Not a lot of info, but a brief look at Col's situation.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/bombers-set-to-swoop-on-colin-sylvia/story-fnca0u4y-1226727192101

where do we sign

  On 26/09/2013 at 02:07, Belzebubsy said:

where do we sign

No where. We need Sylvia to hang around.

If PR wants him, then I want him

Exactly, where do we sign for what? What is the deal for us?

Col may not be a world beater but he has a mature body and talent, which automatically puts him in our best. Is it a MFC thing to get rid of experience every single year? It's not working out so well, is it?

and in all seriousness...play him as ??

He's not a mid.. hes only really a HFF . Not enough up and down in his game.. hang around... geez what...another decade

No coach will come out at the moment and say that anyone ( half way decent ) ISNT a required player. Doesnt mean theyre irreplacable.

  On 26/09/2013 at 02:29, Belzebubsy said:

and in all seriousness...play him as ??

He's not a mid.. hes only really a HFF . Not enough up and down in his game.. hang around... geez what...another decade

I've given up the dreams of him becoming an elite player, it's not going to happen.

The fact is we are very short on players of Sylvia's age group, more so on ones that can earn a game each week.

His footy this season wasn't bad at all and although he won't become the gun we all wanted, he is a solid contributer and we have too few of these as it is. He is required going forward.

Yes we should only keep the players who have locked down a position and been consisent in said position. Next years line up as follows-

Sylvia is gone Smell the flowers peeps

He won't go to Essendon. We can offer more cash and a far better coach. Why would he leave one basket case-coming-good for another basket case?

Not fussed if he goes , chronic under achiever. Coaches and lack of midfield support aren't to blame, his attitude is. Yes I'm prepared for him to go and when he has a game and kicks three(against weak opposition) I won't curse the club for not trying harder to keep him. If he goes on top of Davey we should have an unmatchable offer for Adams.

  On 26/09/2013 at 02:30, Belzebubsy said:

No coach will come out at the moment and say that anyone ( half way decent ) ISNT a required player. Doesnt mean theyre irreplacable.

And with whom and how would we replace an experienced hard bodied player.

Certainly not with what we would receive as compensation.

Would prefer to keep Col than see him walk to Essendon for next to nothing, especially since Roos has intimated that he would like him to stay.

While no one is irreplaceable the fact is we are short of experience and older hard bodies, both of which is a tick for Sylvia.

He has been a much more consistent player over the past two seasons and I hope he stays.

What would we get for him a FA compo? I would have thought 1st or 2nd tier- he may not be a competition great but he would be amongst our highest paid players, is one of our senior players and is more important to us than he would be at a similar club.

If we got pick 3 as compo I'd be ecstatic. If we got pick 18 of be pretty happy if we could trade it for a Taylor Adams. ..

I'd like him to stay but we need to consider the potions. We didn't get a PP but maybe we can be awarded a high compo pick with less fuss.

  On 26/09/2013 at 02:44, deanox said:

What would we get for him a FA compo? I would have thought 1st or 2nd tier- he may not be a competition great but he would be amongst our highest paid players, is one of our senior players and is more important to us than he would be at a similar club.

If we got pick 3 as compo I'd be ecstatic. If we got pick 18 of be pretty happy if we could trade it for a Taylor Adams. ..

I'd like him to stay but we need to consider the potions. We didn't get a PP but maybe we can be awarded a high compo pick with less fuss.

Pick 3? WTF?! Dreaming.

3rd round pick.

Jeez you'd have to be thick or desperate to go to Essendon. While this drugs thing is still lingering you'd have to think it'd be the new Melbourne in terms of rank unattractiveness for a player.

  On 26/09/2013 at 02:44, deanox said:

What would we get for him a FA compo? I would have thought 1st or 2nd tier- he may not be a competition great but he would be amongst our highest paid players, is one of our senior players and is more important to us than he would be at a similar club.

If we got pick 3 as compo I'd be ecstatic. If we got pick 18 of be pretty happy if we could trade it for a Taylor Adams. ..

I'd like him to stay but we need to consider the potions. We didn't get a PP but maybe we can be awarded a high compo pick with less fuss.

Pick 3 is very ambitious. Lucas Cook at pick 12 ambitious.

Col is never going to the player he should be. Let's work in the here and now and acknowledge the following.

*He is over 22 years of age.

*He is physically mature.

*He can pull a game apart if he wants to (problem is it is rare for him to want to).

We have little as far as blokes you would trust to impose themselves in a physical sense. Of the top of my head, I would say we have Jones (and he is no Joel Selwood but it's not through lack of trying), Mitch Clark (injured heaps), Chris Dawes (injured most of last year), James Frawley (physical beast but not a bloke who crashes packs or irons others out), Mark Jamar (is still living off his 2010 form) and Jack Viney (goes in hard but let's not forget, he is still 19 and as much as he might want to, he shouldn't be carrying that load just yet). Col is included in that list. On a list of 40 odd players, the number of physically mature, contested players is bloody small. We don't want to lose another one, let alone lose him because he has 'disappointed' us.

  On 26/09/2013 at 02:50, Nasher said:

Jeez you'd have to be thick or desperate to go to Essendon. While this drugs thing is still lingering you'd have to think it'd be the new Melbourne in terms of rank unattractiveness for a player.

Yep

you do realise we are talking col here, lol

  On 26/09/2013 at 02:44, deanox said:

What would we get for him a FA compo? I would have thought 1st or 2nd tier- he may not be a competition great but he would be amongst our highest paid players, is one of our senior players and is more important to us than he would be at a similar club.

If we got pick 3 as compo I'd be ecstatic. If we got pick 18 of be pretty happy if we could trade it for a Taylor Adams. ..

I'd like him to stay but we need to consider the potions. We didn't get a PP but maybe we can be awarded a high compo pick with less fuss.

Pick three would be hilarious, pick 18 still extremely humorous.

But you never know the AFL might give us a bit of mercy due to the PP not being granted.

Then probably not.

If there is a way to eke out a genuine young midfielder out of losing Sylvia then I'm all for it.

Have we lost every player that has been eligible for FA so far? It's a good precedent we're setting- I'd like to see how we deal with a FA who we desperately want to keep, and then see them just walk out on us as their team mates before them.

we're setting ourselves up to be an easy target come trade time. So MFC.

MELBOURNE

Nathan Jones 6

Jack Watts 3

Shannon Byrnes, Aaron Davey, Jack Viney 2

Dean Terlich 1

Came equal 7th in our Brownlow voting, not sure if we could afford to lose him.

If Col wants to walk away from being coached by Paul Roos he is a fool.

If we replace him with Heath Shaw that is a win in terms of what we put on the park.

I hope Col stays btw, but i don't think he will at this stage.

  On 26/09/2013 at 02:50, Nasher said:

Jeez you'd have to be thick or desperate to go to Essendon. While this drugs thing is still lingering you'd have to think it'd be the new Melbourne in terms of rank unattractiveness for a player.

Yeah, why the heck would party boy Sylvia want to go to a club where there's heaps of drugs......

  On 26/09/2013 at 03:16, why you little said:

If Col wants to walk away from being coached by Paul Roos he is a fool.

If we replace him with Heath Shaw that is a win in terms of what we put on the park.

I hope Col stays btw, but i don't think he will at this stage.

They both prefer to play footy on their terms and are both semi morons.

Don't see how replacing one with the other is a win in any terms.

Prefer Col to stay as well.