Sylvia or Bate

[The Dr]

Yeah, so I am bored at work and thought I'd see who we value more out of those two - Syvlia's unbelievable potential or Bate's workmanlike abilities.

The question is, which one will be more valuable for us for the next 10 years?

 

[whelan=legend]

I really don't know... hard question.

How good is 3:10 in this video, shows both of them tearing it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-27a7CD-Fc

I'll vote Sylvia, just because i truly believe he has what it takes to dominate

 

[Headless]

At the moment, it's pretty hard to split them. Sylvia, however, has more potential in my opinion, and I will be basing my vote on this.

Sylvia.

 

[Wolfmother2]

Sylvia... with a bit of luck with injuries he will dominate in the midfield... He is a tank with a great kick.... he is only playing fwd because he is a good player but never fit

He and Mclean are the only two in our side at the moment who could win a brownlow no one else has the talent (maybe morton) but thats it

 

[omit]

Bate will be a far more destructive player than Sylvia, i see him as Jonathan Brown if he were a midfielder

 

[booshboy]

yeahh Sylvia, based on Potential has had a very bad run with injuries but when he gets his body right he'll dominate.

 

[feelyngood]

I went for Bate.
Silvia has potential but on most days is average and has been the same for a couple of years now.
Bate will prove to be a far more consistent performer over the next 5-7 years and is just as capable of taking over a game.
Lovely kick, good mark, hard runner, less injuries.

Lets hope they both rip it up

 

[Supermercado]

Sylvia and potential is the same as Meesen and training the house down

 

[The Professor]

Bate easily.

Sylvia has had injury problems since he's started and being injured on/off for 5-6 years will take its toll and he won't reach the heights we all hoped for. Still a solid player but I don't know why people are clinging onto potential.

Bate will iron out his consistency and hopefully learn to play with niggles and he will be a very valuable player.

 

[Capt_Concussion]

I've seen them both do good stuff...and both do horrible stuff. I went for Bate just because he frustrates me slightly less.

 

[melbournemartin]

Sylvia

 

[unstable punt]

really can't split them

 

[RandB]

Both can be pretty useful players for us going forward but I reckon if we were to lose one of them then Bate would be harder to replace. TBH I don't really like saying one player is better than another especially when it is close like this one.

 

[The Dr]

Bate will be a far more destructive player than Sylvia, i see him as Jonathan Brown if he were a midfielder

What exactly do you mean mate?

 

[omit]

What exactly do you mean mate?

Bate has a very similar body type to Brown a few kg shy at the moment but still. he possesses a very similar skill set to JB as well, both are hard at it, pack crunching players with booming and accurate kicks. the big difference is that Bate has the mobility and stamina to run through the midfield all day as well as hold down a key position.

imagine if JB could assert his authority all over the ground instead of just the forward half. because that's the sort of player i can see Bate becoming

 

[cormick]

Bate has a very similar body type to Brown a few kg shy at the moment but still. he possesses a very similar skill set to JB as well, both are hard at it, pack crunching players with booming and accurate kicks. the big difference is that Bate has the mobility and stamina to run through the midfield all day as well as hold down a key position.

imagine if JB could assert his authority all over the ground instead of just the forward half. because that's the sort of player i can see Bate becoming

Haha I hope, for your sake, you aint being serious.

 

[Headless]

Yeah nah, that's a bit optimistic...

 

[omit]

didn't word it very well at all.

i don't expect Bate to be the next Brown, i expect him to play like Brown does but all over the ground

 

[cormick]

Well thats a bit better then.
I went Sylvia, but I don't know Bate particularly well...
Sylvia will be the next RO'K, I reckon.
He was a late developer too, and has now started to shine at 26/7/8.
I expect Sylvia to finally show why he was such a high pick soon, either 2009 or 2010.

 

[Colin Grigson]

Bate has a very similar body type to Brown a few kg shy at the moment but still. he possesses a very similar skill set to JB as well, both are hard at it, pack crunching players with booming and accurate kicks. the big difference is that Bate has the mobility and stamina to run through the midfield all day as well as hold down a key position.

imagine if JB could assert his authority all over the ground instead of just the forward half. because that's the sort of player i can see Bate becoming

I think you're being fairly generous to Bate with that comparison

I'm not sure he's quite in Jonathon Brown's class, but yeah i think Bate will probably be the more consistent contributor in the long term because his fitness base allows him to do more than Sylvia. Though Sylvia could develop into a Brad Johnson style small forward/midfielder who could do some real damage potentially...

 

[3MELBOURNE6]

Well thats a bit better then.
I went Sylvia, but I don't know Bate particularly well...
Sylvia will be the next RO'K, I reckon.
He was a late developer too, and has now started to shine at 26/7/8.
I expect Sylvia to finally show why he was such a high pick soon, either 2009 or 2010.

Sylvia is only 23.

And i'm gunna go with Sylvia, And i hope with a full Pre-Season behind him he will have a break out year in 2009.

 

[cormick]

Sylvia is only 23.

And i'm gunna go with Sylvia, And i hope with a full Pre-Season behind him he will have a break out year in 2009.

Yeah I realised he was younger than the age I specified, but I expect him to get better and better until peaking around then.