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Steve Morison breaks his silence over shock Cardiff sacking and details future plans

Steve Morison breaks his silence over the shock sacking from Cardiff City and details future plans when talking with Sky Sports on Sunday.

The 39 year old claims he has left the club in a better place than when he found it after being given the boot last weekend.

A full week on from the decision made, Morison has since reflected on his sudden departure from Cardiff City Stadium.

The Bluebirds hierarchy acted quickly following their 1-0 defeat to Huddersfield Town last Saturday, issuing a statement on Sunday afternoon that they had parted company with the former Wales international.

Mark Hudson has been placed in temporary charge, with his first press conference due to take place this Thursday.

The club are in 18th place in the Championship following a poor start to the campaign. Morison, who was summarising Wales’ Nations League game with Poland, said on Sky that he understood it was a results-based industry. He said: “Ultimately I didn’t do good enough I suppose. I was tasked with making lots of changes. I felt like we did that on the whole, from staff to playing personnel.

“Changing styles, lowering age groups, lowering wage bills. Personally I thought we were on that path. There were very close games we lost, we could have taken points out of.

“Games we drew that we could have won. I leave thinking we’re five off of the play-offs, we’re a penalty goal away from possibly going on to beat Huddersfield or drawing the game and if someone had said to me at the start of the week that you’d go to Middlesbrough and Huddersfield and take four points, for example, you’d have snapped their hands off.

“I leave, gutted to lose my job, no-one likes to have that tag of being sacked over their head, but the reaction from it from myself has given me a lot of confidence, it’s been one hell of a job, I can definitely say I left the club in a better place.”

Morison saw a huge squad overhaul in the summer with 17 players joining and a host leave for pastures opportunities, and he explained it was a tough situation to handle.

“It’s not only 17 players we had in, it was the amount that went out, the characters that went out, the amount of league games that had left. Initially we had settled on 15, the West Brom game we arguably lose our best player of the start of the season who had been on fire in Jamilu Collins, so we had to replace him quickly which we did.

“And then we’d been looking for a striker all summer then we got one the day before the deadline, then unfortunately I only had a week to work with the player.

“I feel like the club is in a better place and as a marker I suppose that’s definitely a better place to be than leaving the club in a worse state.”

So what next for the former Millwall man? A swift return to management beckons, he says.

“Just learn, reflect on anything I could have done better,” he said about the immediate future. “100 per cent (a return to management), I can’t wait, you enjoy your time when you are doing it, as soon as it goes away you have a couple of days to get over it but I am a very focused and purposeful individual and the next challenge now, I think I’ve shown I’ve done a hell of a lot in short space of time, I’ll definitely be a better manager for it.”

Fans gave their reaction as Steve Morison breaks his silence over the shock Cardiff sacking and details his future plans…

@OwenG_CCFC: Hope he gets another job soon he deserves it

@guildfdbluebird: Just dread the game he brings his new team back to play us, you know it’s going to happen !

@RH87__: Still fuming about this. What a guy πŸ’™

@glynster61: He certainly did. He did everything that was asked of him in the Summer and the transfer window. 10 games weren’t enough. He should’ve been given at least until Christmas.

@gmlbaker92: Poor guy. I’d be raging

@Alex_Kerr9: He definitely left it in a better place. Shame Tan & the board don’t have a clue. Grass isn’t always greener.

@joshccfc: sad seeing this

@matthewjamesali: Bloke looks absolutely gutted, but he’s 100% right in saying he’s left us in a better position than when he took over. The board however needs stringing up.

@CCFC07: Our Board have no fucking clue! Give him his job back now!

@Wudgyy: πŸ‘πŸ‘ He deserved this season to see what he could do with the team he built – saved our bacon last year and has definitely left us in a better place. Shame it’s his team and they all now probably cba with the owner so we will tank like fuck 😭😭

@Morgando93: I really sympathize with the man. Arguably had the toughest job in the championship this past year. Really hope for success for him and proves our board wrong wherever he ends up next. Thank you for everything Moz πŸ’™

@dylan1927_: fuck the board

@CraigHudd1: This makes me even more annoyed that they sacked him

@ccfc__dan: Fuck me man he didn’t deserve that

@scottwarren142: Oh Steve πŸ₯²

@Ethan_waters1: Don’t think it’ll ever sit right with me, it’s scandalous

@TomReek1: Spot on with everything he said. I’m still fuming he got the sack. Tan & the board have a lot of explaining to do, but they won’t.

@evnccfc: classy, gotta love him

@nathanlCCFC: Still can’t get my head round it

@Danielprice92: Agree with him the football was a lot better. Shame we didn’t have that finishing touch. Still a strange decision when he had a week to work with his new striker but football is a strange game and we move on. Just still wild that we don’t have a replacement lined up.

@rhyslloydyy: I genuinely don’t understand what the board were thinking sacking him

@ianmackay88: Still angry the club did this. What’s worse is they’ve sacked him with no clear plan in place.

@bold_bellerin: Such a bad decision from the club

@_tomwalker10: Feel for him

@JamieBluebird: He’s spot on here. Still can’t get over we got rid of him. Hope he goes on and smashes it at his next club

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