There's no doubt it comes down to fitness more than anything with Syd. Talent has never been the issue. He'll get found out again at AFL level pretty quickly if he can't run out games. The 2020 performances were close to embarressing. Probably should have been dropped a lot earlier than he was but Coach kept hoping he'd discover the match fitness & persevered. It didn't eventuate.A lot of people are putting Syd's performance decline down to confidence, but I can't unsee that footage of him at training before he went back to WA. It was like watching myself running.
Was very fit at the start of the 2019 season with plenty to prove & did in spades, before losing his way. If he puts in a truckload of work he's a chance. If not, he's no chance.