Greg Inglis- Best Position

[Vic Mackey]

god watching that how much better did he move when he was slender? i had actually forgotten how good he was.he is way too big now. no way in hell could he play fullback. if he lost 15kgs play him at 1 but as he is now center.

 

[Loudstrat]

I'd say centre or wing. Reason - players of his calibre need to have their rep careers considered in their contract negs, and therefore position is crucial. In Inglis' case he would not represent at either fullback of 5/8. He would at centre or wing, or as a wide running back rower.

He needs quality service too. At Melbourne, Cronk and Slater gave him that. In rep sides, mainly Thurston. At Souths, it was mainly Taylor, sometimes Sandow. Taylor game him good ball but not much running space. Inglis needs space, in traffic he's just a big truck. He needs space to use his fend, footwork and then speed. He has good ball skills, but is not a classical centre that will set up his winger aka Matt Gidley.

Inglis will not slim down again, even though he still has speed. One on one, he's a monster, and I'd love to see him on the wing outside someone like Cooper or Tahu. It will never happen.

His future will be back row.

 

[eozsmiles]

It all depends on who he plays alongside. I don't want him at 5/8 unless he has a red hot gun at 7. Souths don't have one but QLD and Australia do.
He looks a bit lazy to be FB and doesn't seem to play much of an organising or talking role, which FB's have to do.

So that leaves him at centre.

 

[eozsmiles]

I'd say centre or wing. Reason - players of his calibre need to have their rep careers considered in their contract negs, and therefore position is crucial. In Inglis' case he would not represent at either fullback of 5/8. He would at centre or wing, or as a wide running back rower.

He needs quality service too. At Melbourne, Cronk and Slater gave him that. In rep sides, mainly Thurston. At Souths, it was mainly Taylor, sometimes Sandow. Taylor game him good ball but not much running space. Inglis needs space, in traffic he's just a big truck. He needs space to use his fend, footwork and then speed. He has good ball skills, but is not a classical centre that will set up his winger aka Matt Gidley.

Inglis will not slim down again, even though he still has speed. One on one, he's a monster, and I'd love to see him on the wing outside someone like Cooper or Tahu. It will never happen.

His future will be back row.

He's definately closer to a back rower than a fullback. Inglis' strengths are his power, size, fend, speed. Great for the backrow.
A fullback needs things like anticipation, they help direct the defensive line, link with the halves to create overlaps, etc etc. I don't see these things in GI's kit.

The spine are absolute specialist positions. I think GI has spent much of his career being told where to run by some of the best spine players in the game. Not sure he is going to step up into that role himself.

 

[juanfarkall]

His best position will depend on which club he moves to.
He is wasted at the Homebush Phonechuckers.

 

[Scarves]

Left Centre.

 

[Eels Dude]

Centre. He's too big to play fullback now. He'd be found out every time he was forced to turn and chase or cover a grubber.

 

[Hutty1986]

Manager at McDonalds

 

[_Johnsy]

 

[NRL-TGG]

fullback.

 

[DJShaksta]

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On a serious not, his best position is in queue at the pie shop.

 

[Raider_69]

at his current weight and fitness he cant play fullback, but i think those highlights speak for themselves, when he was trimmer and fitter, his impact at fullback was ridiculous

If he was at his optimum weight and fitness:

at 5/8th he can be serviceable week to week with the occasional brilliant game
at centre he can be good week to week with long stints of domination
at fullback he can be the best player in the game week in a week out

 

[Eels Dude]

People suggesting if he trims down to what he was a few years ago he'd make a great fullback. Well that's not going to happen. When Inglis played fullback for the Storm he was only 19 or 20 and his body had yet to fill out properly. Now it has there is no going back.

 

[devoid]

That first video is amazing. A fit, confident G.I. in any position is a scary prospect. #6 for mine, because:

#6 Inglis & #1 Merritt is stronger than #6 Sutton #1 Inglis. Rabbitohs shouldn't rely on anyone creating space for G.I. He can create it for himself.

 

[God-King Dean]

Pile-driver.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Centre in my opinion, it gives him room to move and he doesn't need to worry about ball playing. 5 years ago when he was breaking out I would've said fullback, but he seems to have lost a yard of pace in favour of size, he's a power centre now.

 

[macavity]

buffet

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Keeper

 

[Moffo]

Blocker

 

[kbw]

Centre for one big reason.
Fullback and 5/8 require more of a football brain than he has.
Not to mention you have to be on you game alot more than he has been recently to be effective in those roles.
Mind you he is still probably the best option that Souths have a 5/8, Sutton is useless