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Col Sylvia suspended for Round 1, 2012


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Well 2011 just continues to deliver the goods for us doesn't it.

Sucks that the whole team has a tougher job now because of his stupidity... Maybe he should spend less time getting haircuts and more time developing some common sense.

We'd better not lose to the Lions in Round 1!

he's gotta stop hanging around with his stupid old mates, have to be bogans from Northern suburbs who are obviously bad influence on the guy.

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In the long run the club will reap a dividend.

I hope you're right, but going on past reprimands, it doesn't seem to have worked yet. I really hope Moloney gets on his case as he's proved it is possible to redeem yourself if you are prepared to work had.

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Well I think it's BS. The guy was on annual leave. He was smart enough not to drive. The police are taking no action because no offence was committed.

You try telling the MFC that... as far as they are concerned, he was representing the MFC as a member of the IR team and he behaved in an irresponsible manner with regards to his commitment to the IR team; and I really don't care what you think of the IR game (I don't think much of it myself) - he accepted the offer to play and as such has, as a professional sports person, a responsibility to that team (do they get paid or play for free?).

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Neeld has the balls to risk losing a game to change the culture at the club.

He passes his first test.

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Col Sylvia for captain!

...anyone?

Ha Ha.

Thought the same thing. Never a leader's bootlace.

Also the expectations of another big year for Col. Well he has 21 games to do it.

I recall he got suspended for charging in the second last game of the year. A dumb act. Does he have any carry over penalties for 2012?

Not to mention the fact that this will teach him that his actions impact the club, not just him. He now has to face his team mates in the knowledge that he has impacted their chances in round one - I dare say any hope of joining the leadership group has well and truly evaporated. I only hope he uses this as a motivating factor as we saw Moloney do... Col must realise he is probably on his last chance.

How many times does he need to learn that? A perennial dumbass. I am not sure he is on his last chance...yet but he aint a leadership contender.

Well I think it's BS. The guy was on annual leave. He was smart enough not to drive. The police are taking no action because no offence was committed.

Not driving was about the only smart thing he has done.

MFC start pre season training on 31 October 2011.

And Colin is out a week before it starts getting smashed.

Duh!

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He was punished by the IR squad by being left out of thr international team. Question? Would melbourne have suspended Sylvia had he not been in the IR side but simply on leave?

Maybe, maybe not... the fact is that the MFC sees him as a representative of the MFC in the IR team... so they punish him accordingly; and rightly so.

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Change the culture? You must be kidding. We're regarded as a bunch of pissants. Sylvia shows a bit of mongrel occasionaly and everyone becomes sanctimonious.

How the f**k is getting [censored], walking away from the scene of an accident involving your own car (even if your not the driver) and not contacting the club for several hours (after the police, in fact) "showing a bit of mongrel"??? It certainly shows a great deal of terminal stupidity, but mongrel?.... nah!

And the fact that the club is prepared to come down hard on him will hopefully be a sign that the pissant culture is on the way out.

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He was punished by the IR squad by being left out of thr international team. Question? Would melbourne have suspended Sylvia had he not been in the IR side but simply on leave?

Some genuine validity in this question. There are I suppose elements to the transgression. Some apply as result of him being a Melbourne player representing himself, the club and the nation. As to his naughtiness regarding the IR , well hes been punished for that. There are still the issues of him representing himself and also the club in his actions after the smash. Its been adjudicated that he failed in this regard also and is punished where applicable.

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What has stupid got to do with it? Sylvia is not a Rhodes Scholar - we know that. However, there is no evidence that he was [censored] ( but he may have been). My point is this - what harm has been done to MFC given that he was on leave , he was not driving and the police do not consider an offence has been committed. Sylvia is a victim of the fact that ther is not much footy news at the moment.

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Well 2011 just continues to deliver the goods for us doesn't it.

Sucks that the whole team has a tougher job now because of his stupidity... Maybe he should spend less time getting haircuts and more time developing some common sense.

We'd better not lose to the Lions in Round 1!

Well if we lose to the Lions, it's not going to be because of Col. It would take a monumental team f up if it were to occur.

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What has stupid got to do with it? Sylvia is not a Rhodes Scholar - we know that. However, there is no evidence that he was [censored] ( but he may have been). My point is this - what harm has been done to MFC given that he was on leave , he was not driving and the police do not consider an offence has been committed. Sylvia is a victim of the fact that ther is not much footy news at the moment.

Ok, cross out "stupid" and replace with "lacking basic common sense" - the club has stated he was drinking the night before and if he wasn't driving and then left the scene, it is fair to assume that he was probably concerned about his condition at the time (and possibly the driver's condition). Maybe the police don't consider it an offence, but the club do in as far as their standards of player professionalism are concerned. I would almost guarantee that if you held a high profile position in a large high profile corporation and while on your annual leave, did something similar that became public knowledge, you might find yourself in a much more precarious position.

If you're not happy with the outcome, take it up with the club!

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No different to the previous coaching administration.

Did what had to be done in the situation.

Not sure about that. Bailey was presented with the same decision on a star player (Moloney) this season but didn't ... wouldn't ... go as far as Neeld has and actually rub him out for a game.

Self-preservation trumped culture change on that occasion.

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What has stupid got to do with it? Sylvia is not a Rhodes Scholar - we know that. However, there is no evidence that he was [censored] ( but he may have been). My point is this - what harm has been done to MFC given that he was on leave , he was not driving and the police do not consider an offence has been committed. Sylvia is a victim of the fact that ther is not much footy news at the moment.

refer the MFC media release where it states hed been drinking.

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In the long run the club will reap a dividend.

Whispering_Jack - I agree.....He needs to stand up and be the player we need him to be. My instinct is this is the year that may well define a one Colin Sylvia

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Not sure about that. Bailey was presented with the same decision on a star player (Moloney) this season but didn't ... wouldn't ... go as far as Neeld has and actually rub him out for a game.

Self-preservation trumped culture change on that occasion.

He only got him sacked as VC. A clear public demotion that resulted in a huge kick up the clacker and the player responded. Self preservation be damned. Moloney was a changed player for the whack.

There was also Aaron Davey that was suspended for one week after indulging at a family function in Darwin a couple of years.

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"refer the MFC media release where it states hed been drinking."

I conceded he had been drinking.( Though no evidence to the extent) My points remain.

So do you think MFC just would have put that in the media release without confirmation? Hmmm

No one is going to go near an international rules game that is played in Australia....Yes Col stuffed up...But it was in the off season...

It was one week before the start of the pre season and an experienced player decides to go drinking to 6am. Hardly the off season and very poor preparation for the main season.

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