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Opinions were divided on both though. Letting Morrison go was a huge mistake, i said so at the time and he has proved it a million times since. Some on here ludicrously said he was "injury prone" which is why he had to go. yes he did spend a lot of time injured, but he was still never "injury prone" - he just had some very bad luck with serious injuries. Unless one is a believer in things mystical and paranormal, this never meant he would always continue to pick up injuries, it had zero connection with the future.
Indeed I would have thought that having been fortunate enough to acquire a real gem like Morrison, if anything we'd have wanted to keep him just to get a hopeful full season's return on our wise investment.
Solomona was different. he is a fat luxury player who if you have the rest of a squad that will do 99% of the work to make up for what he won't, will give you some occasional flashes of brilliance and will frequently make a stunning break and will often create something out of nothing. The personnel we have, though, I wouldn't think we could afford to carry such a passenger, however mercurial.
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