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You walk away from my club then you are dirt. I don't care how many times I cheered you before that.

Unless you do it after giving us a flag. Everything is forgiven on that one.

I think you need to adjust your thinking to the 21st century AFL

Posted

Not sure why everyone has such hate for Sylvia.

Yes he never achieved his potential but gee the hate some people are expressing here amazes me.

His case is free agency in motion.

We need to all get used to free agency players swapping clubs it will be an every increasing phenomena in the future.

Are we all going to show the same hate if Frawley leaves this year?

Agreed, not sure of the hate.

I don't wish him well but I don't hope that he fails or gets injured. I'll still have a look at the paper Monday to read if he gets a touch or not.

Not sure if many people know Merbein where Col is from but if you paid it a visit and had a look around you would get a fair understanding of why Col is a lunatic.

Posted

I think you need to adjust your thinking to the 21st century AFL

Or what? The day I can't irrationally love my tribe or hate on the others, is the day I walk away from AFL.

So Boooo, Col. Boooo!

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You walk away from my club then you are dirt. I don't care how many times I cheered you before that.

Unless you do it after giving us a flag. Everything is forgiven on that one.

Absolutely agree with the sentiments.

That said, I don't know about everything being forgiven for walking away after giving us a flag though.

And by that I mean, I actually don't know.

I'm only 42 years old after all.

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Absolutely agree with the sentiments.

That said, I don't know about everything being forgiven for walking away after giving us a flag though.

And by that I mean, I actually don't know.

I'm only 42 years old after all.

I'm in the same boat, but I thought I'd better add that line in case someone brought up RDB

Posted

I'm in the same boat, but I thought I'd better add that line in case someone brought up RDB

And it still hurts. I had 31 on my woolen jumper. I think it scarred me for life, I still HATE Carlton and to this day cannot stand a woolen jumper against my bare skin.

Posted

Not sure why everyone has such hate for Sylvia.

Yes he never achieved his potential but gee the hate some people are expressing here amazes me.

His case is free agency in motion.

We need to all get used to free agency players swapping clubs it will be an every increasing phenomena in the future.

Are we all going to show the same hate if Frawley leaves this year?

I don't hate Sylvia.

But my disappointment is that his talent overpromised and his performances underdelivered

(I only have irrational dislike of footballers who did the dirty - Scully for one. I dislike him, not because he took the money but he was so blatantly dishonest.)

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Not sure why everyone has such hate for Sylvia.

Yes he never achieved his potential but gee the hate some people are expressing here amazes me.

His case is free agency in motion.

We need to all get used to free agency players swapping clubs it will be an every increasing phenomena in the future.

Are we all going to show the same hate if Frawley leaves this year?

There should be more hate for Frawley if he leaves, he will be leaving us in his prime if he does, Col gave us 10 years, and left at the backend of his career.


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Don't understand why we wish these guys well when they leave. I hate seeing guys ditch us for other clubs, and might be harsh, but I wish them no team success. Unlikely, but I want those guys to look back and realise leaving was a terrible decision.

Except players who are delisted e.g. Brad Miller

Yea I think that Jarryd Rivers should be shot, hung, drawn & quartered

Posted

Guys you all have to get your minds around Free agency.

There is in the future going to be plenty of player movement from one club to another in the future.

You simply cannot get your knickers in a knot every time a player from the MFC leaves.

On the other hand we are happy for a player to do exactly the same thing to join us.

Are you going to have the same feeling to that player?

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Remember we all thought he was going to be the next Mark Reccuito when we drafted him lol

(Sylvia & others) ... and maybe thats part of ours/they're problems, when they hear of the talk & whispers, & start believing them & start drinking their own bathwater.

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Guys you all have to get your minds around Free agency.

There is in the future going to be plenty of player movement from one club to another in the future.

You simply cannot get your knickers in a knot every time a player from the MFC leaves.

On the other hand we are happy for a player to do exactly the same thing to join us.

Are you going to have the same feeling to that player?

It's footy. None of it makes any sense.

We happen to support the guys dressed in red and blue that run around on ovals of grass trying to grab a red coloured piece of leather filled with air which they then try to kick between two big wooden white poles.

It's footy, we can try to rationalise it but really, we can't.

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Posted

he may start as sub. That will dent the ego

or, start & end up subbed off later in the game. Maybe the best thing for him to start to appreciate getting AFL games more than he seems to.

Posted

It's footy. None of it makes any sense.

We happen to support the guys dressed in red and blue that run around on ovals of grass trying to grab a red coloured piece of leather filled with air which they then try to kick between two big wooden white poles.

It's footy, we can try to rationalise it but really, we can't.

All that is true jw

But we all have to get our minds around free agency it is only going to get bigger.

The Players union want total free agency, the length of service requirement will drop over the next couple of agreements.

It is sad but this is the way of the future.

It is 2014 not 1970

Just remember hate destroys the hater not the hated

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Just remember hate destroys the hater not the hated

Not if the hater destroys the hated first.

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He's always beaten up on the Tigers.

isn't that a trap we've fallen into over the decades, recruiting wise. We've gone out to recruit the ones who have troubled us the most... and then thought our troubles were over.

not so, the thinking was the trouble. and our workrates.


Posted

ross lyon spoke about him before the game. Said he rocked up to pre season training unfit and had a lot of work to do then wasnt happy when he got suspended but he has been training well.

Posted (edited)

All that is true jw

But we all have to get our minds around free agency it is only going to get bigger.

The Players union want total free agency, the length of service requirement will drop over the next couple of agreements.

It is sad but this is the way of the future.

It is 2014 not 1970

Just remember hate destroys the hater not the hated

Doesn't just come down to FA to me, OD.

Can you honestly say that you believe Sylvia gave everything he could? Like Jonesy? Or Garlo? Even Dawes has shown he cares more about the jumper in his short time at the club.

To me he was someone who cared more about being a footballer and the perks that come with it than making the club better. Never a leader. Just an unfulfilled talent.

I don't hate him, but if someone like Frawley leaves under FA, he'll leave with more respect from me than Sylvia did, that's for sure.

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Came on as sub in the third qtr.

3 disposals in total.

That's got to be viewed as a disappointing return.

Bernie Vince.

Bernie Vince.

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Sorry, but I can't help but be amused by the "faux outrage" over Sylvia leaving... particularly considering he was constantly a target of derision in this site and more often than not the suggested delisting/trade option.

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