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Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

Sports Tonight just said that "the Storm have confirmed that GI has been in talks with Essendon"

Also getting Dangerfield / Boak / Sidebottom will cost us a first round pick + big bucks, which I'm sure the club is willing to pay. GI will just be minimal money (with the AFL chipping in most via a marketing contract)
 
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Mecha said:
Shit just got serious.

Obviously the AFL would love to snag another big name rugby player and are prepared to give a helping hand to make it happen

And this is the 'loophole':
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If they're offering to pay Courtenay Dempsey's contract...
 
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if his wage was outside the salary cap it would be a no brainer it would be absolutely worthit as long as your players all agrre with it it would be geat,but if his wage was inside the salary cap then u would be struggling to get him good luck would love to get billy slater to the tigers:thumbsu:
 

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Ben the Gooner said:
Slater, Inglis and Hayne are your Riewoldt, Judd, Brown, Ablett tier - the best.

Folau is more like Buddy as a brilliant athlete even more than a brilliant footballer (and that's no slight on their footy/rugby abilities).

Hunt is a couple of notches down, below the Hayes, Goddard, Hodge level, in the Selwood level.
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If Inglis is outside the cap I say yes. Otherwise I'd prefer we focused on Boak.

FWIW, Hunt>Hayne
 
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Although i doubt any official figures, as they probably would've been posted here already, but can someone enlighten me as to;
- What inglis's starting contract would be worth
- How much can the AFL pay him outside our cap
- Does he go on the senior or rookie list
Any other info on nabbing NRL players would be helpful also :)
For anyone oblivious to the ways of the NRL, which i watch a fair bit of (dont worry bombers support at heart :thumbsu:) , out of Hunt, Folau and Inglis, Inglis would have to be a mile ahead in terms of most likely to make it in the AFL

Last thing. WHY THE HELL AREN'T WE LOOKING AT BILLY SLATER!
 
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Dkid said:
Although i doubt any official figures, as they probably would've been posted here already, but can someone enlighten me as to;
- What inglis's starting contract would be worth
- How much can the AFL pay him outside our cap
- Does he go on the senior or rookie list
Any other info on nabbing NRL players would be helpful also :)
For anyone oblivious to the ways of the NRL, which i watch a fair bit of (dont worry bombers support at heart :thumbsu:) , out of Hunt, Folau and Inglis, Inglis would have to be a mile ahead in terms of most likely to make it in the AFL

Last thing. WHY THE HELL AREN'T WE LOOKING AT BILLY SLATER!
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Slater is 27 in a few weeks, no point as he'd need at least a year to get used to the game and by then he'd only have a few years to prove his worth. Inglis is 23, plenty of time to forge a great career.
 
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Godzke said:
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/95748/default.aspx
"If Essendon wanted to chat to us about a potential role for any of their players in helping promote the game, we'd look at it beyond what the normal contracts are.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/95748/default.aspx

Right, so we can land the big fish on the cheap then. This could be very interesting
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Honestly, we have no reason not to make a big play for him. If it doesn't work out then it's only something like $50k-$100k cap hit per season. Well worth the risk.
 
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lards said:
Slater is 27 in a few weeks, no point as he'd need at least a year to get used to the game and by then he'd only have a few years to prove his worth. Inglis is 23, plenty of time to forge a great career.
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I am 23, Probably should recruit me, am a good full forward, kicked a point today :D
 
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Could see the Inglis gamble paying off. The large number of indigenous players at our club would make the transistion for him more comfortable for him. He could learn to kick etc off them.
 

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I don't consider or believe that Inglis will ever be a pivotal or outstanding component within our side and structure. I perceive Inglis as being an individual that's serviceable and potentially above average.

If we're able to enlist him as a rookie or on significantly reduced salary, I'm talking $150,000 - $200,000 at most with the AFL then covering the majority of the cost, then I'm all for giving him the opportunity to prove himself at AFL level. I know that sounds incredibly selfish.

