It would be extremely disappointing to lose out on GI if the figure is 50 - 100k. Surely, surely it would be an investment that would pay itself off. Just the interest generated in season ticket sales alone would pay that little bit extra off. Seriously Broncs, this fella is "once in a generation" and the only stumbling block is he can't bring himself to make the Storm fork out too much of his current contract for the next 2 years. I believe Greg has made it clear if the Storm are not unfairly left in the financial quagmire he would gladly come north to us, but we're going all Uncle Scrooge after some of the ridiculous amounts we paid PJ Marsh, Sims and Clinton.
I have stated before the beauty of getting Inglis is not only is he close to the best player in RL but his versatility throughout the backline and ability to take pressure off Norman when Locky pulls stumps would see us as a major force for years to come. There has to be a way to fix this so all parties are happy, he's come to us twice so he's obviously keen on linking with the club.
When "code hopper" leaves and the winds of change ring in I think we're going to learn playing backrowers out of position is only a stop gap measure and big games are won by big time players in their natural positions (aka as Dragons and Beau Scott have found out the hard way). I absolutely love Gillett as a player but he's a backrower, and Copley and Beale are nowhere near NRL standard yet fulltime.
Please Gee Gee get in there and make this signing happen, the effort and $$$$ will not be wasted.
