CONFIRMED - Adam Blair to Broncos

[Super Freak]

Re: [RUMOUR] Adam Blair to Broncos

I'm curious as to why both Melbourne and Tigers moved Blair out of prop..

I was under the impression he played in the backrow this year..

The guy is not worth the money, not at prop. I would take him over Glenn in the second row, though.

 

[Fozz]

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I wouldn't mind us signing him but not if it costs us any young props. They've got a lot more upside than Blair does. He would add some mongrel to the pack though.

 

[Rabbir]

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Blair was good last year......at lock.

 

[jarro65]

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As much as i think Bennett could get the best out of him...i really don't want us to sign Blair.

We need big aggressive frontrowers before we need another penalty-giving backrower.

We have enough of them already.

 

[Rabbir]

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could Bennett really be that stupid, or will this potential signing be Kearnys influence ...either way it would be a bad move. we would be far better off, both financially and on the field by developing Molo and Ofehengue

Bennett is so stupid and dumb and old I hope the club sacks him before the season starts ala Henjak.

 

[Sproj]

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So we have Joffa, Molo, Adams, Fai and Arrow all coming through who can lead us for the next decade and if we lose any of them to accommodate this hack, I'll be livid. Despite the pros mentioned, I just can't see how it is anything but a bad move if we do it.

 

[Anonymous person]

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Next up - broncos sign Chris sandow, bhq subset goes wild with excitement. "hes only had a below average couple of years at a bad club, hes due for a comeback year!". "if we only pay half a mill a year its a bargain, he was great in 2007 so Wayne will get the best out of him like he got the best out of everyone at Newcastle."

Adam Blair is not a good buy in any way shape or form. He isn't a good prop, we have a dozen second rowers, and his last contract is considered one of the worst signings of all time. I can't believe people are even considering this, let alone patting Wayne on the back saying it'd be a good signing lol.

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

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This forum cracks me up. If Griffin wanted to sign blair this forum would be in meltdown. The servers would be straining under the immense traffic. Blair is a has been. He was made to look better than he is at the storm because it was a brilliant team. His true talent has shown at the tigers. As an avid fantasy league player i watch each player more than most people, trying to find an edge on my opponents by noticing trends in form etc. Blair has, for his entire stay at the tigers, been a lazy, unmotivated waste of a spot. Players like Fulton, B. Thompson, Paterson, Sironen and Halatau have been missing out on valuable game time because blair spends 80 mins on the field to make about 5 hitups and 10 tackles. The guy is one of the laziest players in the NRL.

Yet.... and im not surprised tbh, because there is a chance Messiah Wayne wants him, all of a sudden the Bennett faithful do a 180 and think "hey, yeh, blair is pretty fucking good isnt he!" or the tired old "well if anyone can get something out of it, its bennett".

Its so predictable, sad and pathetic that whatever Messiah does, the sheep follow. I would have the same opinion of blair no matter who wanted to sign him. I am literally surprised there is any club in the NRL that wants him. He would be lucky to be playing super league imo. I dont even rate him at test level. The guy is a myth.

Can anyone that actually thinks this is a good idea quote this post from now on? I would love a few laughs, as there is no way in the world that anyone would be supporting this signing prior to the Messiah coming here.

 

[Alec]

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He's terrible. Please no.

 

[subsbligh]

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Before I even opened the thread I said in my head:

B4L will wildly support this.
AP will wildly oppose this.

Back on point.

Blair is a fucking waste of space.

I would gladly have Hannant or even Kennedy back over a dog nothing in Blair.

Absolute retirement holiday. Seriously Bennett would have to have early onset dementia to sign Blair. We need a big bench prop - not a shit, lazy, cheap shot merhcant who literally does nothing on the field.

At the very best he's a wide running second rower (read slow centre or lazy forward) or an offloading lock (like Parker/Gallen/Merrin) - we've got the best in the business and his heir apparent for lock, a glut of second rowers, and there are 10x better alternatives on the market (Merrin) if we're looking for another Corey Parker mould forward.

Seriously, the alarm bells are getting very fucking loud for the Bennett dictatorship. Seriously, he's edging towards revenge fucking the Broncos for what Cullen did to him in 2007-2008.

