Adam Blair Released ??

[Knuckles]

Very soon our whole salary cap will be paid put on people who are no longer here.

We get ourselves into some strife don't we 😕

 

[WestsSupporter]

Monty Betham wants him at the Warriors.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/8746638/Auckland-welcome-for-Tigers-prop-Adam-Blair

 

[Irvine]

Wow his played 23 times for the Kiwis….How could he become so ineffective in such a short time.

 

[Tiger_Watto]

Kenny Bromwich is having another great games today in the Qld Cup… No frills, does his job every time!

If we are gona top-up Blairs contract, lets try and get a player in return.

 

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THE first tentative steps have been taken for Wests Tigers and forward Adam Blair to part company.

The Daily Telegraph understands Wests Tigers have privately spoken about the possibility of Blair leaving the club after this year, despite being under contract until the end of 2015.

It's understood Blair hasn't asked for a release. Yet.

The Wests Tigers-Blair marriage has been rocky from the start.

He signed a four-year deal with the club from 2012 for a reported $500,000 a season.

There is still a chance Blair will see out his time at Concord but it appears Wests Tigers wouldn't stand in the way if he sought a release. Sources linked Blair to Melbourne, where he played his best football under coach Craig Bellamy.

During his time at the Storm, Blair was among the best forwards in the game.

"Everyone knows what I can bring and how I can play," Blair said a fortnight ago. "I'm just not doing that enough for the team at the moment and for the people who want to see me do better for the team.

"All the little things, I think I do really well for the team - kick pressure, cleaning up the tackles. I think I do those really well. I think my attack is a little bit off at the moment but, once I fix that up, I think everyone will quieten up a bit."

Wests Tigers chief executive Steve Humphreys did not return calls last night.

He did tell The Sunday Telegraph earlier this month that the Blair signing "hasn't worked out".

"You make big recruitment decisions all the time," Humphreys said. "Most saw Blair as one of the reasons why we started 2012 as premiership favourites."
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and don't forget Mr. Humphreys - let Fifita & Gibbs go - the heart and soul of the pack.

Would hardly class Fifita as "the heart and soul of our pack" though. He was an up and comer with a lazy attitude apparently whose career could have blossomed or died in the arse when we decided to let him go. It was in all probability a case of keeping him or Woods….pretty happy with how Woods is developing for us.
Gibbs hasn't even got on the park this year and missed a fair few games last year so we have done alright out of that also with the benefit of hindsight. He was a leader but has always been injury prone and I'm sure management took that into account when debating his future at WT.

Also miffed at what $$$$ we are actually paying Blair, people are going on about the massive amount we paid for him but there have been other people on here who claim to know for a fact that we aren't paying him anywhere near $500 000 or so a season.

 

[tig_prmz]

numbers are bs. blair was at the top of his game when he signed with us. premiershp winning vc of his country playing under one of the best coaches of the modern era. whatever we paid him, we must have paid overs to get him coz a lot of clubs would've wanted his signature.

however, i dont think we should be shipping blair around.. we need experienced people in our pack and even though he's a lazy slugger, his experience will help. other than that, we will most likely have to pay a lot of his next contract if we decide to release him (unless, he asks for a release and the other club is willing to pay him whatever we are- highly unlikely).

plus imo, whatever club he goes to next, i do believe that he will star at that club.
we bought him for his mongrel- something our pack never had and instead of giving a bit of mongrel to our pack, he became a sissy with them.

 

[Wacko_Jacko]

http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/blair-emerges-as-eels-key-recruitment-target-9898/

Eels looking at him

 

[phil1986]

http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/blair-emerges-as-eels-key-recruitment-target-9898/

Eels looking at him

Mate would love to pick up maitua in this trade if at all possible.
And in all honesty, player trade is probably the best case we could hope for in this circumstance, considering our current predicament regarding Blair's contract.

How about a swap for, reni maitua and Matt Ryan.

2 more forwards, Ryan was our junior.

I think
Anything other then a swap will well and truly disadvantage us even further.

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[jirskyr]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/hayne-blasts-handling-of-eels-cull-amid-play-for-blair-20130606-2ntbw.html
**Hayne blasts handling of Eels cull amid play for Blair**

Parramatta captain Jarryd Hayne has criticised coach Ricky Stuart and chief executive Ken Edwards after what he described as waking up to a ''massacre'' following a clean-out of the Eels' roster.

**A day after 12 players were told they were unwanted by the club, Wests Tigers' Adam Blair has emerged as one of Parramatta's key recruitment targets.**

Stuart told several players they were gone at a team meeting just two days out from their Friday night clash with the Sydney Roosters, before Edwards sent an email to club members explaining what had occurred.
Hayne

Jarryd Hayne: Believes axing of Eels ''could have been done better''.

While he understood the need for change, Hayne was furious with the way the club handled the axing of his teammates and adamant it should have been done differently.

''I woke up to a massacre,'' Hayne said on Thursday afternoon. ''It's definitely tough. I understand where Ricky was coming from with the changes. I just think the way it was done was disappointing.

''The boys getting put into a room and all that sort of stuff. They get told it won't play out in the media, then it's in there before they walk out the door … To get told the way they did in front of peers and friends is what was disappointing.''

Edwards said the club will consider granting the unwanted - including co-captain Reni Maitua, hooker Matt Keating, veteran Ben Smith and the recently re-signed Cheyse Blair - an early release if one is sought.

''Ricky indicated and I indicated that we'd work with them to get the best outcome for them and the club,'' Edwards said.

