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I too was looking forward to the development of Colin Sylvia however I now believe after seeing his performances recently he just simply does not have what it takes to be an elite player in the comp. He goes missing for large parts of games, is undisciplined and now seemed to struggle to kick a goal from 50m. Very disappointing from such a high draft pick, I will get flamed for saying this and people will blame injuries etc but he just does not look like he can handle it at AFL level.

PS also has zero awarness when in the foward line (getting in peoples way etc).

Please prove me wrong Colin but at this stage it's just happening for ya.

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Very harsh. Much improved game from Col today. If he'd dobbed those 2 goals, we would have been singing his praises. I thought he was pretty good. Too many people expect him to step up and win a Brownlow straight away. He hasn't strung together 10 games yet, you gotta give him time. He'll be a star.

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Agreed, very very harsh.

He did well today, and I like him at CHF/HFF. It gives him the ability to push into the midfield, as well as kick goals. His shots on goal today let him down, but apart from that, he was strong and aggressive.

Give him a break, he's had no pre-season and in an ideal world he would still be gaining fitness in the VFL.

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He hasn't strung together 10 games yet, you gotta give him time.

very good point. i didnt think he was the worst today. he seems to just go...needs to step up a gear. burst some makes, make a contest. then again, if he'd kicked two today he wouldve had a great game...

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Colins best football is yet to come, Once he can string a large number of games together without injury, he will improve and start to show his potential

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He has the ability to become a star, all he needs is time and he will learn through experience, the player i can see him developing into is chapman, from geelong. Chapman is a very good player and hard at it, i could easily see sylvia resolving his game around his, but who knows what will happen we just have to wait and see

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Col was good today, at least he hits targets with his disposals, not like some of our more senior better players. Col will only improve once he can spend more time in the midfield. He doesn't struggle to kick 50m, he missed 2 shots today which he had to kick from outside 50m, distance no problem just wasn't straight.

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Col had a great game but if he struggles to kick 50 metres mabey the forward line isnt where he should play. just a thought

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I doubt that sylvia is 100% fit and he's certainly not on his own there! Playing forward would be less taxing than playing on HBF or in the midfield where he would be playing if fit. Still need to work out our forward line as the players have not all played there together before.

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