Well, Bigfella's arguments seem to be:
1. Scott maybe too old and his defence is declining
2. We have no great centres, and Morgan is one of them
3. Luke Kelly is our backup halfback
I would have thought those points have been discussed by many ad nauseum, but I'll give it a go:
1. We don't know how Scott will perform for us next season. He might be declining, he might not. At the moment he is still a very good defender and one or two poor games is not going to change my opinion on that.
2. We haven't finished our recruitment yet. By the looks of things we are still trying to re-sign Hopoate, which I think is a good option. He is skillful and strong, and has leadership qualities. Sure he is not fast, but he doesn't have to be as long as he can get a pass to his outside man which he has proven he is very adept at. Takairangi is also slow, but has also proven to be able to put his winger away (Semi on top of the try list is proof of that). He has also been playing on one leg for pretty much all of this season (seemingly, at least). I do remember he looked pretty sharp with good footwork in his first game against Manly. He stood up Jamie Lyon in that game to set up a try. With a full offseason to recover and work on his speed he may get it back. As for Morgan, he is a backup. He has been for the past 3 years. He's not a great player by any means, but he can plug a hole if we need it. Hopefully we won't need him to do it for a whole season like he has the past 3 years.
Re-signing Robinson would give us some speed on the edge. I hope we do because he has exceeded my expectations this year.
3. He's a backup. He may not even be a first-choice backup. By next year maybe Matterson or someone else can fill that role, we don't know. I'm not that big a fan of Kelly re-signing. I would like to see us go with someone else. But I don't know the specifics of why he was re-signed. Did it have anything to do with the cap? Does Arthur just note rate any of the other choices out there? I don't know. All I know is I hope we don't have to use Kelly next year, and if we do it's only for a game here or there.