Steve Morison's message to Joel Bagan:

Steve Morison's message to Bagan:




Steve Morison has challenged Joel Bagan to release the shackles and show even more attacking endeavour.

Bagan was thrown in at wing-back at the beginning of the season before Ryan Giles dropped back into that role before he was recalled by his parent club at the start of January.

It was a rude awakening for Bagan, a player for whom the club have high hopes, but the 20-year-old has visibly improved following his time out of the side.

The solid FA Cup showing against Liverpool was backed up by an equally-impressive display against Peterborough United on Wednesday night the 4-0 win.

With Alfie Doughty expected to be out of the side for more than a month, Bagan has a clean run at that left wing-back role.

Morison has been happy with Bagan's displays and wants to see more excitement from him with the ball at his feet moving forward.







STEVE MORISON:


"The message to him is 'We need to see more'.

"I don't want to see him, every time he gets the ball, pass it backwards, or just sit in your shape and be safe.

"He's seen two players now, Ryan Giles played in front of him and he can see why he played in front of him, because of his end product, speed and energy going forward.

"Then obviously he saw Alfie come in, it was only two games, but the Nottingham Forest game, straight from the get-go, he was getting it and driving past players.

"All of sudden, Joel Bagan on Wednesday night is getting the ball and dragging it inside and running with the ball.

"People need to get to those levels and it's a consistent message, that's what we've been saying to Joel; 'You have to get better, you have to show more, not be so safe. We want you to express yourself.'

"It also helps when the environment is there for him to do that as well. There is a real player there, we just need to bring it out of him in spades."

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He’s had two decent games and I good see a better more confident Bagan in our last match for sure.

Hopefully he’ll prove all the negative posters on here that say he’s ‘league one at best’ wrong.

He’s still only 20 years of age so time will tell.

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I have been singing bagan' s praises since he 1st appeared i think he is another joe bennet natural left footer people on his back saying not good enough i thought he was miles better than that guy in the ponytail we had there for a spell
and tell me how many mistakes does vaulks make in a game
He' s like a walking red card and if i was manager he would never be in my team i have honestly seen better in the cymru alliance i cringe everytime he sets foot on the pitch

Bagan needs more confidence which i am glad he' s getting from the manager but you can see early on he can skin past a player needs a bit more strength and power but he's a teen that will come and he needs applause from the fans and not slated on the forum
that he' s not good enough etc
and there are plenty of lads the same age playing regular in the championship

I am hoping he will be with us for years and will establish him self like bennet did i am really pleased he is starting to prove to himself and his doubters he can do it
and keep the newbee left back currently injured on the bench.

Bagan is improving, he is already a decent enough full back at this level. The spell out of the team and addition of competition has done him good I think. Morison seems to know what he is doing with these young players.

So pleased for him and morrison has backed him as i have since his 1st game
Well done lad.

Bagan is improving, he is already a decent enough full back at this level. The spell out of the team and addition of competition has done him good I think. Morison seems to know what he is doing with these young players.

Agreed, the time out of the team has done him well. He has played alot of minutes in the last couple of seasons but since the time out he's come back a better, more confident player.