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Greg Inglis future immortal?

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wittyfan said:
To be fair Moses would destroy most players in his current form.
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He's had a few good games this year. He still goes missing a lot. He was nowhere to be seen against the Roosters (more missed tackles than runs) & also quiet in the win against the depleted Broncos.
 
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DiegoNT said:
. NSW at the time seemed not to give indigenous players a fair go. When he debuted for QLD they had not won an origin series for almost 5 years.
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Why recycle such a bullshit claim?

Which player at the time wasn't given a fair go?
 
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Tommy Smith said:
Why recycle such a bullshit claim?

Which player at the time wasn't given a fair go?
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Its not whether it's true or not, it was the perception at the time. The way blacklock was continually overlooked for aignscough would of been the big one
 
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blacklock for Ainscough ... grasping at straws there a little bit are you not ?

next you will say mundine was better than Fitler or Daley
 
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GreenMachine121 said:
blacklock for Ainscough ... grasping at straws there a little bit are you not ?

next you will say mundine was better than Fitler or Daley
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I'm saying, and Inglis has admitted it in interviews, that at the time it seemed to him that indigenous players weren't given a fair go. It had something to do with the family who he billeted with as a teenager in QLD getting in his ear and convincing him that he wouldn't get a fair go in nsw
 
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T.T said:
To me his career is quite similar to Rafa Nadal. Champion player but is now playing busted.

I don't see a future for him at fullback anymore. And tonight he got destroyed by Moses when defending out wide. Will be a shame if he is remembered this way.
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Really selling Rafa Nadal short there....although I do understand your comparison.

There are about 7 immortals in rugby league. Nadal could retire today and be recognised as easily within the top seven players of all time. He is unlucky to be in an era with Roger Federer (whom he has beaten up a lot) and a man who is very likely to have the best grand slam record of all time in Djokovic.

Inglis had the pure talent to be an immortal (which is a huge compliment).....but certainly not the consistency or drive of one.
 
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Maybe he just needs a bit of a break? Maybe a boating holiday or flying over to Fiji as long as it's not raining?
 
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Albert Rosenfeld said:
You have to be retired a few years before they will consider you for Immortal status.

Mal Meninga is next cab off the rank. Thurston is already well ahead of Inglis as a candidate and will likely retire before Inglis.

In any case Inglis may never make it. He needs at least one brilliant season before he will be ever considered.
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Apparently they're looking at making it a rule that a player can't be inducted until 5 years after their career ends ( and also that a new player is voted in every 5 years)
 
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Inglis at this stage will devalue being an immortal. Great player but he doesn't win games like the immortals have. He's more a passenger than leader.
 
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DiegoNT said:
Bullshit. Souths don't win a premiership without Inglis pure and simple.
When Sam announced his signing witg rugby Union it was stilla 50/50 whether he would be considered a flop. His first years with souths were plagued with injuries, suspensions., inconsistency and so many dropped balls. Halfway through 2014 many souths fans wanted him gone early. Then he had a good back half of 2014 and people forgot the years of frustration from sam.
Inglis first year with souths was ok, he took a while to settle, it was a young team he came into. Then 2012 we shifted him to fullback and the whole dynamic of the team shifted overnight. We suddenly had a dangerous player who could strike fear in the opposition. He would bring the ball back with power that it allowed guys like the burgess brothers to play against defence already on the back foot. Teams were sometimes so worried about Inglis that they over defended him and it gave others a chance to shine. He was consistently brilliant from 2012-2014 and it was Inglis not burgess who was talked up as the best player in the game at the time and led to this 'is he a future immortal' talk. If you were given a choice between burgess and inglis in the 2014 grand final then Inglis was a no brainer.
Souths are going poor this year and it's down to Inglis poor form. He is the key. If Burgess was the key you'd think we'd be winning games easily considering the bloke is making 160m+ per game and 40 odd tackles. But he isn't the key. He is great forward but he is useless unless you have great players around him.
We still make the finals in 2015, inglis is our best player by far. for most of the year we are in the top 4 before fading at the end of the year. You include burgess back into the team and suddenly we would be spoon chances if it wasn't for newcastle.
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Sorry, don't agree. South won GF due to S. Burgess.
 
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DiegoNT said:
Sam is a good forward. At his best he can be considered one of the best middle forwards in the game. But he can be massively overrated. He isn't on the same level as guys like cronk, Thurston, smith, inglis (at his peak), Slater or lockyer, johns, fittler before them etc. Because he is considered on the same level as these guys it drives up his contract value to the point that we had to get rid of a lot of players to fit him in, and we are trying to build a team around him when he isn't the right player to do so.
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bullshit. sam is one of the best middle third forwards in the game. they are just as important to a team as your flashy halves and fullbacks. without good middle third forwards the other players can't do shit
 
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GreenMachine121 said:
blacklock for Ainscough ... grasping at straws there a little bit are you not ?

next you will say mundine was better than Fitler or Daley
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i remember what that idiot mundine once said about fittler getting selected in front of him for nsw "why pick him when i whip him" :lol:
 
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Thurston won a grand total of 1 finals game between his 25th and 30th birthday.

No immortal was outstanding in every game of their career.

GI is carrying a massively injury depleted team.
 
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