Jayden Sullivan

[Wolfgang90]

Pezet will be locked up well before November.. we wont get a hint of a sniff..

As for Bud, I reckon the Tigers will want him there for all of 2024, even if it was off the bench, he is injury cover if nothing else.. they would be thin without him... 2025 is another story when they have Luai and Fainu/Galvin are a year older...

Edit: What about Ilias?

Storm will want to lock him up but like Hynes, there might be a team willing to give him an offer both $$$ & opportunity that he can't resist. Storm spine is locked for the next few years, no chance of Pezet starting over Munster or Hughes. Dogs will be chasing hard for him, ditto raiders, roosters (if the fail this year), titans

 

[Dorothy the Winowhore]

Galvin is being groomed to be a backrower....once he puts on a bit more weight. A bit slow to stay in the halves

 

[TheRev]

Storm will want to lock him up but like Hynes, there might be a team willing to give him an offer both $$$ & opportunity that he can't resist. Storm spine is locked for the next few years, no chance of Pezet starting over Munster or Hughes. Dogs will be chasing hard for him, ditto raiders, roosters (if the fail this year), titans

You'd think there would be lots of unofficial chats.. but its very rare for the Storm to lose the ones they really want.. and tbh Pezet is only ever 1 injury away from a start.. and is getting plenty of game time this year.. he will be super happy... and its one of the best systems if not the best to be in.

The Storm easily wrapped up Faalogo earlier in the year.. despite having Papaenhauzen and Meaney in front.. even the kid Jake Toby who played fullback ahead of Faalogo last week.. and absolute destroyed our NSW Cup team.. I just cant understand how we havent stolen a few more of these gun kids who are so far down the pecking order but so much better than the guys we have in our nsw cup system.. there are these massive skill talent between SG and first grade that we need to fix.

 

[Wolfgang90]

You'd think there would be lots of unofficial chats.. but its very rare for the Storm to lose the ones they really want.. and tbh Pezet is only ever 1 injury away from a start.. and is getting plenty of game time this year.. he will be super happy... and its one of the best systems if not the best to be in.

The Storm easily wrapped up Faalogo earlier in the year.. despite having Papaenhauzen and Meaney in front.. even the kid Jake Toby who played fullback ahead of Faalogo last week.. and absolute destroyed our NSW Cup team.. I just cant understand how we havent stolen a few more of these gun kids who are so far down the pecking order but so much better than the guys we have in our nsw cup system.. there are these massive skill talent between SG and first grade that we need to fix.

It's all about development, we can identify talent like most clubs but like most clubs we can't develop talent. Hence the likes of Storm, Roosters, Panthers, Broncos are the ones producing 1st grade talent.

We need to nail development of our juniors, I think it should be more important than the 1st grade performance tbh. That's our future pipeline for 1st grade level players.

 

[TheRev]

It's all about development, we can identify talent like most clubs but like most clubs we can't develop talent. Hence the likes of Storm, Roosters, Panthers, Broncos are the ones producing 1st grade talent.

We need to nail development of our juniors, I think it should be more important than the 1st grade performance tbh. That's our future pipeline for 1st grade level players.

1000% Agree, im sort of hoping that Flanagan will put the coaches and the systems in place to try and turn that around.. the fact that our young kids rarely make 1st grade.. but.. I think there is a huge hole he has to fix first.. I think he needs to bring in a fullback, a hooker and possibly a young half to fix some holes in that NSW Cup team.. until such time as the younger ones come through..

It depends what he thinks of guys like Matt Feagai, Quinn, Ward, Mulheissen... they are the ones in those 3 positions.. are they players we can turn into 1st graders? Because they r the next rung down... and if they arent we need to find someone who is..... I also think we need have a think about SFinau, Tuipuloto & Tamale.. all 3 could fill a wing spot potentially but which one? All 3? I would actually like to see Williams in NSW Cup later this year and take one of their jerseys.... maybe im crazy but I think hes the one we can promote quickly.

I dont think Ralph or Glover r promotable.. I think they were probably rushed purchases who are filling a gap in reserve grade, but I think we can do better.

 

[True_Believer]

1000% Agree, im sort of hoping that Flanagan will put the coaches and the systems in place to try and turn that around.. the fact that our young kids rarely make 1st grade.. but.. I think there is a huge hole he has to fix first.. I think he needs to bring in a fullback, a hooker and possibly a young half to fix some holes in that NSW Cup team.. until such time as the younger ones come through..