Obviously I want as much cap room as possible to entice Boak or Dangerfield over from S.A. Sidebottom could be a lesser possibility since he supported Essendon his entire childhood if I recall correctly.
 
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Charliebrow 16 said:
I don't consider or believe that Inglis will ever be a pivotal or outstanding component within our side and structure. I perceive Inglis as being an individual that's serviceable and potentially above average.

If we're able to enlist him as a rookie or on significantly reduced salary, I'm talking $150,000 - $200,000 at most with the AFL then covering the majority of the cost, then I'm all for giving him the opportunity to prove himself at AFL level. I know that sounds incredibly selfish.

Obviously I want as much cap room as possible to entice Boak or Dangerfield over from S.A. Sidebottom could be a lesser possibility since he supported Essendon his entire childhood if I recall correctly.
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Dont you mean more of a possibility ?
 
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gO_bOmBeRz said:
Dont you mean more of a possibility ?
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I worded it incorrectly. However, I don't see Sidebottom leaving. Collingwood took the initiative to draft him. He hasn't had a contract extension as far as I'm aware since he's been at the club. Surely he would want to show gratitude and loyalty?
 
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zacka123 said:
Could see the Inglis gamble paying off. The large number of indigenous players at our club would make the transistion for him more comfortable for him. He could learn to kick etc off them.
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I think he does speak English. So do our coaches. I imagine they'll probably do the coaching???

Dunno, personally. If he was $200k under the cap and the rest outside or AFL marketing money, it'd be worth a good, hard look. If we have to lock up $400k of our cap towards him, bugger it.

side issue - I personally wonder what the logical extreme of these marketing contracts is. Surely if we can pay GI marketing money cos he's aboriginal from QLD or NSW, we could also argue we could pay Dempsey under that too? What about McVeigh, surely we need to market AFL to the white metro population in NSW???
Borderline racism, even bringing race into it IMHO.
 
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lards said:
Slater is 27 in a few weeks, no point as he'd need at least a year to get used to the game and by then he'd only have a few years to prove his worth. Inglis is 23, plenty of time to forge a great career.
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Dunno about you but i reckon Slater will be one of those robert Harveyesque freaks that plays forever
Not the time or place to argue about it though :)
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

I think if the money paid to Inglis is outside the Salary Cap or a lot of it is. I think it is worth a try at picking him up. We will still have money in the cap to pay for our players normally and for developing players. If the NRL player fails no loss except money outside of the cap. If it works out and we have a gun well then we have a gun for nearly nothing.
 

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If he does not add to our premiership aspirations in a material way, why bother? :confused:

He should not get a cent more than he is worth. GC and GWS have good reason to chase these players and have a longer lead in time.

We dont want mercenaries in it only for the money. Inglis is being forced out, Hunt was ready to leave, Folau is keen to give AFL a go.
 
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This is ridiculous, Only reason new clubs did it was to draw popularity and members as a last resort, no we dont need a rugby player, we need to have faith in our young up and comer's
 
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LOL.. surely the bigger issue then becomes what is the point of having a salary cap if you can go outside it when it suits? Visy.. Hunt.. GI..

And if the AFL is paying.. why not get a huge offer together and go over to the US college basketball system and pick up a star.. These guys are all near 7 ft and play like midfielders in terms of agility and speed...

I'll tell you what a marketing coup would be.. actually convincing anyone other than washed up shotgun m williams to come to our club.. who was our last big signing??

We have serious recruitment issues and we are busy chatting up GI??? FFS..
 
Greg Inglis too the Bombers?!

Please dont hate on this, clearly im just spit ballling.....BUT

We were looking at him just after he had too leave the Storm, is there time too get in in the PSD???

Could be a good pick up as he is only 23.

Thoughts?
 
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No Essendon, 1 of my mates changed it too GOLD COAST! Im Essendon!

I think " we " should get him!
 
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