BREAKING STEVE MORISON: ‘ FRIDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2021 ‘
Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:07 am
STEVE MORISON TODAY UPDATES CARDIFF CITY FANS Friday 11th February 2022
STEVE MORISON:
Steve Morison believe’s he's done enough to earn a long-term Cardiff deal.
Said results, performances and recruitment have all improved.
"I've been told it’s the best transfer window they've ever seen."
“We spent nothing in this transfer and brought money in to our club.
Injury news?
Same squad as Wednesday. No new injuries. No one else coming back into it, so as it was.
Steve Morison
Mad period now, strength in depth now?
Yeah we have great options.
Some of them there will be no reason for the change other than just having the ability to do it. Having the ability to keep people fresh and hungry, because I can. It’s a nice place to be.
The main aim is to keep the squad fit and healthy.
You look what happens at the Barnsley game, losing two people as quick as that.
Steve Morison
' READ ALL STEVE MORISON'S UPDATES BELOW Everyone played well Wednesday, but Hugill and Ikpeazu have delivered?
Yeah they have been excellent.
Jordan, in hindsight, maybe I shouldn’t have played him against Barnsley. But I knew I was going to use him sparingly against Liverpool.
It was a calculated gamble.
They’ve been good. Uche does exactly what he says on the tin. He scored an excellent goal, both of them did, bursting across their man at the front post.
Huge impact and I’m really pleased with how they’ve performed so far.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:07 am
STEVE MORISON:
Wednesday the most entertaining football you’ve had?
We are a results business aren’t we? The result was excellent and the performance was exactly how we wanted it to go.
Then we start preparing and working for the next game.
It’s all positive at the minute but that can all change if we don’t do our job at the weekend.
Steve Morison
Wednesday the most entertaining football you’ve had?
We are a results business aren’t we? The result was excellent and the performance was exactly how we wanted it to go.
Then we start preparing and working for the next game.
It’s all positive at the minute but that can all change if we don’t do our job at the weekend.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:09 am
UP & COMING FIXTURES:Sat Feb 12 Millwall v Cardiff City
Tuesday Feb 15th Cardiff City v Coventry City
Sat Feb 19 Blackpool H
Wed Feb 23 Huddersfield Town A
Sat Feb 26 Fulham H
Tuesday March 1st Cardiff City v Derby County
Sat Mar 5 Queens Park Rangers A
Sat Mar 12 Preston North End H
Wed Mar 16 Stoke City H
FEBRUARY 2022
UPDATED:
‘’Derby County 21 points deducted / Fighting every week
‘Reading 6 points deducted and fading fast , like they’ve given up.
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:11 am
STEVE MORISON:
Three wins in a row, quality in squad, no reason you can’t continue?
Exactly! We just want consistency in our performance.
Get the performance right first and the results will come.
We will have a game plan to beat Millwall. If we carry out the plan as we did against Posh and Nottingham Forest, the result should be positive.
Steve Morison
Three wins in a row, quality in squad, no reason you can’t continue?
Exactly! We just want consistency in our performance.
Get the performance right first and the results will come.
We will have a game plan to beat Millwall. If we carry out the plan as we did against Posh and Nottingham Forest, the result should be positive.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:12 am
STEVE MORISON:
Return to Millwall, how important was that club in your development?
Yeah, Kenny Jackett gave me my chance.
He could have cut me adrift after 20-odd games and I only scored one goal!
I had a really good time there. Seven years over three periods. Seven good years.
Play-off heartache, play-off success, good runs in the Championship, surviving relegation.
All those things I did there stood me in good stead for being a good coach and manager now.
I experienced a lot. You do speak to other people in the game you lean on, but I can say I’ve pretty much experienced everything in football, especially at this level.
A lot of the things we lean on is personal experience. That’s one thing we’ve got in myself and the staff in the office.
My experiences of Millwall have allowed me to have a lot of knowledge of what it requires to stay up, get promoted, consolidate, be loved, be hated. All of it.
Steve Morison
Return to Millwall, how important was that club in your development?
Yeah, Kenny Jackett gave me my chance.
He could have cut me adrift after 20-odd games and I only scored one goal!
I had a really good time there. Seven years over three periods. Seven good years.
Play-off heartache, play-off success, good runs in the Championship, surviving relegation.
All those things I did there stood me in good stead for being a good coach and manager now.
I experienced a lot. You do speak to other people in the game you lean on, but I can say I’ve pretty much experienced everything in football, especially at this level.