It depends what he thinks of guys like Matt Feagai, Quinn, Ward, Mulheissen... they are the ones in those 3 positions.. are they players we can turn into 1st graders? Because they r the next rung down... and if they arent we need to find someone who is..... I also think we need have a think about SFinau, Tuipuloto & Tamale.. all 3 could fill a wing spot potentially but which one? All 3? I would actually like to see Williams in NSW Cup later this year and take one of their jerseys.... maybe im crazy but I think hes the one we can promote quickly.

I dont think Ralph or Glover r promotable.. I think they were probably rushed purchases who are filling a gap in reserve grade, but I think we can do better.

Matt Elliot suggested that we already have been working on getting the systems in place for the last couple of years. Hence the good performances in the lower grades. They've been working to establish the right setup and we should see benefits in the next 2-3 years by the sounds of it.

 

[slippery5]

You'd think there would be lots of unofficial chats.. but its very rare for the Storm to lose the ones they really want.. and tbh Pezet is only ever 1 injury away from a start.. and is getting plenty of game time this year.. he will be super happy... and its one of the best systems if not the best to be in.

The Storm easily wrapped up Faalogo earlier in the year.. despite having Papaenhauzen and Meaney in front.. even the kid Jake Toby who played fullback ahead of Faalogo last week.. and absolute destroyed our NSW Cup team.. I just cant understand how we havent stolen a few more of these gun kids who are so far down the pecking order but so much better than the guys we have in our nsw cup system.. there are these massive skill talent between SG and first grade that we need to fix.

The Storm do lose players they want to keep, Widdop, Tino & Hynes were all players they wanted but could not match what was offered elsewhere. In Tino & Hynes situation they were coming off the bench & both were looking for starting positions but were held back by older more experiennce players. I'm hearing that they should have kept Hynes over Hughes & they recently attempted to lure Tino back on big dollars.

 

[getsmarty]

South Sydney linked to shock move for playmaker from NRL rival​

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[Jubilee]

So Bennett thinks Bud > Ilias.

 

[saintmar]

So Bennett thinks Bud > Ilias.

Never mind Wayne the irony here is
Flano thought Hunt was better than Bud
Lets see who has the last laugh between the coaches at seasons end

 

[BLM01]

So Bennett thinks Bud > Ilias.

No. He will be back up there too

 

[Hound of Dracula]

So Bennett thinks Bud > Ilias.

Supposedly, Bennet had never seen Lewis Dodd but trusted South's assessment of his ability.
On that basis Illias was surplus & we win.

Now he's met, and seen his new English half train, he may be seeing Lewis Dudd, hence new interest in a back up half

 

[SnowDragon]

I still think bud is the real deal. Good luck to him

 

[Jubilee]

Supposedly, Bennet had never seen Lewis Dodd but trusted South's assessment of his ability.
On that basis Illias was surplus & we win.

Now he's met, and seen his new English half train, he may be seeing Lewis Dudd, hence new interest in a back up half

That would be a twist in the tale. Now let's see Kyle and Ilias working together smoothly and give the story a happy ending.

 

[hewi]

If Sullivan needed an attitude adjustment then the Tigers would have given it to him , add in been coached by Bennett then it would be his s##t or get off the pot time.

 

[Centralcoastdragon2]

The Koori connection would have pushed for Bud.

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

Good luck to him.

I still don’t get the fascination with him being the one that got away.

Lazy defenders rarely change.

 

[Saints Forever]

Good luck to him.

I still don’t get the fascination with him being the one that got away.

Its all about attitude

Bennett is giving him a chance to be a backup

Bud lacked maturity at Saints and needed to tighten up various aspects of his game.

Needed a mentor.

May be a late bloomer.

In any event we have moved on.

 

[BLM01]

Never mind Wayne the irony here is
Flano thought Hunt was better than Bud
Lets see who has the last laugh between the coaches at seasons end

Because he was. Did not 2024 show you anything
Maguire thinks so also. Otherwise he would of bought Bud cheaper
So your point is now who has the last laugh Bennett or Maguire after this year..ha

 

[saintmar]

Its all about attitude

Bennett is giving him a chance to be a backup

Bud lacked maturity at Saints and needed to tighten up various aspects of his game.

Needed a mentor.

May be a late bloomer.

In any event we have moved on.

Yep needed a mentor and we obviously couldn’t provide one
He will now have someone who can give him guidance and grow him as a player something Benji couldn’t do and we wanted to invest time on someone who didn’t want to be here.