''One of our club core values is care and Ricky and I have given them a firm and sincere undertaking that we'll work with them to try and get the best outcome for them and for us. I wouldn't rule out [letting them go mid-season].''

**The move will free up space to target a number of recruits, with Blair at the top of their priority list.\
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Blair was considered one of the game's best forwards during his time at Melbourne, becoming a regular for his native New Zealand and earning All Stars selection in 2010.\
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He came to the Tigers with much fanfare on a deal reportedly worth $500,000 per season.\
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The 27-year-old has struggled to reproduce that form in the orange and black and the Tigers would be prepared to grant him an early release.\
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It is understood they would even be prepared to pay part of his salary for next season for any club willing to take him on.**

Hayne hadn't spoken to Stuart before the former Blues coach arrived at training about 4pm on Thursday. The Eels' No.1 admitted he was disappointed to be left out of the meeting and was informed of the clean-out through a club official. ''I haven't spoken to him,'' Hayne said. ''Yeah, definitely [would've] liked to have been there.''

Hayne admitted it would be difficult to inspire the players who have been shown the door but insists they won't throw in the towel. ''I haven't been involved with a team that has gone through this before,'' he said. ''This week will be tough but after that they are playing for a contract.''

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/hayne-blasts-handling-of-eels-cull-amid-play-for-blair-20130606-2ntbw.html#ixzz2VUYnFJg1

 

[Kul]

Take him please

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[stevetiger]

We shouldn't be topping up contracts. That has killed us in the past so why do it again. Admittedly getting rid of Blair is a pretty big carrot but I still think play him up the middle and keep him unless someone offers him what we paid him.

 

[spearby]

if we have to top up his contract ,he can just stay and see out his contract out. I don't think the new bloke who takes over from Humphries will be a soft touch

 

[Guest]

I think the odds of Blair leaving early may be improving a little bit now the Eels are going to go on a spending spree.

 

[greatodensraven]

Keep him at prop till the end of the year & see how he goes, then make a decision about releasing or not. We can't keep topping up contracts for players who aren't playing for us!

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[bp_tiger]

http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/blair-emerges-as-eels-key-recruitment-target-9898/

Eels looking at him

Mate would love to pick up maitua in this trade if at all possible.
And in all honesty, player trade is probably the best case we could hope for in this circumstance, considering our current predicament regarding Blair's contract.

How about a swap for, reni maitua and Matt Ryan.

2 more forwards, Ryan was our junior.

I think
Anything other then a swap will well and truly disadvantage us even further.

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your kidding me blair at his worst is better than both of them, why do u think they got the spoon they had both them in there side, NO, NO ,NO.

 

[alexaki]

http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/blair-emerges-as-eels-key-recruitment-target-9898/

Eels looking at him

Mate would love to pick up maitua in this trade if at all possible.
And in all honesty, player trade is probably the best case we could hope for in this circumstance, considering our current predicament regarding Blair's contract.

How about a swap for, reni maitua and Matt Ryan.

2 more forwards, Ryan was our junior.

I think
Anything other then a swap will well and truly disadvantage us even further.

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your kidding me blair at his worst is better than both of them, why do u think they got the spoon they had both them in there side, NO, NO ,NO.

I'd take Ryan(good player with mongrel); Maitua and Cheyse Blair for Adam Blair…providing the Eels take Adam worts and all(ie no supplimenting his pay by WT)...

 

[phil1986]

http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/blair-emerges-as-eels-key-recruitment-target-9898/

Eels looking at him

Mate would love to pick up maitua in this trade if at all possible.
And in all honesty, player trade is probably the best case we could hope for in this circumstance, considering our current predicament regarding Blair's contract.

How about a swap for, reni maitua and Matt Ryan.

2 more forwards, Ryan was our junior.

I think
Anything other then a swap will well and truly disadvantage us even further.

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your kidding me blair at his worst is better than both of them, why do u think they got the spoon they had both them in there side, NO, NO ,NO.

Mate have you watched maitua this year he has been dangerous, they need a clean out, we need an experienced backrower!

Matt Ryan has showed plenty of potential,
I want to like Blair, but he hasn't performed, I would always prefer to pay $500k for 3 average players then 1 average player.

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[reyre2000]

If we had signed Blair for a lot less money, we wouldn't be talking about this at all. We payed overs for this player and that's it. You can't blame Blair for taking the money, the problem lies in recruitment.

Those in charge at the club really need to come clean on why they let current NSW front rower Andrew Fifita leave the club. The next slap in the face for us will be the performances from Jacob Miller over in England, he will be dynamite, mark my words and all our supporters will be saying the same thing about him as they have said about Fifita, why did we let them go.

Oh pull your heads in all you whingers. The Blair signing, at the time, was considered by most to be a good move. His cost reflected his standing in the game at the time; he wasn't some nuffy from reserve grade. Same as releasing Fifita, it was not seen as a major loss at the time. If Gibbs had been retained, there would probably be complaints about how much time he has spent injured.

Hindsight can make a fool of everyone, so I don't understand people getting up in arms about solid decisions that didn't turn out as intended. Our coach and CEO have both been removed, I don't know how much more blood-letting will satisfy.

If our management only ever made 100% correct predictions, they should quit and instead spend their time winning lotto or running through bookies.

Every club in the competition has bought players who haven't worked out, and released players that have gone onto better things. It is naive to think we are alone here.

Post of the year

 

[tigerbenji]

X2

 

[Snake]

Parra have to cut 12 Players to get Blair :laughing: