sylvia will ever achieve any of that.

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    If Sylvia turns out to be half as good as Robbo, I'd be happy.

    Robbo has kicked a ton of goals, won two B&Fs, represented Australia and has led our goal kicking more than once. There is little chance Sylvia will ever achieve any of that.

    That's true, but while he's on our list, fit and playing games, then there's still a chance it will.

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    • 2 weeks later...

    I've decided he'll make it. One of our better players today, and when he had that set shot to put us in front, I said to myself "if he kicks it, he'll be a good player. If he doesn't then he won't." I just had that feeling about him.

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    I've decided he'll make it. One of our better players today, and when he had that set shot to put us in front, I said to myself "if he kicks it, he'll be a good player. If he doesn't then he won't." I just had that feeling about him.

    He will need to make a decent fist of the last 4 games to be retained.

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    The only way Sylvia will be not be at Melb next year, is if the club can orchestrate a good trade.

    I predict we'll keep him.

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    Wouldn't mind him getting another year, but by gee he'll have to start thinking. So many dumb decisions today

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    The only way Sylvia will be not be at Melb next year, is if the club can orchestrate a good trade.

    I predict we'll keep him.

    he will stay

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    Wouldn't mind him getting another year, but by gee he'll have to start thinking. So many dumb decisions today

    When he's streaming down the field with the footy he hates to take the first option. He is forever looking to hold onto the ball and be selfish. He has all the natural ability in the world but lacks footy smarts. I hope he averages four goals a game for the rest of the year as a second round pick would be great.

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    i want to see the back end of him

    along with bell

    Bell is a liabilty of the highest order. He's gonebackwards in a massive way.

    When we had a big sniff in the last he showed great courage to win a free kick in the back half only to obsoletely butcher the ball with a disgraceful kick across the other side of the ground that picked out two Bombers which resulted in a goal. It summed up the footballer Daniel Bell is.

    Gutsy and Clumsy.

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