I think the people of Melbourne are very lucky- a new stadium on the go and a very talented Rugby League team. Bellamy's side for the most part is young and with Greg Inglis and now Israel Falou, the future is very bright for them on the field. And now a new field to draw the crowd.
The old Northern Storm Development System has paid benefits for the Melbourne storm but I regret to say that is finished as the Storm has cut it's ties there (and that may come back to bite them) . The latest protege, 17 year old ,Israel Falou apparently started his footy career at the feeder club, Norths St Josephs, so why would you ruin a good thing particularly when you're are benfiting from it (only Waldron would know).
Incidently Norths, Valleys , Brighton, Samford, Albany Creek, Norths St Josephs, Banyo and Aspley juniors were all Northern Storm Development clubs and I couldn't list all the players that came from them into the Storm (because their is just too many). It's just a shame that Melbourne Storm doesn't see a future in continueing it's ties with clubs up here.