: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:03 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

In the interests of fairness, we will compare.

Morrison has made 264 league appearance plus 4 rep apps. Compare that to, say, Keiron Cunningham who is younger but also no stranger to the treatment table. KC has 419 club apps and 23 rep apps.

Or Keith Senior who is the same age - 439 club apps and 41 rep apps.

Or even Steve Menzies who also spent practically all his career down under. 18 months older, but his 364 club appearance plus 35 rep apps are considerably more.

As good as Morrison is, (and there is no doubt that he is very good), he is not much use sitting in the stands and taking up an assumed decent pay packet that could be better spent elsewhere.

I'm not sure comparing NRL stats to SL is a fair comparison. They play less games down under. Also Cunningham it would appear made his debut in 93, Senior in 95, Menzies 93 and Morrison in 96 if Wikipedia is accurate.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:06 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

I'm not sure comparing NRL stats to SL is a fair comparison. They play less games down under.

Hence why I used Menzies as an example and mentioned that he played practically all his career down under.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:13 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Hence why I used Menzies as an example and mentioned that he played practically all his career down under.

Who according to Wiki started playing 3 years before Morrison. He has had his injuries but he's hardly a crock! Morrison is a very influential player and when he is fit he is usually among our top players. Hopefully his latest knock will not be too long term so he can prove he isn't finish just yet. Another 12 months helping somebody like Whitehead to progress could be a very good thing for us.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:14 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Also Cunningham it would appear made his debut in 93.

Averaging 27.62 games a season

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Senior in 95.

Averaging 34.28 games a season.

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Menzies 93 .

Averaging 25.06 games a season.

Bully_Boxer wrote:

and Morrison in 96 if Wikipedia is accurate.

Averaging 20.61 games a season.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:15 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Morrison is a very influential player and when he is fit he is usually among our top players.

I never said he wasn't though. In fact, quite the opposite.

It just strikes me that he is too often on the treatment table than not. However, we are all entitled to our own opinion.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:18 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Averaging 27.62 games a season



Averaging 34.28 games a season.



Averaging 25.06 games a season.




Averaging 20.61 games a season.

But those stats mean little unless you differentiate between whether Morrison was unavailable due to injury or just not picked. Either way, if I had a crystal ball that said Morrison will play 18-20 games next year, I'd sign him up for anothr 12 months.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:12 am  

If the playing records of Cunningham, Senior & Menzies set the benchmark, there are an awful lot of players whose careers have been blighted by injury.