Is Wests Tigers' Adam Blair the NRL's worst signing ever? Adam Blair has been in ordinary form for the Tigers. NOT since a washed-up old Balmain front-rower picked up $725,000 at the height of the Super League war have we seen a more overpaid player in rugby league. The terrible form of $500,000-a-year Wests Tigers forward Adam Blair brings back memories of the infamous Steve Edmed deal back in 1995. The Balmain prop was paid $725,000 from John Ribot's Super League chequebook for what turned out to be just one year at the North Queensland Cowboys. Blair's form - or lack of it - has been one of the game's biggest NRL talking points in recent weeks. His 2013 statistics are shocking - just one linebreak and 24 missed tackles in 10 games. The linebreak was against the Knights in round one - and he hasn't made one in the nine matches since. The stats from the South Sydney game - a 54-10 humiliation last Friday night - are even more embarrassing. Six missed tackles, zero tackle busts, zero linebreaks and four runs for just 34m in 72 minutes. One missed tackle was a hopeless, half-hearted effort on a player half his size, Souths halfback Adam Reynolds. The Tigers are in a training camp in Kiama this week. The Kiwi forward is not keen on discussing his issues. "Tell them I'm not interested," was his message that came back via the club's media man, Wayne Cousins. His form has been so bad there has been speculation the Tigers want to offload him to a rival club, even if it means paying part of his contract. They are already paying for three other former players at other clubs as part of this year's cap. Blair's form hasn't been the same since he left the Storm as one of the most feared forwards in the premiership. His sideline altercation with Manly second-rower Glenn Stewart was an indication of the ferocity and aggressiveness of his old game. Maybe that incident and the suspension has slowed him up. Front-row legend Steve "Blocker" Roach refused to be overly critical of the Kiwi forward. How many players leave Melbourne Storm and struggle? It happens a bit," he said. I originally thought he'd be a great signing and I was that excited when it first happened. You look at the other night's game and everyone's defence was unacceptable. Not just Adam Blair. It was terrible everywhere. Defence is attitude. You've got to want to tackle. In fairness to Blair, he does not have a lot of support or go-forward beside him in the Tigers' pack. He quit Storm to play alongside Bryce Gibbs, Andrew Fifita, Gareth Ellis and Chris Heighington but all four have since left the club. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that apart from paying ridiculous money for Blair, the Tigers' salary cap is an absolute mess. They are still paying for Gibbs, Heighington and Ellis from their previous deals, which is hurting new coach Mick Potter as much as the injury crisis. TAME TIGER ADAM BLAIR 2013 1 linebreak 24 missed tackles BLAIR V SOUTHS 72 minutes 4 runs 34 metres 0 tackle busts 0 linebreaks 6 missed tackles Info: Fox Sports Stats