The perception among some fans is that it doesn't mean as much to Cardiff players - do you get that?
STEVE MORISON:
"No. They only say that because we lost. We’ve got an ex-Cardiff captain in my office. We’ve got Rammers [Tom Ramasut], who’s born and bred Cardiff. Young players in the dressing room. Joe Ralls who’s been here for 10 years.
There were 27,00 in the stadium, there was more press about it. As I said on the day, we didn’t deal with the occasion. Personally, we tried to keep it as normal as possible leading up to it. No different to Liverpool, leading up to it. Big games, stuff they haven’t experienced before. I look at the Wales game. The importance of that was huge for the country. The calibre of players and experience on the pitch was huge. That’s why they dealt with it.
We have to realise that we had a lot of players that have never dealt with it. I look back and think, should I have put a team with more experience out there? Should I have put the Will Vaulks of the world, the Marlon Packs of the world out there to deal with the occasion? I felt I picked the best team. My one decision was Isaak Davies or Mark Harris from a personal point of view. It was the same team that dismantled Stoke.
Isaak [Davies] didn’t start because he played two 90 mins for the U21s and he came in on Thursday and told me he was knackered. That was the decision on why I picked Harris over him. That’s my big learning from it. Should I have put in players more capable of dealing with the occasion a bit better?"
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