A lot of the things we lean on is personal experience. That’s one thing we’ve got in myself and the staff in the office.
My experiences of Millwall have allowed me to have a lot of knowledge of what it requires to stay up, get promoted, consolidate, be loved, be hated. All of it.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:13 am
STEVE MORISON:
Fondest memory?
From an emotional point of view, that goal against Bradford at Wembley.
It was Roy of the Rovers stuff! We got there with the last kick of the season to get into the play-off mix.
Then to score the winner in the 86th minute in front of 45,000 of your own fans was huge.
Steve Morison
Fondest memory?
From an emotional point of view, that goal against Bradford at Wembley.
It was Roy of the Rovers stuff! We got there with the last kick of the season to get into the play-off mix.
Then to score the winner in the 86th minute in front of 45,000 of your own fans was huge.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:15 am
STEVE MORISON:
"The goal is to have a core group within the first team which is from the academy, lowering the age group of the first team," Morison began.”
“But there is a huge risk in being too overbearing on them. Arguably, it's why we are where we are now, in a relegation battle.”
“The table doesn’t lie.”
By Glen Williams
February 2022
All told, Cardiff have made a pretty poor fist of it in their three attempts since they dropped back down into the second tier in 2019, having started each season badly and changed managers in every campaign.
Uncertainly lies ahead again this summer, too, with incumbent boss Steve Morison seeing his current deal expire in June.
Given the long-term vision of the club and how they want to get there, though, Morison might be better placed than most to oversee and implement the strategy moving forward.
While at the minute, things are very short term. Cardiff must first climb out of the relegation quagmire before anyone is talking about promotions next season and beyond, but supporters are keen to know what the future looks like for their club.
Steve Morison:
"But there is a huge risk in being too overbearing on them. Arguably, it's why we are where we are now in a relegation battle.”
"As much positivity as there is, the reality is those players were being asked a hell of a lot of in the first half of the season. That was why we struggled. It's clear to see. The table doesn't lie.”
"My mindset on it all was that we have got good players there, but are they ready for a 46-game Championship season? I don't know yet.”
"You will interview every single one of them and they'll all tell you, 'I'm ready, I want to play, I want to do this and I want to do that'.
"The reality is, they don't know what that feels like. They don't know how it feels to go Sunday-Wednesday-Saturday. They don't know how it feels to go to Peterborough on Wednesday night and then go to The Den and have someone snarling at you on Saturday.”
"You can't just go, 'Oh, it's all right, I'm young'. We need to win and do it now."
The word constantly coming out of Cardiff is that there is no transfer budget, it is why they have dealt solely in loans and free transfers for a year.
It means leaning even more heavily on the academy players, many of whom are promising prospects, but as Morison alludes to, they are not ready to bear the brunt of a rigorous Championship campaign, certainly if promotion is the ultimate goal – which it is.
The balancing act is introducing the players at the right time and making sure there is enough experience elsewhere on the pitch to sustain a promotion challenge in the years to come.
"Over the coming six months, year, two years — they don't need to rush — we will bring them through at the right time," the manager added.
"The best case is Phil Foden at Man City. People were calling for him to be playing and starting every single week, but would he be the player now? He didn't go on loan, stayed around in training with those players and got better.
"Now, bear in mind, we are trying to do that with five or six players, not just one.
"It's all about just doing things at the right rate. But our end goal is always exactly the same. Can we have a core group that end up having Cardiff careers like Joe Ralls?
"They will always need support around that. We can't get caught up in the fact that we need help around them.
"But it would be nice if we had one or two players who were nailed-on starters that are really doing well and we are doing well so they are not looking to go anywhere else, unless it's a big boy, which I don't think you should begrudge anyone going to further their career at a high level.
"But that's a long way down the line, as far as I can see."
"The goal is to have a core group within the first team which is from the academy, lowering the age group of the first team," Morison began.”
“But there is a huge risk in being too overbearing on them. Arguably, it's why we are where we are now, in a relegation battle.”
“The table doesn’t lie.”
By Glen Williams
February 2022
All told, Cardiff have made a pretty poor fist of it in their three attempts since they dropped back down into the second tier in 2019, having started each season badly and changed managers in every campaign.
Uncertainly lies ahead again this summer, too, with incumbent boss Steve Morison seeing his current deal expire in June.
Given the long-term vision of the club and how they want to get there, though, Morison might be better placed than most to oversee and implement the strategy moving forward.
