: Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:33 pm
Ferocious Aardvark wrote:
I reckon Morrison is one of our really top players, but can we risk having to pay his wage if he's going to be injured half the year? Also taking up the salary cap of someone else who might not be injured as much?
Well, it's difficult to answer. On the one hand, lengthy though his injury absences have been, there's a case for saying that he has just had appalling luck with a couple of serious injuries, and that they are not "wear and tear" or "veteran" or "injury pronenes" injuries.
I say "a case" because it seems to work out that if a player becomes injury prone, then however illogical it may be, they tend to stay injury prone. But due to the type of injuries I for the moment still don't have Morro down as an "injury prone" player in that sense.
But there is a considerable risk, as he might turn out to be just that.
On balance, as there is insufficient evidence, then i'd certainly vote to keep him, because what he can offer us IF on the pitch is immense, and especially because we don't at the moment exactly have a shedload of players as aggressive, motivational and exemplary as Morro, so the risk I think is worth taking. But it is definitely a risk.
agree with all that but with hall,l'estrange and nero under contract and menzies rumoured to be staying on then if want to bring in a half from NRL we'll need morro's quota spot. If we end up with a half from another SL team and dont need the quota spot then I'd have no problem giving morro a 1 year extension and taking chance he wont get injured.
