BREAKING STEVE MORISON: ' FRIDAY 4TH MARCH 2022 '

Cardiff City boss Steve Morison:



"[QPR] are doing excellently, they are still in the play-offs. We are just going to spoil the party!

"That’ll be our message to going to teams at the top, can we ruin their day?

"I was really disappointed when we lost to them in the second game of mine. They had one moment and scored.


"Ultimately, we’ve still got to win games of football, no one wants to lose no matter where you are.

"That’s got to be our main focus. Let’s just carry on what we’re doing."

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Steve Morison opens up on Sean Morrison future:



Saturday 5th March 2022

Steve Morison has shed some light about conversations he held with the board relating to Sean Morrison's future.


Morrison is out for the season after a nasty ACL injury he sustained up at Barnsley, with the Bluebirds captain's deal up at the end of the season.

And the Bluebirds boss has said that he held conversations with the board to see "if we could do something" about Morrison's future, going on to state it was the least he deserved.

On BBC's Football Daily, Morison's former Millwall team-mate and good friend Jed Wallace brought Morrison's situation to the fore. Wallace said the Lions showed loyalty to Morison at the latter stages of his career and wondered whether Cardiff would do the same for the centre-back.

Wallace asked: "With the role he has in the group, is it something that, with the loyalty Millwall showed you and vice-versa, would the club still look to keep him beyond this season, knowing his injury, and look after him? He's obviously a club legend and been great for the club."

To which Morison responded: "Yeah, of course.

"When [the injury] happened, I said straight away, I spoke to him and said I would speak to the board and we would see if we could do something for him, because he deserves that.

"It was difficult because I didn't have a contract, so it was hard for me to push too hard on those things.

"Obviously now it's in place, I can push harder on those things. Isaak Davies just signed a new four-year deal which is something I had in the pipeline, but the family and player wanted to know what was happening with myself and the club.

"Things will escalate and move a lot more quickly now."

P.S. As an aside, Morison revealed on the show he had four dogs, a cat and bearded dragons as pets!


Steve Morison has also asked the Cardiff City board if he can keep Joe Ralls and offer Ralls a new contract.

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Manager's heartfelt thanks to players:




Steve Morison revealed he held a meeting with his players to thank them for putting on performances which have ultimately earned him a longer-term contract.

The Bluebirds boss was handed a deal until the end of next season after overseeing a marked improvement in both results and performances after a woeful start to the campaign under Mick McCarthy.

And Morison thanked his players for believing in his methods and carrying them out to a tee, resulting in the manager keeping his post next term.






STEVE MORISON:

""I had a meeting with them to thank them, I would not be sat here for a longer period of time if it wasn't for them and their efforts," said Morison.

"I told them I respected them all anyway but I respect them even more now as human beings. They could have not bothered with me, not bought into what I wanted to do, they could have not trusted me, but they have. I am really grateful for that."

He added: "I shared a pitch with a lot of them, so having stood in front of them and asked them to carry out a job, I have the utmost respect for them that they have done that.

"They have managed to get me an extended period in the job, we have had some really good moments, have really enjoyed it and I am really grateful and thankful to them."

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STEVE MORISON: "PLAYERS THAT I MIGHT WANT TO KEEP, THINGS MIGHT BE TAKEN OUT OF MY HANDS"


"Yeah, of course," he said when asked if there are players he wanted to keep. "There are discussions to be had. Things might be taken out of our hands.

"They are all senior players who can all walk [away], regardless of what we offer. So, there are going to be some difficult and honest conversations.

"It’s never a nice thing when you are coming to the end of your contract and there is uncertainty.

"With everything the way it’s going, then there has to be a sense of self-awareness of where the club is now.

"That’s where the conversations might be easier as well, because some players might say ‘I can’t stay for that so I need to leave’ and then you go, 'OK, that's fine'.

"But we’ll cross those bridges when we need to. Let's get ourselves completely safe and see where we are then."

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