Heard today from someone who's word I respect, he has spoken to the club about whether we'd be interested in his services..

Id heard a couple of rumours last week, but this is good info..

He initiated contact apparently..

Just coming back from a new, but he would IMO surely have to be welcomed at MFC!

STill young, so fits recruitment policy, and the knee is apparently healing well!

This will be interesting to follow!

You do know we'd have to give something up? And I'm not sure I'd be willing too considering EFC will prob ask for big.

Unless, of course, he enters the PSD.

Sylvia for Davey?

i hope he is because we need a player with speed and i think he has a bigger engine than his brother

  Cameron the Bruce said:

Sylvia for Davey?

i could live with that becuase i don't think sylvia is ever going to light it up like we all thought

depending on how sylvia plays for the remainder of the year i would maybe do that!

I've learnt to treat these rumours like a grain of salt. What's the point in getting yourself all excited about nothing. The EFC forum are proably dropping romours that Aaron Davey is coming to Essendon.

Sylvia - I'd rather trade him for a player than a speculative draft pick. We've invested too much simply to get a third round draft pick for him.

If the Davey/ Sylvia trade went ahead, then I'd imagine there would be some draft picks thrown in the package. I can't remember the last time that there was a straight trade.

I don't like the trade of Sylvia for Davey at all. Plus they won't do it, no way, no how. They wouldn't trade one of their top 5 best mids/forwards at his age for anything less than our pick 17/19.

A deal I believe could be reached if we swapped pick 19 for Davey and their 3rd rounder. But even then it's a long shot EFC would accept, Davey for pick 19, they would accept if he wants out.

Of course all deals would dramatically change if he is out of contract and we could get him out of the pre-season draft.

However I must make sure everyone knows. I don't believe this rumour will have anything come of it at all.

The problem is that Essendon fans love him to bits and i think they rate him more than he is worth (especialy considering his injury problems).

I would love to take him but he needs to go cheap, at least cheaper thn what essendon want to give. What is the state of his contract?

  Cameron the Bruce said:

Sylvia for Davey?

I prefer Sylvia to stay. But I want some improvement on his endurance. And I want it this summer.

Like Gerard Healy's article in today's paper, he needs to excel now that he's in his 5th year, 6th year next season. He needs to be put through the ringer over summer and push himself - "gut busting" and "run until you spew"

IMO, DB should put Sylvia on Ablett tonight, throw him a challenge. Let him learn what is required of him.

I doubt he will leave Essendon, as he fits Matthew Knights game plan perfectly. Knights will not want to let him go. Would take him if the right offer arose, but it won't.

I can't see this happening.

If he somehow fell into our lap we wouldn't be complaining, though.

To be honest, I don't see the attraction. A 25 year old (by May next year) that has less than 20 AFL games under his belt and has a career high of 16 possessions.

We seem to be reasonably well stocked for small forwards at the moment, and while he would add pace, there is just no evidence that he could get enough of it to make any appreciable difference in the midfield.

  titan_uranus said:

I doubt he will leave Essendon, as he fits Matthew Knights game plan perfectly. Knights will not want to let him go. Would take him if the right offer arose, but it won't.

OR you might say they are full of pacey skilled midfield/small forwards and so trading one away mightn't make all that much difference to them.

He is a bit of a franchise player though.. which could be why they keep him.

He is out of contract at the end of the year, seems strange they havent resigned him. If we have PSD pick number 1. we hold all the aces. If things fall through with Warnock or a trade is negotiated, we could get davey for nothing in the PSD. Don't be fooled by daveys low possessions, he is an absolute star. The Davey brothers in the same team would bring fans thru the gates, esp. the younger generation who follow the more exciting types.

I actually think SYlvia for Davey would be more in EFC favour..

No.3 draft pick, who has the skill, and although he has been disappointing, still has a higher overall worth of davey..

I think we'd take a deal like that if they added a mid pick!

I think Alwyn would be great, but im not saying he's a star either!

We'll just have to see if we make an offer..

I would love Alwyn Davey at our club.

Imagine a forward line-

Smalls- Aaron Davey, Alwyn Davey, Wonaeamirri, Addam Maric (all of these smalls playing stints in the midfield)

Medium- Sylvia, Robbo, Bate

Then we just have to develop our tall forwards-

Miller is quite good

Add Watts (our future Nick Reiwold)

plus perhaps Newton (recently signed 2 year deal) could push on as well

That is SOME forward line!

  sylvinator said:

I would love Alwyn Davey at our club.

Imagine a forward line-

Smalls- Aaron Davey, Alwyn Davey, Wonaeamirri, Addam Maric (all of these smalls playing stints in the midfield)

Medium- Sylvia, Robbo, Bate

Then we just have to develop our tall forwards-

Miller is quite good

Add Watts (our future Nick Reiwold)

plus perhaps Newton (recently signed 2 year deal) could push on as well

That is SOME forward line!

Yeah, imagine our tackling power, bringing the big boys down, i can see it now, aaron,alwyn & big cbruce bringing the Cats forwards down in a crashing takle.

I would love to have 2 Aboriginal brothers playing on our forward line. They would have special communication. I remember the Krakour Brothers well, They were awesome. Certainly worth serious consideration if it comes up..

Could be on the cards according to this article!

PSD pick 1 or maybe 3rd round draft pick for mine.....depends what happens with warnock

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...5012432,00.html

It's Adem Yze. Not Adam Yze! In reference to the Australian article by Greg Denham) - posted by BINGO.

that australian article seems very interesting-- green will stay

and carroll will stay on but not play obviously

Warnock still on the cards, and Alwyn Davey seems like a target- bloody good idea, it would bring best out of Aaron as well i believe.- alwyn could play midfield- aaron can't. he's much better closer to goals

Heres how it will work

Melbourne get Pick 3 and Robert Warnock

Fremantle get Pick 1

WCE and Freo will take Rich/ Natanui, guaranteed, fremantle should jump at this, as so they get the pick of the 2 (depends on who they want)

PSD Pick 1 - Alwyn Davey

F*** Essendon, still hurting from 2000 :D

  brey9186 said:

Heres how it will work

Melbourne get Pick 3 and Robert Warnock

Fremantle get Pick 1

WCE and Freo will take Rich/ Natanui, guaranteed, fremantle should jump at this, as so they get the pick of the 2 (depends on who they want)

PSD Pick 1 - Alwyn Davey

F*** Essendon, still hurting from 2000 :D

Is Alwyn Davey out of contract..?

Cos otherwise it'll be damn hard for us to get him in the PSD...

yeah- is alwyn out of contract??

surely robbie would come to us..guarenteed number 1 ruck postion. richmond have simmonds and pattison, carlton have kreuzer and hampson- hindering their development and c cloke had a good year i thought.