Jayden "Bud" Sullivan #278

Tucker said:
We treated this bloke like shit last year whilst pumping the tyres of a kid who hadn’t earned his spot. We then try to get rid of him, eventually deciding to loan Bud whilst offering Galvin a mill.
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
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Bud was bog average across two stints in firsts last year. But when he was relegated to KOE, he strung a few good games together before we started shopping him around and his confidence and form dropped again. He seems a lot happier at Souths.
 
TV Ted Ellery said:
Bud was bog average across two stints in firsts last year. But when he was relegated to KOE, he strung a few good games together before we started shopping him around and his confidence and form dropped again. He seems a lot happier at Souths.
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He has a mentor. Benji is a friend. It's tough.
 
TV Ted Ellery said:
Bud was bog average across two stints in firsts last year. But when he was relegated to KOE, he strung a few good games together before we started shopping him around and his confidence and form dropped again. He seems a lot happier at Souths.
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He was average, a work in motion that we couldn’t be bothered spending time on.
He always appeared though to be the only half that worried opposition defences last year. Meanwhile Galvin was average as well yet treated very very differently.
 
Tucker said:
He was average, a work in motion that we couldn’t be bothered spending time on.
He always appeared though to be the only half that worried opposition defences last year. Meanwhile Galvin was average as well yet treated very very differently.
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I think Bud was playing heavy last year....
 
ancient_magpie said:
People tell me he's got the same sort of pace asEzra Man.If so maybe theirs something to look forward to next year.Ive only seen him play one game against us he looked pretty quick.
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Same pace, same ability, but nowhere near the same confidence, self belief or heart.
Ezra what a player, best 5/8 in the NRL in my opinion,
 
Tom Shines said:
He must have felt sick to his stomach when he heard that news sitting in the hospital with his broken leg …
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I do feel sorry for him and I also feel sorry for all Wests Tigers supporters myself included as we probably now have no option other than to have a player on our books getting paid 500-550k per season that doesn’t want to be here.
From Sullivan’s point of view there are plenty of people doing it much tougher than collecting a 500-550k pay cheque to put up with listening to Benji’s dribble.
For us it’s another 500-550k reduction of what our team can spend on our 2026 & 2027 Salary Vap, but I suppose what does it matter we don’t sign anyway and never end in spending our full salary cap anyway.
 
Tom Shines said:
Wayne Bennett picked Bud most weeks …I gotta feeling that he will be back at the club next season
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Possibly, but unlike our dynamic duo, manly Benji who was front and centre of signing Sullivan and would have been fully aware of what we were offering him, Bennett is not a dope and will only pay players what they are worth.
A fringe NRL player does not get paid any more than 200k maximum, we we still obviously be stuck paying the rest,
 
Vicious said:
Possibly, but unlike our dynamic duo, manly Benji who was front and centre of signing Sullivan and would have been fully aware of what we were offering him, Bennett is not a dope and will only pay players what they are worth.
A fringe NRL player does not get paid any more than 200k maximum, we we still obviously be stuck paying the rest,
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I got no idea what Bennett was paying him ..he had all the leverage on his side to get him cheap…

I’m more interested in the fact he picked him consistently in the NRL side …he must have seen something in him …

There is a good chance they are going to be stuck with him again next season at least ..so they might have to try and make something work inside of just deciding to have him permanently in Reggie’s all year
 
Tom Shines said:
I got no idea what Bennett was paying him ..he had all the leverage on his side to get him cheap…

I’m more interested in the fact he picked him consistently in the NRL side …he must have seen something in him …

There is a good chance they are going to be stuck with him again next season at least ..so they might have to try and make something work inside of just deciding to have him permanently in Reggie’s all year
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Sullivan is not a total dud, he has plenty of talent which I have stated since the day we signed him, but has clear confidence issues he is somehow needing to overcome.
Sometimes players do not get over the lack of confidence after not being wanted.
The big issue is what we paid him. I actually called for his signing long before we ended up signing him, but after being dumped to NSW Cup by the Dragons I thought common sense would have said we offer him no more than 200-250k per season.
Obviously I was wrong and the wisdom of Benji and whoever else was signing off on our recruitment at the time thought it was a good idea to offer him 500-550k on a long term deal.
Coaching aside, Benji should have been sacked for that type of stupidity,
 
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