Journalist Paul Crawley has cast doubts over Blake Green\u2019s suitability for the Knights coaching job and also voiced his \u201cconcerns\u201d that one Isaac Moses client will likely replace another one at Newcastle.<\/p>\n
Reports emerged on Tuesday the Knights are very close to parting ways with coach Adam O\u2019Brien, after the club\u2019s struggles in 2025 which see them currently sitting in second last spot on the ladder with just six victories this season and in contention for the wooden spoon.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien has guided the Knights to just one finals victory since he started coaching the club back in 2020.<\/p>\n
FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer ><\/a><\/p>\n Reporter Dean Ritchie indicated it was likely that Green, the current Knights assistant coach, would be handed the top job.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems quite clear that Blake Green will be the man, another Isaac Moses client,\u201d Ritchie said on NRL 360 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n The fact that Moses is the manager for both O\u2019Brien and Green seemed to raise the alarm bells for Crawley.<\/p>\n \u201cSo the process is expected to take us back where we thought it would end three or four weeks ago,\u201d Crawley said.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what concerns me about what\u2019s happening at the Knights at the moment.<\/p>\n \u201cIsaac Moses has gone in there with one client today, and we will emerge with another client taking over the job.<\/p>\n \u201cBlake Green, by all reports, has a great relationship with the players at Newcastle and he is obviously very well liked.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the experience is the question.<\/p>\n \u201cI just hope the Knights do go through the process before they land on their man.\u201d<\/p>\n Ritchie indicated that O\u2019Brien had lost the playing group at the Knights.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a suggestion too that Adam O\u2019Brien has lost the dressing room,\u201d Ritchie added.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s probably not the time nor the place to go pointing fingers, a bloke has just lost his job.<\/p>\n \u201cBut certainly the speculation is there.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he was cooked. Emotionally and mentally and it had finally got to him.<\/p>\n \u201cClearly thinks that the pressure has got to him.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n CRAWLS: \u2018Show pony\u2019 Walsh shows why jury still out; $5k Souths gun in shop window<\/a><\/p>\n TEAM TIPS: Tigers\u2019 halves headache; Roosters\u2019 Walker blow as Storm lose skipper<\/a><\/p>\n