CONFIRMED - Adam Blair to Broncos

[broncos4life]

the blair signing to me is some what baffling and to be honest a little short sighted. no doubt the club needed to beef up the front row but paying this guy $550k a year is simply outrageous, especially when hanannt was still available at a cost of around $400. He has been ineffective at the tigers during a time where he really could have made an impact as a senior leader. His bio says he is 110 kilos, but he lacks real punch and conviction through the middle, not to mention he is a walking dropped ball and penalty giver. I think he is another over inflated storm expat and i reckon kearney has a lot to do with this.Anyway the real issue now comes with the re signing of moose and the other junior big men coming through, i can see real issues in retaining the future of the club now that bennett has gone this way. all we need now is david fa'alogo and some other over rwted pensioners to arrive and it will be the knights mach 2.

Where did you get that figure from?

 

[Morkel]

it came through from my internal source, so it is generally good oil.

If your source is correct, then that's crazy. For many reasons. Like you said, Hannant, at a cheaper rate, would be a better prospect. And Bennett would also be blowing his own golden rule of not paying big money for props. Blair is not worth that, even if he continues his 4N form for the rest of his contract.

My only hope is that a fair chunk of that is external 3rd party deals, as he'd be the highest profile Kiwi in our team for sure.

 

[Ari Gold]

Where did you get that figure from?

He said an internal source.

Not going to discredit it as he's been on the money before. Not going to take that figure and run with it to jump up and down either.

Frankly it could be 250k and I still think it's a bad decision.

 

[broncos4life]

If we are paying Blair 550k a year, then it is the stupidest decision the club has ever made.

Shit ... we should have made the Tigers fork out something

Yeah I know we can't questions these sources, because as we have all learnt clubs like the broncos have people on the payroll that just cannot wait to feed info to people that go straight to public forums to dish the dirt. So yeah like I was saying this is obviously true.

Is puzzling that the tigers wanted to offload him yet we had to pay more than his current contract? guess the broncos are just that stupid.

Guessing the negotiations went something like this.

Blairs manager: The tigers are willing to pay up to 50% of his contract, so we would be looking for something in the area of 250k
Broncos: 100k
Blairs manager: Sorry but that is too low
Broncos: 60k:
Blairs manager: What? thats even less, in fact thats not even minimum wage
Broncos: 150k
Blairs manager: Well we are starting to get closer, I will talk to ad....
Broncos: 100k:
Blairs manager: your just wasting my time now, this meeting is over
Broncos: 550k
Blairs manager: Deal!
Broncos: Nailed it.

 

[Morkel]

Yeah I know we can't questions these sources, because as we have all learnt clubs like the broncos have people on the payroll that just cannot wait to feed info to people that go straight to public forums to dish the dirt. So yeah like I was saying this is obviously true.

Is puzzling that the tigers wanted to offload him yet we had to pay more than his current contract? guess the broncos are just that stupid.

Guessing the negotiations went something like this.

Blairs manager: The tigers are willing to pay up to 50% of his contract, so we would be looking for something in the area of 250k
Broncos: 100k
Blairs manager: Sorry but that is too low
Broncos: 60k:
Blairs manager: What? thats even less, in fact thats not even minimum wage
Broncos: 150k
Blairs manager: Well we are starting to get closer, I will talk to ad....
Broncos: 100k:
Blairs manager: your just wasting my time now, this meeting is over
Broncos: 550k
Blairs manager: Deal!
Broncos: Nailed it.

You're up & down like a yoyo. First bennett signed! That's good! B4L happy! Then he said he'd bring Boyd. That's bad. B4L sad. But he's getting rid of Kennedy! That's good. B4L happy. And Barba! That's bad. B4L sad. Getting Gavet! That's good! B4L happy. Losing Hannant. That's bad. B4L sad. Getting Blair! That's good! B4L happy! But he costs $550k. That's bad. B4L sad.

When my maths teachers said that Sine waves were an actual thing in real life, I didn't believe them. Before now.

 

[noisetheory]

if we got the space for 2015 maybe we're just paying him 550 in 2015 and 250 in 2016/2017 :) so we can spend big in 2016

anyway, i've no idea what we'd be really paying him.

