His name seems to be cropping up on a few threads, but given he is (allegedly) our highest paid player, earning (allegedly) upwards of £150k, so around a tenth of our expenditure on players, what do we think of another year of him? Differing things have been posted on here about whether he's staying or not, so...
1) If there's an option to keep him, should we?
My view is, on balance not. For a contract of that size, he should be coming into games and making a difference. Today in my view we were just marking time until Houghton came back on. We've seen glimpses of excellence in Berrigan and he's obviously been hampered by injuries of his own, injuries to the team and playing out of position, but I just don't see the obvious value for money when you compare with our other big bucks signings of O'Meley and Fitz.
2) If we keep him, where should he play?
If he stays, I'd really like to see him given a go at centre. Houghton has the hooking role sorted IMO with potentially Washy on the bench to spell him if required and to cover the halves/2nd row. We are weakest in the 3/4s (and at 6), so why not try it?
3) Does he come off the quota as he's been here since 2008?
