COLIN Sylvia's career is in jeopardy following Fremantle's decision to send the wayward midfielder to train with WAFL club Peel Thunder.

The Dockers released a statement on Thursday evening stating the 29-year-old was "not meeting the physical requirements for AFL football".

Fremantle football manager Chris Bond said Sylvia had failed to meet the standards expected by the club.

“We will continue to work closely with Colin, but he now has the opportunity to go to Peel Thunder and focus on getting himself back to the level required to play in the AFL,” Bond said.

Sylvia managed just six games in his first season at the Dockers after joining Fremantle as a free agent on a three-year, $1 million contract at the end of 2013.

It was reported recently that Fremantle had grown fed up with the time it was taking for Sylvia to properly undergo rehabilitation on his injured ankle.

The onballer had post-season ankle surgery in November and was yet to resume full training.

In April last year his chances of making his Fremantle debut were delayed when he was suspended for two matches in the WAFL, a suspension coach Ross Lyon slammed as "a lack of discipline"

Later Sylvia drew the public ire of Lyon again, who made clear his dissatisfaction with Sylvia's performance after the club's shock loss to St Kilda in round 18.

It turned out to be Sylvia's final game of the season.

"He (Sylvia) has played a certain way for a long time and he needs to shift," Lyon told Melbourne radio station 3AW.

"We are not bending for Col. He needs to bend for us."

Sylvia also left Fremantle's 2014 best and fairest count in November last year early, after falling ill in the lobby of Perth's Crown Hotel.

Controversy has followed Sylvia for much of his AFL career.

In 2008 he was suspended for a week and fined $5000 by Melbourne after breaking a curfew and failing to appear at a compulsory training session.

A year later he was suspended by the club's leadership group for a NAB Cup match after being out late on a Sunday night.

In 2006, Sylvia – who was drafted by the Demons with pick No. 3 in the 2003 NAB AFL Draft – appeared in court and was placed on a 12-month order relating to an alleged assault of his then girlfriend.

He was also interviewed by police after allegedly leaving the scene of a serious traffic accident, in which he was a passenger, in South Melbourne in 2011.

Sylvia managed 157 games in 10 seasons at Melbourne.

He remains stranded on 163 games as he approaches his 12th season year in the League.