Rumoured Targets 3

[Yosh]

Where are you hearing this?

It's outrageous if true. It would signal that he's happier to play reserve grade stuck behind The NZ halfback and the Australian 5/8th (at the very least) for the next 2 years (minimum) rather than even entertain an offer to play first grade for us pretty much immediately.

God that's grim if there's any truth to it.

I saw it on Instagram lol. Apparently the Storm are grooming him to take over from Munster? I reckon he will get plenty of games off the bench and cover for injuries throughout the season.

If I was a young half I'd probably choose to stay and learn at the Storm for two years over going to a crappy team who is midtable at best one one injury away from a wooden spoon every year.

 

[perverse]

I saw it on Instagram lol. Apparently the Storm are grooming him to take over from Munster? I reckon he will get plenty of games off the bench and cover for injuries throughout the season.

If I was a young half I'd probably choose to stay and learn at the Storm for two years over going to a crappy team who is midtable at best one one injury away from a wooden spoon every year.

If they have time for him on the field, I suppose sure.

Doesn't say much about our chances to ever compete for a premiership again though. Can't even entice a guy that's stuck behind 3 other blokes that still have plenty of years ahead of them.

 

[slotmachine]

It's a Brent Read article. Says the storm have a three year extension on the table, Pezet doesn't want to leave and there might be a clause that if Hughes extends past 2026 Pezet could leave.

 

[Apey]

Well I wouldn't want to leave the Storm either. But I guess it depends how long he wants to wait for his shot. Hughes and Munster are both 30. Munster looks on the decline to me but he's contracted until the end of 2027 and that's obviously the 5/8 position.

 

[perverse]

Well I wouldn't want to leave the Storm either. But I guess it depends how long he wants to wait for his shot. Hughes and Munster are both 30. Munster looks on the decline to me but he's contracted until the end of 2027 and that's obviously the 5/8 position.

He won't get a shot at a full time gig until 2027 if he stays - at the earliest.

It's a Brent Read article. Says the storm have a three year extension on the table, Pezet doesn't want to leave and there might be a clause that if Hughes extends past 2026 Pezet could leave.

Depressing, but he hasn't signed it yet. Who knows what games his management (Bwaif) are playing. I guess we'll see what happens.

It's remarkable that some clubs manage to just keep a hold of these kids when they're ready for first grade and hold them back for years until they're ready to use them. Penrith managed the same with Jarome Luai. Meanwhile kids we develop that are still underdone can't wait to run off to another club. The gap between the haves and the have-nots in the NRL continues to widen, and has done for decades. It's hard to ever see our path out of it tbh.

 

[Apey]

He won't get a shot at a full time gig until 2027 if he stays - at the earliest.

Depressing, but he hasn't signed it yet. Who knows what games his management (Bwaif) are playing. I guess we'll see what happens.

It's remarkable that some clubs manage to just keep a hold of these kids when they're ready for first grade and hold them back for years until they're ready to use them. Penrith managed the same with Jarome Luai. Meanwhile kids we develop that are still underdone can't wait to run off to another club. The gap between the haves and the have-nots in the NRL continues to widen, and has done for decades. It's hard to ever see our path out of it tbh.

He'd be 1 year older than Hughes was when he started playing for Melbourne. I'd be surprised if he does stay because it's a long time and he could be getting more money elsewhere and have a starting spot much earlier.

Still, wait a few years behind Hughes & Munster in the Storm culture and get developed by Bellamy (for however much longer) isn't exactly a hard sell either.

 

[Woody90]

Tbh I’d be more concerned if the Storm didn’t want to keep him so much. They’re benchmark for player identification so if they were happy to let him walk I’d be concerned. Even more of a compliment to him that fact that they’re offering him 3 years coming off an ACL.

 

[Rod]

I really like Leo. It'll be sad to see him go. He is doing the right thing by testing the market. We should have signed him up ages ago.

I believe we were trying. Not always easy to lock players up before that November 1 date.

 

[Rod]

To be fair though, that's partly due to his commentating commitments over there, where he sounds like he's somewhere between Blocker and Freddy tier.

Yes the NZ TV and radio broadcasts of the Warriors are insanely biased, Blair included.

 

[Yosh]

Playing first grade instantly isn't always in the best interest for young halves. Players play for 15 years plus now well into their mid thirties. If he gets a bad start at a crappy club, he might drop out of the competition altogether (we have seen it so often).

I still think we need to upgrade the hooker position before the halves. I do really like Brailey but he isn't good enough anymore unfortunately. Might be the worst starting hooker in the NRL.

 

[Knight Tales]

If Pezet is willing to wait for those two to retire or move on, then it may suggest the demand for him is not high. Every chance that the club made it clear they were not going to pay a ransom for an un proven half.

 

[HarVeeGee]

Playing first grade instantly isn't always in the best interest for young halves. Players play for 15 years plus now well into their mid thirties. If he gets a bad start at a crappy club, he might drop out of the competition altogether (we have seen it so often).

