BrotherJim05
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I don't understand why everyone is so quick to put Adam Blair in the firing line. Yes he hasn't been fantastic, definitely not the $500K he is being payed, but consider a few things.
He just moved from an extremely well structured team with the likes of Slater, Cronk and Smith, to a team that has obviously been in crisis mode for the entire year, with a coach making extremely stupid decisions. How the hell is he going to figure out what his role in this team is going to be when almost every other week all the players around him were constantly switching positions.
So yes, he didn't stand out and do anything spectacular...but he was consistent. He didn't f**k up anything too major, didn't get injured once and did his job.
Now that we have a new coach, new players (including young bloods coming through) and what will become a new overall game plan, he will be able to fit his game style into this new structure and he will start ripping it up.
Look at Darius Boyd. He ripped it up for the Dragons and in Origin but for Newcastle he wasn't anything special...but he was also consistent. Now that he is used to his team, he will also be performing alot better in 2013.
I'm by no means an expert but I really have faith that Blair will show his talent next year...otherwise drop the spastic to NSW Cup haha
He just moved from an extremely well structured team with the likes of Slater, Cronk and Smith, to a team that has obviously been in crisis mode for the entire year, with a coach making extremely stupid decisions. How the hell is he going to figure out what his role in this team is going to be when almost every other week all the players around him were constantly switching positions.
So yes, he didn't stand out and do anything spectacular...but he was consistent. He didn't f**k up anything too major, didn't get injured once and did his job.
Now that we have a new coach, new players (including young bloods coming through) and what will become a new overall game plan, he will be able to fit his game style into this new structure and he will start ripping it up.
Look at Darius Boyd. He ripped it up for the Dragons and in Origin but for Newcastle he wasn't anything special...but he was also consistent. Now that he is used to his team, he will also be performing alot better in 2013.
I'm by no means an expert but I really have faith that Blair will show his talent next year...otherwise drop the spastic to NSW Cup haha