 

[subsbligh]

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Blair was good last year......at lock.

No he wasn't.

He was shit.

The Tigers finished 13th and he had a few better games towards the end of the season when there was nothing to play for.

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

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Before I even opened the thread I said in my head:

B4L will wildly support this.
AP will wildly oppose this.

Back on point.

Blair is a fucking waste of space.

I would gladly have Hannant or even Kennedy back over a dog nothing in Blair.

Absolute retirement holiday. Seriously Bennett would have to have early onset dementia to sign Blair. We need a big bench prop - not a shit, lazy, cheap shot merhcant who literally does nothing on the field.

At the very best he's a wide running second rower (read slow centre or lazy forward) or an offloading lock (like Parker/Gallen/Merrin) - we've got the best in the business and his heir apparent for lock, a glut of second rowers, and there are 10x better alternatives on the market (Merrin) if we're looking for another Corey Parker mould forward.

Seriously, the alarm bells are getting very fucking loud for the Bennett dictatorship. Seriously, he's edging towards revenge fucking the Broncos for what Cullen did to him in 2007-2008.

Good post. We really have all the positions he can actually play (which is basically just lock) all wrapped up. Parker is the best in the business and is wasted in any other position so there is no way he should be moved from lock. Blair has played a few games at prop for the tigers while galloway was injured and woods was in origin, and he was even worse at prop than he has in the backrow (if thats possible).

 

[subsbligh]

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Also, Josh Papalii is off contract in 2016.. possibility of linking back up with Milford in Brisbane.

Now that's a really big fish that we should target.

 

[Battler]

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Blair at prop and Parker at lock is far more appealing than Parker at prop and Gillet at lock. I also don't think Bennett would pay over the top money for him, he never has for prop forwards.

 

[Jason Simmons]

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Some alarm bells should be ringing around this place. It's getting ridiculous.

Blair and Boyd are both representative quality. You lot would seemingly bet the farm on a bunch of Under 20's or ISC level players at best who have never even played A grade, let alone excelled at it.

That was a wonderful outcome for the 'Norman, Hoffman, McCullough, Glenn, Reed, Gillett and Hunt' crop only one of whom actually turned out to be (and only for one season so far) the dominant player he was expected to become and collectively along with some poor coaching choices, this group has led our club to be the worst (performance-wise) it has ever been.

By all means then, lets just race into a completely untested crop of youngsters and lets forget all these current international reps that apparently WANT to play for us...

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

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Some alarm bells should be ringing around this place. It's getting ridiculous.

Blair and Boyd are both representative quality. You lot would seemingly bet the farm on a bunch of Under 20's or ISC level players at best who have never even played A grade, let alone excelled at it.

That was a wonderful outcome for the 'Norman, Hoffman, McCullough, Glenn, Reed, Gillett and Hunt' crop only one of whom actually turned out to be (and only for one season so far) the dominant player he was expected to become and collectively along with some poor coaching choices, this group has led our club to be the worst (performance-wise) it has ever been.

By all means then, lets just race into a completely untested crop of youngsters and lets forget all these current international reps that apparently WANT to play for us...

If you think what Blair does at the tigers is rep quality, you need to watch more footy mate

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

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Blair at prop and Parker at lock is far more appealing than Parker at prop and Gillet at lock. I also don't think Bennett would pay over the top money for him, he never has for prop forwards.

Of course, if those are our only 2 choices then if we have to have blair at prop so we can have parker at lock then sure, sign blair up.

But if we are down to those being our only 2 choices, questions have to be asked. I would rather we kept kennedy... or even hannant.. cant believe im saying that. They are both better than blair and at least they are actual props. Not just a lazy 2nd rower pretending to be prop

If signing blair is the only way that bennett is going to play parker at lock then bennett has fucked up big time

 

[Financeguy]

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I'm not sure what to think of this rumour, it seems a bit of desperation and signing whatever 'name' player is available. I agree with other posters that if this was a Griffin signing he would be seen as even more of a laughing stock.

My preference is to wait for a better candidate to spend our remaining cap space. I'd much prefer the Merrin rumour to be true compared to this one.