I still think we need to upgrade the hooker position before the halves. I do really like Brailey but he isn't good enough anymore unfortunately. Might be the worst starting hooker in the NRL.

We signed Matt Arthur. Very unlikely to find a better hooker prospect anywhere.

Also plenty make it to their mid 30’s, but plenty are cooked by 32 as used to be common. Depends on the kind of player they were. And serious injuries can severely impact your longevity. If I just did my ACL I think my mindset would shift from “I’ve got all the time in the world” to “gee, this could all be over so quickly and then if I haven’t made enough I’d have to get a real job”.

 

[Yosh]

We signed Matt Arthur. Very unlikely to find a better hooker prospect anywhere.

Also plenty make it to their mid 30’s, but plenty are cooked by 32 as used to be common. Depends on the kind of player they were. And serious injuries can severely impact your longevity. If I just did my ACL I think my mindset would shift from “I’ve got all the time in the world” to “gee, this could all be over so quickly and then if I haven’t made enough I’d have to get a real job”.

I hope Arthur is as good as you suggest he might be. We are so slow and uninspiring in attack through the middle with Brailey and Crossland. Great defenders though.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Anasta - "you have a some choices Jonah "

1) Stay in a arguably the best system in the league at the Storm fighting for a Premiership every year, play at a club that is consistently leading the way in best practice and strives for perfection.

Play off the bench for a couple of seasons playing alongside a premium spine as support, before taking the reigns for the next 10 years of your career and retire with a few Premierships, raising your brand value, and improving post football opportunities"

2) Go to arguably the bench mark for mediocrity in the league at the Knights & hopefully make the 8 , play at a club that is consistently turning over staff, and fails at basic press releases. Take the reigns immediately playing alongside average players like Gamble/ Cogger for support and with some luck maybe win a Premiership one day.

Tough choice for the young lad.

Would not surprise if the Broncos come a calling also.





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[aqua_duck]

Anasta - "you have a some choices Jonah "

1) Stay in a arguably the best system in the league at the Storm fighting for a Premiership every year, play at a club that is consistently leading the way in best practice and strives for perfection.

Play off the bench for a couple of seasons playing alongside a premium spine as support, before taking the reigns for the next 10 years of your career and retire with a few Premierships, raising your brand value, and improving post football opportunities"

2) Go to arguably the bench mark for mediocrity in the league at the Knights & hopefully make the 8 , play at a club that is consistently turning over staff, and fails at basic press releases. Take the reigns immediately playing alongside average players like Gamble/ Cogger for support and with some luck maybe win a Premiership one day.

Tough choice for the young lad.

Would not surprise if the Broncos come a calling also.





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Well he won’t be getting a run off the bench when they have arguably the best utility in the game in Tyran Wishart signed up for the next 2 years.

Brisbane have a young kid named Coby Black who’s supposed to be the next big thing coming through their ranks who they’ve had in their system since he was 12 years old and are grooming to take over from Reynolds.

Problem for Pezet is he’s going to find it hard to see any game time given Hughes doesn’t play origin and Wishart is a ready made Munster replacement, aside from that I can also see a scenario where Papenhuyzen transitions into the halves so they can get Sua Faalogo into the team.

 

[Dr Dr Gimedanews]

Well he won’t be getting a run off the bench when they have arguably the best utility in the game in Tyran Wishart signed up for the next 2 years.

Brisbane have a young kid named Coby Black who’s supposed to be the next big thing coming through their ranks who they’ve had in their system since he was 12 years old and are grooming to take over from Reynolds.

Problem for Pezet is he’s going to find it hard to see any game time given Hughes doesn’t play origin and Wishart is a ready made Munster replacement, aside from that I can also see a scenario where Papenhuyzen transitions into the halves so they can get Sua Faalogo into the team.

The benchmark of the competition will 100% have a clear pathway for him - if he's worth anything, and more often than not make the pieces of the puzzle fit. That's why they're winners.

If the comments of his team mates (huge future) are anything to go by I'd be surprised if the Storm lose him.

The Knights would have to throw some serious money, and sell a vision of vastly improving the roster.( halves partner a priority)

 

[HarVeeGee]

Anasta - "you have a some choices Jonah "

1) Stay in a arguably the best system in the league at the Storm fighting for a Premiership every year, play at a club that is consistently leading the way in best practice and strives for perfection.

Play off the bench for a couple of seasons playing alongside a premium spine as support, before taking the reigns for the next 10 years of your career and retire with a few Premierships, raising your brand value, and improving post football opportunities"

2) Go to arguably the bench mark for mediocrity in the league at the Knights & hopefully make the 8 , play at a club that is consistently turning over staff, and fails at basic press releases. Take the reigns immediately playing alongside average players like Gamble/ Cogger for support and with some luck maybe win a Premiership one day.

Tough choice for the young lad.

Would not surprise if the Broncos come a calling also.





