Did you specifically hear him say that ?
Nobody has, and it is scuttlebutt that has grown legs.
We are good at it. We did a job on Jack Anthony which was disgraceful.
Until Chris Bond or Ross Lyon come out and say specifically Colin is not playing because he told us to stuff our early start to training, it is just a vicious rumour.
All I have ever seen him do is bloody run laps, 100's of them. Of course that is in between periods of injuries.
Incomprehensible that he is not being given a run in the absence of Barlow let alone when Fyfe was also out as well.
Pavlich gave an interview a week or two back where he clearly stated that Sylvia has had issues from the beginning with settling into the culture of the club (paraphrased).
Read into that what you like, but coming from the skipper I would think that it's obvious that he hasn't "bought in" as required.
It's been widely reported, via quotes from players and staff, that his fitness was not at the level required and we have had eyewitness reports of his attitude at training and then, of course, the mind f***, in the Peel game.
If you think that he should be given a game just because he is COLIN SYLVIA you are mistaken.
We could have recruited Gary Ablett and if he didn't buy in he wouldn't be getting a game either.
It may be frustrating for some, but I support a system which rewards effort and attitude over potential.