It was definitely a gamble signing Suli on big money however now it looks like a masterstroke. The kid had played 70mins of NYC yet Craig Bellamy and Des Hasler called him personally trying to get him to their clubs. For years we paid overs for guys with 'potential' and 2-3 years later they were still at the level of when we signed them. It's nice have one of these kids playing to their paycheque so early on.
When you have a look around teams these days and juniors coming through center is really the forgotten position. How many genuinely class centres are there in the game these days? Jennings, Walker, Leulia, Chambersr? Really? All decent first graders but none starts imo. In all likelihood 3 of the 4 origin centres will be guys who don't play there for their club.
Probably jumping the gun but if Suli continues to progress I'll be surprised if he isn't the best center in the game in another 2-3 years time.