Just looked on Blairs twitter and he's posted a picture of Joel Reddy (West Tigers centre) having a kip after training. This was posted 19 hours ago yet he's meant to have been picked up in Wigan by a Wigan player yesterday.

If it is somebody with the initials AB it's not Adam Blair by the looks of things (no suprises like).

No more signings this season unless some player(s) are loaned out I'm afraid. Was at a sportsmans dinner on Friday and Shaun Wane was the speaker. Hock very nearly left but is '100% a Wigan player this year'. Tomkins last season before nrl also, no chance he will ever go to union.

The AB initials is the interesting bit. Adam Blair seems to be the only Kiwi NRL player with those initials but the club has already shown with Anthony Gelling that they look further than the NRL for talent.

With the original poster saying he didn't think it was Blair it could be a non NRL player. It could also be completely inaccurate but the guy is usually right.

Quote ="Cherry.Pie"The AB initials is the interesting bit. Adam Blair seems to be the only Kiwi NRL player with those initials but the club has already shown with Anthony Gelling that they look further than the NRL for talent. With the original poster saying he didn't think it was Blair it could be a non NRL player. It could also be completely inaccurate but the guy is usually right.'" The thing is, why all the secrecy? If player X does have the initials 'AB' and has (as rumoured) been training with the first team squad out in public then why not mention the player by name on here? Surely you would only train with your prospective employers in public if it was a done deal? It states in on Wigan Today site that the team have endured a "grueling hills" session around Haigh Country Park on Saturday, hardly Area 51 is it? www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -1-5167529

Quote ="Cherry.Pie"The AB initials is the interesting bit. Adam Blair seems to be the only Kiwi NRL player with those initials but the club has already shown with Anthony Gelling that they look further than the NRL for talent. With the original poster saying he didn't think it was Blair it could be a non NRL player. It could also be completely inaccurate but the guy is usually right.'" The thing is, why all the secrecy? If player X does have the initials 'AB' and has (as rumoured) been training with the first team squad out in public then why not mention the player by name on here? Surely you would only train with your prospective employers in public if it was a done deal? It states in on Wigan Today site that the team have endured a "grueling hills" session around Haigh Country Park on Saturday, hardly Area 51 is it? www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -1-5167529

Blair would be exactly the type of player we need. Big strong ball handler and enforcer. He is also a leader. Seems a bit of a stretch though sadly. Would love it to be true.

Andrew Bentley, ex Catalans is another possibility.

No doubt on his day Adam Blair is class, but for a number of reasons he's been an expensive flop at Wests. We'd need a lot of money to sign him and it there could be a good chance of it backfiring spectacularly.

Thing is if you look he is normally on daily and there has been a gap of 3-4 with nothing

We shall see this week if it's true or not

Your post sounded like it was a done deal.

New season, new signature

The only way I can see this being true is if Wests are in the market for Falou, who seems to be in limbo at the moment.

I can imagine Wests wanting to make room under the cap, but not wanting to release one of their prize assets, who may have struggled in his first season but could still come back to haunt them non the less if he goes to another NRL club.

I would also expect at the moment most other NRL clubs do not have enough space to meet Blair's wage demands anyway, given so few seem to be able to close out the Falou deal.

Blair to SL for a season, then a return to the NRL when clubs have a bit more space would be a compromise all round.

Clutching at straws I expect but trying to rationalise it.

Why would a guy who, despite a poor 2012 NRL season, is proven as one of the best forwards in the world have to go through some training sessions with a Super League club to "see if he fits in". If you were signing him, you'd have signed him. He's not the sort of player who needs a trial.

Maybe he is putting us on trial? Checking out accommodation, lifestyle, facilities and coaching etc, it works both ways.

I also understand there have been some major off field issues at Wests in relation to his disruption in the dressing room.

Its not all about ability.

Maybe its all just total balls. The bloke who started the rumour has never said it's Adam Blair and I don't believe that this could be a realistic deal in this day and age.

It'll be some Toyota cup player IMO, if it's anybody at all.

Agreed sadly, it is all a bit 2 + 2 =5.

Who ever this AB is , they are here for 2 weeks to see if the move would suite both parties from what I'm being told , I would not expect any " announcement" at the moment .

Tbh I would think we have more chance of Signing Tony Blair than Adam.

Then if we got Tony Blair we could move Sam Tomkins to 6. Teflon Tony in 10 years as PM no one ever caught him and the bodyguards around him would ensure no one ever would.

If he's here for two weeks to see if we like him and he likes us appears to be a trial period. Would we be giving Adam Blair a two week trial to see if he was any good?
Backrow Saint replied and suggested Andrew Bentley the French 9 who played for Catalans. I don't know if this was just a suggestion or he's in the know but BS is pretty reliable on the rumours front.
Just that Bentley is a Kiwi with the initials AB which is what was posted on the original thread on the other board.
He'd provide experienced cover for Mic Mac which come injuries or suspensions would prevent the need to switch the team around with Lockers to 9 like we did the end of last season.
Part of our undoing in the Cup and Play offs was losing Tommy and Mic Mac with no experienced cover available. It appears Shaun Wane could be trying to prevent a repetition next year.

this name has been mentioned on the other site as a possible maybe, but he doesn't seem to be an NZer

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could always be someone from the other code. two weeks for us to see if he can hack it in league?

Alec Baldwin i've heard

I'm not sure how easy it would be for the club to sign anyone of note from the other code. Anyone even half decent could still find a pretty huge wage playing Union in France or Japan and anyone who is a bit rubbish would still be better off in rugby union.

Could A B stand for All Black? I know it’s not his initials but most of them are New Zealanders

Adam Blair? Are people actually being serious?
Top NRL star signs a big deal with West Tigers from Storm and within a year he's having a trial at Wigan?

Haha! Seriously come on, are people actually taking this seriously?

PS I saw Billy Slater in HMV in Wigan he accidentally dropped a wigan rl t-shirt in front of me with BS initialled.

He told me to sshh and not tell anyone how he Cronk, Smith and the Thor were all signing this week!

Discuss....

I wonder were Thor will play? centre maybe? I don't know if he'll be as good as George thou.

Jesus, somebody could post that we had signed Kevin Webster from corrie on here and at least 5 people would believe it.