 

[Ari Gold]

You're up & down like a yoyo. First bennett signed! That's good! B4L happy! Then he said he'd bring Boyd. That's bad. B4L sad. But he's getting rid of Kennedy! That's good. B4L happy. And Barba! That's bad. B4L sad. Getting Gavet! That's good! B4L happy. Losing Hannant. That's bad. B4L sad. Getting Blair! That's good! B4L happy! But he costs $550k. That's bad. B4L sad.

When my maths teachers said that Sine waves were an actual thing in real life, I didn't believe them. Before now.

Arguably the most troubling post I've read on here.

 

[Cult]

If we are paying Blair 550k a year, then it is the stupidest decision the club has ever made.

Shit ... we should have made the Tigers fork out something

Well, it's probably best to believe it and be angry about it until proven otherwise, right?

 

[Harry Sack]

the blair signing to me is some what baffling and to be honest a little short sighted. no doubt the club needed to beef up the front row but paying this guy $550k a year is simply outrageous, especially when hanannt was still available at a cost of around $400. He has been ineffective at the tigers during a time where he really could have made an impact as a senior leader. His bio says he is 110 kilos, but he lacks real punch and conviction through the middle, not to mention he is a walking dropped ball and penalty giver. I think he is another over inflated storm expat and i reckon kearney has a lot to do with this.Anyway the real issue now comes with the re signing of moose and the other junior big men coming through, i can see real issues in retaining the future of the club now that bennett has gone this way. all we need now is david fa'alogo and some other over rwted pensioners to arrive and it will be the knights mach 2.

$400 for Hannant is a steal.

 

[Harry Sack]

You're up & down like a yoyo. First bennett signed! That's good! B4L happy! Then he said he'd bring Boyd. That's bad. B4L sad. But he's getting rid of Kennedy! That's good. B4L happy. And Barba! That's bad. B4L sad. Getting Gavet! That's good! B4L happy. Losing Hannant. That's bad. B4L sad. Getting Blair! That's good! B4L happy! But he costs $550k. That's bad. B4L sad.

When my maths teachers said that Sine waves were an actual thing in real life, I didn't believe them. Before now.

 

[broncos4life]

You're up & down like a yoyo. First bennett signed! That's good! B4L happy! Then he said he'd bring Boyd. That's bad. B4L sad. But he's getting rid of Kennedy! That's good. B4L happy. And Barba! That's bad. B4L sad. Getting Gavet! That's good! B4L happy. Losing Hannant. That's bad. B4L sad. Getting Blair! That's good! B4L happy! But he costs $550k. That's bad. B4Lsad.

When my maths teachers said that Sine waves were an actual thing in real life, I didn't believe them. Before now.

If I believed the bolded for even a second, then yes that would be bad and B4L would be sad

 

[Socnorb]

Well, it's probably best to believe it and be angry about it until proven otherwise, right?

It's all fine [MENTION=8468]Cult3[/MENTION] coz we got money left over from kennedy who was 950K, Hannant 1.3mill, barba 1.8m and Hoffman who was on 3/4 of a bil. well that what my source reckons:embarassed:

 

[broncos4life]

It's all fine @Cult3 coz we got money left over from kennedy who was 950K, Hannant 1.3mill, barba 1.8m and Hoffman who was on 3/4 of a bil. well that what my source reckons:embarassed:

Yep, doesnt make sense does it. Had to realise players because of salary cap issues yet we can pay 550k for blair.

Bennett NEVER pays much for props yet blair is the exception?

 

[Ari Gold]

But Blair isn't a prop!

 

[Bucking Beads]

But Blair isn't a prop!

Yeah, Blair has always been a bog average prop fill in just like Thaiday. Seems like Bennett is creating a pack full of similar types.

 

[broncos4life]

But Blair isn't a prop!

That's where he plays for the kiwis and judging by the presser today where Bennett said his signing with will allow CP13 to be CP13 again, I assume that is where he will play for us

 

[Cult]

Yeah, Blair has always been a bog average prop fill in just like Thaiday. Seems like Bennett is creating a pack full of similar types.

Doesn't Blair play in the middle? Thaiday is a wide running second rower, sooooo...

 

[Socnorb]

How come whenever we hear a players wage figure it's always a round figure?
How come it's never $327658.15 including super, like it would be in any other negotiated outcome.
For the record I have no idea what anyone gets paid.