While at the minute, things are very short term. Cardiff must first climb out of the relegation quagmire before anyone is talking about promotions next season and beyond, but supporters are keen to know what the future looks like for their club.
Steve Morison:
"But there is a huge risk in being too overbearing on them. Arguably, it's why we are where we are now in a relegation battle.”
"As much positivity as there is, the reality is those players were being asked a hell of a lot of in the first half of the season. That was why we struggled. It's clear to see. The table doesn't lie.”
"My mindset on it all was that we have got good players there, but are they ready for a 46-game Championship season? I don't know yet.”
"You will interview every single one of them and they'll all tell you, 'I'm ready, I want to play, I want to do this and I want to do that'.
"The reality is, they don't know what that feels like. They don't know how it feels to go Sunday-Wednesday-Saturday. They don't know how it feels to go to Peterborough on Wednesday night and then go to The Den and have someone snarling at you on Saturday.”
"You can't just go, 'Oh, it's all right, I'm young'. We need to win and do it now."
The word constantly coming out of Cardiff is that there is no transfer budget, it is why they have dealt solely in loans and free transfers for a year.
It means leaning even more heavily on the academy players, many of whom are promising prospects, but as Morison alludes to, they are not ready to bear the brunt of a rigorous Championship campaign, certainly if promotion is the ultimate goal – which it is.
The balancing act is introducing the players at the right time and making sure there is enough experience elsewhere on the pitch to sustain a promotion challenge in the years to come.
"Over the coming six months, year, two years — they don't need to rush — we will bring them through at the right time," the manager added.
"The best case is Phil Foden at Man City. People were calling for him to be playing and starting every single week, but would he be the player now? He didn't go on loan, stayed around in training with those players and got better.
"Now, bear in mind, we are trying to do that with five or six players, not just one.
"It's all about just doing things at the right rate. But our end goal is always exactly the same. Can we have a core group that end up having Cardiff careers like Joe Ralls?
"They will always need support around that. We can't get caught up in the fact that we need help around them.
"But it would be nice if we had one or two players who were nailed-on starters that are really doing well and we are doing well so they are not looking to go anywhere else, unless it's a big boy, which I don't think you should begrudge anyone going to further their career at a high level.
"But that's a long way down the line, as far as I can see."
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:15 am
STEVE MORISON:
The Den, hostile?
Yeah, I don’t see why any home fans should be nice to the opposition team!
You’re there to intimidate and help your team win a game of football.
I’d like to think there will be a few more people through the door on Saturday and there will be an extra edge to it.
I always enjoyed it and I hope my players will enjoy it.
But I won’t enjoy it fully until we win the game.
Steve Morison
The Den, hostile?
Yeah, I don’t see why any home fans should be nice to the opposition team!
You’re there to intimidate and help your team win a game of football.
I’d like to think there will be a few more people through the door on Saturday and there will be an extra edge to it.
I always enjoyed it and I hope my players will enjoy it.
But I won’t enjoy it fully until we win the game.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:17 am
STEVE MORISON:
Your future as manager of Cardiff ?
Not been discussed at all.
It’s not my decision ultimately. I can only do my talking on the pitch.
And my work within the football club. If the work I’ve done isn’t good enough then that’s fine. That’s their decision.
I’m in regular contact with them over a whole manner of things, but it’s not been brought up.
I just need to keep producing results and performances for this football club, get this club to safety and then hopefully the rest will take care of itself.
Steve Morison
Your future as manager of Cardiff ?
Not been discussed at all.
It’s not my decision ultimately. I can only do my talking on the pitch.
And my work within the football club. If the work I’ve done isn’t good enough then that’s fine. That’s their decision.
I’m in regular contact with them over a whole manner of things, but it’s not been brought up.
I just need to keep producing results and performances for this football club, get this club to safety and then hopefully the rest will take care of itself.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:18 am
STEVE MORISON:
Do you think you deserve the job?
Yeah. I don’t see why not. First transfer window I’ve been told it’s the best transfer window they’ve ever seen.
I’ve proved myself there.
All I’ve done is do exactly what I told the board I would do. There’s no hidden agenda for me.
I said I’d make changes to the way we play football - there will be inconsistencies - but I like to think I’ve done that as well.
When I took over we were on 11 points and third bottom. I’ve definitely improved that.
The numbers are definitely better, averaging 1.4 per game. We continue that and we’ll be in a nice position come the end of the season.
Steve Morison
Do you think you deserve the job?
