Jayden "Bud" Sullivan #278

Needaname said:
Sullivan was named at halfback 3 times this year.
1 of those, he started and 19m later got Sin binned and Griffen brought on Moses and Sullivan didn’t return.
The two other games were both replacing Hunt coz of Origin, agaisnt the Dolphins in his first genuine chance of halfback he kicked for 572m, 1 line break, 3 tackle breaks; ran for 96m with 18 post and made 25 tackles with 3 missed. The other game was 65min agaisnt the Raiders before doing his Hammy. I seem to recall from watching he was having a decent game but didn’t poll as decent stats. Not bad though for a guy given an opportunity at 21 playing in an average side.
At 5/8 he averaged roughly 30 receipts compared to 47 at halfback.
There’s something there, I was watching him in the Cup game vs the Raiders from earlier in the year. He was the sole half in the team and although didn’t run often at the line; his kicking game was varied and on point.
I’ve come around to signing him as a halfback after spending a bit of time watching him play outside of the highlights.
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Oath Sullivan is a weapon. His signing reminds me a lot of when we got Ryan Matterson. This guy can really play and in a year his salary will be seen as massive unders.
 
upthetigers said:
He's cooked mate. The first game he had a real crack he re-injured himself.
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Probably. I feel sorry for him. There is always a chance he comes back and somehow reinvents himself but there is so much against him. His attitude is really poor. He overrates himself. His game has so many holes in it. His defense is terrible. His running game and long ball left to right can be really good but he is inconsistent. He is slowish so I can't see him making it in the centres and he doesn't have the skill-set to be a decent half.

I think his best chance is to turn himself into a ball playing edge backrower.

He'll need to come back humble but it's professional sport and I'm not sure he has the ability.
 
Tom Shines said:
Not speaking about you in particular… but there seems to be more than a few people that want to look to excuse dumb decisions made by the club..

We can die on the hill of McQueen one way or the other .. was he signed before or after his neck injury? Who the f knows … but it certainly turned out to be a poor signing

What about Matulino, Josh Reynolds, Packer and a dozen others?

These aren’t even up to debate…

I don’t get why there is a percentage of fans that want to excuse and try to justify some of these decisions

Black and white … since their existence 24 years ago they have made three finals … and even those three years they were amongst the also rans two thirds into the season and made a charge home to the playoffs..

Like I said in another post .. whenever you think they are at rock bottom .. they go and do something stupid… like picking Kepaoa in the centres … again … there is never an end to our misery
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We have new docs & physiotherapists at the
club this year. Peter Moussa and his team are
doing a really good job with injuries & rehab
 
I very pleased he will be joining WTs. He is a good smart footballer and we can always use more of them. It seems from the depths of not having any halves, we now have Fainu and Sullivan plus Sezer (maybe have not heard much lately). I know it is easy for us to criticise the club, but I believe those responsible for recruiting them have done well.
 
Luke Brooks #1043 Fan said:
Oath Sullivan is a weapon. His signing reminds me a lot of when we got Ryan Matterson. This guy can really play and in a year his salary will be seen as massive unders.
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Here's hoping 🤞
I can see Sullivan getting through the half gaps that Brooks seems to poke his nose through then get dragged down, he just have that extra half step of pace.
With him and Latu in the halves there's a bunch of speed and danger that is going to keep centres and backrowers honest, giving guys like Tupou and Bula space out wide to create some magic.
Works in theory anyway...
 
Krammy said:
Absolutely. Definitely not a half or even a fullback. He is big and strong enough to be a 13, but needs to pick up his defence. Could go well at centre, but no more arm grabbing in defence.
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I think he’s too slow for centre. 13 and that’s it in my opinion
 
LARDS said:
I reckon he could be a Yeoh style 13 or its off to england
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The reality is that I can't see him making it as an outside back, half, fullback or forward.

The skills he has are a pretty good running game, he can offload because he is big and rangy and he has a great pass left to right. That to me sounds like a right edge backrower.

Maybe he could play in the middle as well but I'm not sure if he has the work rate. It's a tough position.

The problem on an edge is that his defense is the worst part of his game by far. At least in the middle he might get some support.

One of the biggest disaster signings we've had. He was mentioned as a future captain and a leader of the club but he has way too many flaws. He is also on big dollars. At his best he is a really good NRL player but that happens once in a blue moon.

It's depressing.
 
earl said:
The reality is that I can't see him making it as an outside back, half, fullback or forward.

The skills he has are a pretty good running game, he can offload because he is big and rangy and he has a great pass left to right. That to me sounds like a right edge backrower.

Maybe he could play in the middle as well but I'm not sure if he has the work rate. It's a tough position.

The problem on an edge is that his defense is the worst part of his game by far. At least in the middle he might get some support.

One of the biggest disaster signings we've had. He was mentioned as a future captain and a leader of the club but he has way too many flaws. He is also on big dollars. At his best he is a really good NRL player but that happens once in a blue moon.

It's depressing.
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The worst thing is I could see all of his issues before he signed with us. He had no fixed position. Who knows what they were thinking giving him a 4 year contract.
 
Bigscreentv said:
Yes, or that - but is he better than what we have? Probably not.
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Who is he better than in any position you'd play him ? To'a is a better centre, he hasn't performed well enough in the halves or fullback to be any chance in those spots and he hasn't played in the forwards which would take a massive adjustment.

It's interesting seeing promising players just not be able to develop their games. I'm not saying it's the clubs fault either.
 
Wiz said:
The worst thing is I could see all of his issues before he signed with us. He had no fixed position. Who knows what they were thinking giving him a 4 year contract.
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I think it gets me worse because I was his biggest fan. I saw him and Hastings as leading us forward. I don't rate either of them now.
 
Wiz said:
The worst thing is I could see all of his issues before he signed with us. He had no fixed position. Who knows what they were thinking giving him a 4 year contract.
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Seems like we live giving out 4 year contracts….feel sorta sorry for AD as he came here with no real position, nor did he cement one in his 4 years here
 
Tiger_Yoshi said:
Seems like we live giving out 4 year contracts….feel sorta sorry for AD as he came here with no real position, nor did he cement one in his 4 years here
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I don't feel financialy sorry for someone who is on our books again next year and quite possibly will not play a game for us and still get a good salary from the club.
He has to earn another contract from the club imho and he has to perform better than he has since he got here to do it
 
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