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Re: Inglis would be welcome at the Bombers, says McVeigh

Ok, IF we can get him when he is 23 then yes, when he is 25 then NO WAY.
needs a year to learn the game
 

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Re: Inglis would be welcome at the Bombers, says McVeigh

RUNVS said:
i would imagine you have quite a bit of room in your salary cap.
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Are you saying our players are shit?
 
Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

Not sure if there's a thread on this. If so, please merge.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,27224459-23211,00.html
The Nine Network has reported the Bombers met with Inglis in Sydney on Friday night with a view to signing the 23-year-old.

The meeting comes just days after Inglis' former Storm teammate Israel Folau signed with new AFL franchise GWS and former Brisbane Broncos star Karmichael Hunt had his first training session with Gold Coast.
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http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,27224459-23211,00.html

I'm undecided on whether I want him. Surely we could get an absolute superstar for the same price?
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

How much is this 'marketing allowance'?

Does every team get it or are the expansion clubs an exception to the rule?
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

It's just the expansion clubs I believe, if we can pay this dude 400k a year than I am ok with it, any more then piss off, also he needs to come over now, not in 2012.
 

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Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

Please if he ever wanted to switch, the AFL would be all over him.
As it would put a dagger through the NRL as they are main competitors!
The AFL would make a new rule of some 'switch code' thing and would offer him like $1.5M outside the cap a year and which ever club he goes to if it ever eventuates would pay like 500K...
 
Re: Inglis would be welcome at the Bombers, says McVeigh

Kaiser Powser said:
We are not running a carnival, so why exactly to we need a marquee?
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Ba-doom tish! :thumbsu:

As someone mentioned earlier, if the AFL gave us a naughty wink and said you can have him for half price on your cap then yeah he might be worth going after. Otherwise I don't see where he would fit into the side. KP player surely.
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

Would love to see him run around in the AFL regardless of what team he was with. Inglis is X-factor plus, if he wants to play AFL any club that didnt chase him would be failing there supporters not to go after him.
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

This guy would be an absolute coo. I know our game can be complicated, but we are talking about probably the most complete athlete in Australian sport today. Where would we play him, I'd say practically anywhere we want to.
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

yes please. easily the most skilled player in the NRL, plus has arguably one of the best tackles in the NRL. Not to mention he's uba-fit and uba-athletic. Would be a lot better than Folau or Hunt
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

I think there guys - Hunt, Folou, Ingles - would all make good full forwards.
Big, strong, burst pace. Sit them in the square, let them brute their way through defenders, jump and mark the ball. They dont have to have awareness to do that. Ingles at FF and Hurley released to HBF to become the next Goddard...
 

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Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

I reckon let him take the kick outs. Kick to himself, run the length of the field, fend off 18 tackles, kick a goal. Just have to remember to bounce every 15 metres. :thumbsu:
 
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Longy413 said:
That said, McVeigh is just speaking hypotheticals, no one from the club is speaking to Inglis.
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they are now it seems, unless the HUN are talking crap

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/greg-inglis-in-talks-with-bombers/story-e6frf9jf-1225875720478

While Essendon is playing the Swans at the SCG tomorrow, Bombers boss Ian Robson yesterday flew into Sydney a day earlier than his team for a meeting with Inglis' agent Al Gainey at a Sydney cafe.
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/greg-inglis-in-talks-with-bombers/story-e6frf9jf-1225875720478
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

I know that recruiting a well known athlete is exciting for the club and it's supporters, mainly because we haven't really succeeded in getting any other high profile athletes in recent times.

But, I'm gonna have to say I don't want him. I don't think he's the type of athlete, let alone player we should be going after or wasting our time on.

The NRL coups taken by GC and WS are purely for marketing, we all know that already. You can eat up the "Hunt and Izzy will play 100 games and succeed" stuff up, but in reality, we all know the rush to get them has nothing to do with the experience or the "development" they'd bring to the teams. It's all for recognition, and then to follow it up with mediocre results.

Where is the experience and drive for a first premiership going to come for the new expansion teams? The big AFL coups they make along the way. That's right, their "development" and experience and push for the premiership will not come from the NRL coups, but from the Ablett's and Selwood's they bring in from other AFL clubs.

Why, as a developing club, should we go after marketing, when we have the biggest marketing tool that stretches and is strong as far away as WA, our own name?

We should be concentrating on what will bring us our next premiership. Simple as that. It's been far too long since our last flag, at least by Essendon's point of view... we can't afford to mess around anymore and take "risks". We need to solidify this side and bring in what will REALLY help us win that premiership.

Face the facts, Inglis is an NRL player, he grew up with the game and is pretty much used to grabbing that watermelon of a ball and running towards that "line". If people really think athletism is all it takes to be a an AFL star, or even a good AFL player for that matter, then they have another thing coming to them. Sure, if the person was of athletic ability and did not cement a habit in another sport that is ENTIRELY different (this means, there are no fundamental similarities) - then I'd pay that. But it's just not the case with Inglis, Hunt or Izzy. They are walking billboards when it comes to the AFL, and their novelty will soon fall away... for the true AFL stars to take their place in an effort to "continue" that interest. There are plenty of people with athletic ability out there, for example, our own drafts... full of people who know the fundamentals of the game and skills required right off the bat (not in a years or so point in time) and are able to expand on this without being dragged behind. The truth is, it takes more than that, but are we going to waste our time on any of them just because of their name and pay them millions? No. Because we have better things to do, and better things to concentrate on other than a 'name'.

If you're still reading this, then you probably either agree or disagree, but IMO, he is a waste of time, and a waste of money in terms of what type of club we are, where we're stationed and what we need for that next premiership.
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

I guess I understand where you are coming from but its not as if the club is stopping in its tracks while we pursue GI.

Its everything as normal for the other players and staff not involved in recruitment.

I dont fully understand the implications for our salary cap just yet so i'l reserve judgement until then but at the moment im wrapt they are pushing the boundaries a bit more.
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

Guys, If we do go for him, he WON'T take part of our salary cap!
Therefore, we could go for BOTH Inglis AND Boak/Danger/Sidey (even though we wont get them)

I can't see any sort of negative? I'm not sure why people are objecting. He is outside of our salary cap. Its like having an extra player than everybody else! YES YES YES. Whether or not he turns out to be any good. There is no risk. He is not taking the position of a 'real footballer' he is just extra.
Done-Diddily-Done
 
Re: Essendon meets with Greg Inglis

It's fair to say that we're can't pick up any star players from other clubs because our facilities are to put it bluntly, shithouse. Inglis would be attracted by the salary and staying in Melbourne.

Question is, why would he come to Essendon instead of the other Victorian clubs with better facilities? He won't, simple.

Nothing to worry about here.
 
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