Yeah. I don’t see why not. First transfer window I’ve been told it’s the best transfer window they’ve ever seen.
I’ve proved myself there.
All I’ve done is do exactly what I told the board I would do. There’s no hidden agenda for me.
I said I’d make changes to the way we play football - there will be inconsistencies - but I like to think I’ve done that as well.
When I took over we were on 11 points and third bottom. I’ve definitely improved that.
The numbers are definitely better, averaging 1.4 per game. We continue that and we’ll be in a nice position come the end of the season.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:21 am
CARDIFF CITY 4 PETERBOROUGH 0 
Steve Morison:
"We controlled the game without the ball really well and then when we got our moments we were spot on.
"To a man, we were top drawer. It was a good night. This was always bigger than Liverpool. There's a bigger picture to everything we do.
"We had fresh legs tonight and they were excellent. That performance shows where I want to take this football club and how this club looks on a weekly basis."
Steve Morison:
"We controlled the game without the ball really well and then when we got our moments we were spot on.
"To a man, we were top drawer. It was a good night. This was always bigger than Liverpool. There's a bigger picture to everything we do.
"We had fresh legs tonight and they were excellent. That performance shows where I want to take this football club and how this club looks on a weekly basis."
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:23 am
STEVE MORISON:
Do you see this as an audition?
The whole thing is an audition.
I have to talk about it, but we are just concentrating on Millwall right now.
The game finished and as good as Jack and Josh in the office are. I deal with the press then I walk in, sit on my seat and there is the document on Millwall to prepare the next day.
They are so good at what they do (the analysts).
That’s our process. When the conversations happen then they happen, but I just want to win on Saturday.
Steve Morison
Do you see this as an audition?
The whole thing is an audition.
I have to talk about it, but we are just concentrating on Millwall right now.
The game finished and as good as Jack and Josh in the office are. I deal with the press then I walk in, sit on my seat and there is the document on Millwall to prepare the next day.
They are so good at what they do (the analysts).
That’s our process. When the conversations happen then they happen, but I just want to win on Saturday.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:24 am
Pre-Millwall facts:
12 of the last 17 league meetings between Millwall and Cardiff have been drawn (one Millwall win, four Cardiff wins).
Cardiff City are looking to record a league double over Millwall for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
Millwall are looking to keep three consecutive home league clean sheets for the first time since April 2018 under Neil Harris.
Cardiff are winless in 15 away league matches in London (D5 L10) since a 3-1 victory with Brentford under Neil Warnock back in March 2018.
Millwall manager Gary Rowett has never lost a home Championship match against Cardiff City in five previous meetings (W2 D3).
12 of the last 17 league meetings between Millwall and Cardiff have been drawn (one Millwall win, four Cardiff wins).
Cardiff City are looking to record a league double over Millwall for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
Millwall are looking to keep three consecutive home league clean sheets for the first time since April 2018 under Neil Harris.
Cardiff are winless in 15 away league matches in London (D5 L10) since a 3-1 victory with Brentford under Neil Warnock back in March 2018.
Millwall manager Gary Rowett has never lost a home Championship match against Cardiff City in five previous meetings (W2 D3).
Re: STEVE MORISON:
Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:28 am
STEVE MORISON:
Mad period now, strength in depth now?
Yeah we have great options.
Some of them there will be no reason for the change other than just having the ability to do it. Having the ability to keep people fresh and hungry, because I can. It’s a nice place to be.
The main aim is to keep the squad fit and healthy.
You look what happens at the Barnsley game, losing two people as quick as that.
Steve Morison
Mad period now, strength in depth now?
Yeah we have great options.
Some of them there will be no reason for the change other than just having the ability to do it. Having the ability to keep people fresh and hungry, because I can. It’s a nice place to be.
The main aim is to keep the squad fit and healthy.
You look what happens at the Barnsley game, losing two people as quick as that.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:28 am
STEVE MORISON:
Ever been back to Millwall?
No, I’ve never been back (as an opposing player). I went to the Premier League, then I went to Leeds and we had Millwall at The Den and I was injured.
Then Millwall came to Elland Road.
I’ve never been back. Even when I retired, I never had the opportunity to go back and say goodbye or whatever.
This is the last time going back to The Den since October 2019.
Steve Morison
Ever been back to Millwall?
No, I’ve never been back (as an opposing player). I went to the Premier League, then I went to Leeds and we had Millwall at The Den and I was injured.
Then Millwall came to Elland Road.
I’ve never been back. Even when I retired, I never had the opportunity to go back and say goodbye or whatever.