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No mate, f**k this. If you play fullback for the Knights you’re playing behind a really good pack and tossing the ball to a fullback who is arguably the best player in the entire competition, as well as teeing up some lethal outside backs. It should actually be an appealing gig. If the Tigers can sign two incumbent Origin spine players from the actual current benchmark club & best team in the history of the entire sport in the space of two seasons, it is f**king ridiculous if we can’t snare a highly touted but unproven back-up half from the club which hasn’t beaten them in a meaningful game in four years.

Sure the Storm spine players are great, but they fill out their roster with deadset plodders, always have - their spine players carry a disproportionate load there. The Knights would actually be one of the easier clubs in the comp to play in the halves for right now (source: we just made the finals with Jack Cogger and Phoenix Crossland in the gig).

It honestly does not make any sense for him to turn us down & “hey come join the Storm, you will be our future halfback” is the promise they made to him to steal him from us in the first place, then they gave the gig to a guy in his mid 20’s who went on to win the Dally M. Who’s only playing halfback because they moved him there to make room for another fullback, even though they promised said halfback he would be their future fullback. Such guarantees aren’t worth the paper they’re not even printed on. They have other young halves in the system right now and when Hughes retires or leaves for another club, how does he know Lucy won’t pull the football out of the way at the last minute as has now happened a few times for players at that club, and give the gig to someone else? He’s just done his ACL and lost his standing as first choice back up half to Tyran Wishart so you could argue it’s already happened to him.

If we make him a really good offer (which includes the chance to move back closer to his family) and he turns us down for a “maybe”, potentially giving up over $2 million of career earnings, it’s honestly one of the more baffling decisions made by a young player in recent memory. And Braith would be giving up hundreds of thousands of dollars as his manager and also sort of having him act contrary to his other client Cam Munster - one of the players whose job Jonah could potentially take. It wouldn’t make any sense for him to push for Jonah to stay.

 

[aqua_duck]

The benchmark of the competition will 100% have a clear pathway for him - if he's worth anything, and more often than not make the pieces of the puzzle fit. That's why they're winners.

If the comments of his team mates (huge future) are anything to go by I'd be surprised if the Storm lose him.

The Knights would have to throw some serious money, and sell a vision of vastly improving the roster.( halves partner a priority)

Sure but that pathway clearly involves several years of park footy before there’s an opening and that’s provided they don’t unearth another Jahrome Hughes in that time frame.
I personally don’t rate him as highly as many others but objectively I can’t see much playing time for him in the near future

 

[Mr_Knightside]

No mate, f**k this. If you play fullback for the Knights you’re playing behind a really good pack and tossing the ball to a fullback who is arguably the best player in the entire competition, as well as teeing up some lethal outside backs. It should actually be an appealing gig. If the Tigers can sign two incumbent Origin spine players from the actual current benchmark club & best team in the history of the entire sport in the space of two seasons, it is f**king ridiculous if we can’t snare a highly touted but unproven back-up half from the club which hasn’t beaten them in a meaningful game in four years.

Sure the Storm spine players are great, but they fill out their roster with deadset plodders, always have - their spine players carry a disproportionate load there. The Knights would actually be one of the easier clubs in the comp to play in the halves for right now (source: we just made the finals with Jack Cogger and Phoenix Crossland in the gig).

It honestly does not make any sense for him to turn us down & “hey come join the Storm, you will be our future halfback” is the promise they made to him to steal him from us in the first place, then they gave the gig to a guy in his mid 20’s who went on to win the Dally M. Who’s only playing halfback because they moved him there to make room for another fullback, even though they promised said halfback he would be their future fullback. Such guarantees aren’t worth the paper they’re not even printed on. They have other young halves in the system right now and when Hughes retires or leaves for another club, how does he know Lucy won’t pull the football out of the way at the last minute as has now happened a few times for players at that club, and give the gig to someone else? He’s just done his ACL and lost his standing as first choice back up half to Tyran Wishart so you could argue it’s already happened to him.

If we make him a really good offer (which includes the chance to move back closer to his family) and he turns us down for a “maybe”, potentially giving up over $2 million of career earnings, it’s honestly one of the more baffling decisions made by a young player in recent memory. And Braith would be giving up hundreds of thousands of dollars as his manager and also sort of having him act contrary to his other client Cam Munster - one of the players whose job Jonah could potentially take. It wouldn’t make any sense for him to push for Jonah to stay.

I agree. I know the Knights don’t always get it right but we actually have a pretty good team aside from 3 of our key positions, and that’s somewhat made up for by the fact that we’ve got a Dally M winning fullback. Add a more competent halfback in there and we could get something good happening.

At the end of the day, there’s benefits to either decision that he might make. But whether he’s prepared to bide time in reserve grade for another 3 years is the main thing.

 

[Woody90]

I actually don’t really care if Pezet comes or not tbh. He’s unproven in FG and if he decides to stay at the Storm good luck to him. People are acting like if we miss out on him we’ll be playing with Cogger or Crossland forever. O’Sullivan’s record speaks for itself: if we’ve identified halfback as an area of need (obviously it is), he’ll find us someone.