For me I think Morgan has done ok. The big concern is the concussion issues he has suffered. Let us hope he has a season clear of this. Obviously if there are salary cap issues then why has Peyroux been retained. We have far better cover in the backrow than at centre.
Peyroux has been retained because he had an excellent season and earned a two year deal.
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I think I would rate him slightly higher than that since he moved into the pack he is a handful to the opposition and has very good pace on a line break. His weakness was being exposed to the one on one tackles in the centre position and under the Cunningham Game Plan was useless in his effort and execution.
However from the Good Friday derby game he seemed to have had a brain transplant and is a completely different player, he will have the odd quiet game like everyone else but Holbrook is seeing him as an important cog in the team machine.
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Peyroux has improved massively. As Holbrook said, we missed him when he was injured - he runs strong, direct lines which challenge defenders and free up space for players around him. He leaves his mark in defence, too. He does have his weaknesses; he occasionally drops off a tackle, and he has a tendency to panic when he breaks the line, but he has improved out of sight in both of those respects this season. He's well worth his new contract.
Shifting Morgan on makes good sense to me. He's done a decent job here but there's no point having two pricey overseas players in one position. Naiqama should bring us some strike on the right, which is something we've lacked for a good while.
London Broncos in for Morgan
We won't pay their full contract value - we will no doubt pay the difference between what the new club is offering and the current salary. So (for example), Morgan is on £60k a year at Saints - London are willing to pay him £30k, so Saints pay him the missing £30k. Saints save £30k off the salary cap, gain an overseas quote spot back, Morgan doesn't lose out on any money and he gets to play every week in SL.
I can see why they are trying to move him on, at best he will be the 3rd or 4th choice centre. Swift was getting picked ahead of him earlier in the season when both were fit, and Costello was doing a decent job in the centres towards the back end of the season, so he is likely to be spending his time in the reserves or on dual registration.
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