This is the last time going back to The Den since October 2019.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:28 am
STEVE MORISON:
Any text banter with Millwall ?
You don’t know me well enough yet to know I’m not that guy!
It’s just about the team and the job we have to do.
This is business now, we need to win.
Steve Morison
Any text banter with Millwall ?
You don’t know me well enough yet to know I’m not that guy!
It’s just about the team and the job we have to do.
This is business now, we need to win.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:29 am
STEVE MORISON:
How did it make you feel at Millwall?
I loved it, I thrived off it. It’s a unique club in terms of players not having successful times there and then going to have success elsewhere.
I have to put that down to not being able to handle it. You either sink or swim there.
I loved it. I loved the back and forth nature of the fans. They had a go at me, I had a go at them.
I played on that edge and they helped me play on that edge.
It will be surreal, but I’m sure I’ll feel that energy straight away.
Steve Morison
How did it make you feel at Millwall?
I loved it, I thrived off it. It’s a unique club in terms of players not having successful times there and then going to have success elsewhere.
I have to put that down to not being able to handle it. You either sink or swim there.
I loved it. I loved the back and forth nature of the fans. They had a go at me, I had a go at them.
I played on that edge and they helped me play on that edge.
It will be surreal, but I’m sure I’ll feel that energy straight away.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:29 am
STEVE MORISON:
Will they welcome or boo you?
Bit of both I reckon!
In the warm up it’ll be all good then as soon as the game starts it’ll be the usual stuff!
Hopefully I can give fist pumps to the away fans and they’ll boo me out!
Steve Morison
Will they welcome or boo you?
Bit of both I reckon!
In the warm up it’ll be all good then as soon as the game starts it’ll be the usual stuff!
Hopefully I can give fist pumps to the away fans and they’ll boo me out!
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:31 am
STEVE MORISON:
Injury news?
Same squad as Wednesday. No new injuries. No one else coming back into it, so as it was.
Steve Morison
Injury news?
Same squad as Wednesday. No new injuries. No one else coming back into it, so as it was.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:31 am
STEVE MORISON:
Similarity between two clubs?
Yeah, they are both very honest and industrial - hard-working football clubs.
That has to be the bedrock of both football clubs.
How that looks above that is different. It has to have that as a basic level.
It’s definitely very similar, just in different places.
Steve Morison
Similarity between two clubs?
Yeah, they are both very honest and industrial - hard-working football clubs.
That has to be the bedrock of both football clubs.
How that looks above that is different. It has to have that as a basic level.
It’s definitely very similar, just in different places.
Steve Morison
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Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:32 am
STEVE MORISON:
Leader on the field, always wanted to be a manager?
I did my coaching badges when I played, back-to-back. The more I did it the more I enjoyed it and saw it as a pathway I wanted to go.
The actual manager side of it was the bit I enjoyed doing the most.
The media, planning, recruitment, all that sort of stuff I enjoyed the most.
What you also had to do is keep people around you who are better at stuff than you are, that’s why I brought Tom and Mark in.
The coaches are better than me with the technicals, thinking about possession and stuff like that.
We are all under an umbrella and aligned.
That was the conversation I had with Mark before he came in. We agreed on the best way to go.
Me and Tom were already on board together.
Someone has to put that in place.
Steve Morison
Leader on the field, always wanted to be a manager?
I did my coaching badges when I played, back-to-back. The more I did it the more I enjoyed it and saw it as a pathway I wanted to go.
The actual manager side of it was the bit I enjoyed doing the most.
The media, planning, recruitment, all that sort of stuff I enjoyed the most.
What you also had to do is keep people around you who are better at stuff than you are, that’s why I brought Tom and Mark in.
The coaches are better than me with the technicals, thinking about possession and stuff like that.
We are all under an umbrella and aligned.
That was the conversation I had with Mark before he came in. We agreed on the best way to go.
Me and Tom were already on board together.
Someone has to put that in place.
Steve Morison
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Re: BREAKING STEVE MORISON: ‘ FRIDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2021 ‘
Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:19 pm
Steve Morison believe’s he's done enough to earn a long-term Cardiff deal.
Said results, performances and recruitment have all improved.
"I've been told it’s the best transfer window they've ever seen."
“We spent nothing in this transfer and brought money in to our club.”
Said results, performances and recruitment have all improved.
"I've been told it’s the best transfer window they've ever seen."
“We spent nothing in this transfer and brought money in to our club.”
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