STEVE MORISON SACKED

[Baloo]

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I’m disappointed this has happened 10 games in. I’m not sure what people were expecting from the season but I thought it would likely be tough. He’s been allowed to rebuild the squad I think he should have been given more time to get things right.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Oddly it was the second half of the Boro game where we've gone in at half time on an absolute high. Come two thirds of the way through the second half after he's had his say and changed a few things and we're bloody hopeless and clinging on for dear life.

Sure enough we start against Huddersfield how we'd finished at Boro leaving me thinking that the one good half was despite the manager not because of him

You're probably not far off the mark.

[the other bob wilson]

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Probably not many, but I'm not disappointed about it.

That’s more or less how I feel, but I still think it’s absolutely bonkers.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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It's unfair to judge either Ramasut or Hudson at this point. None of us know what input they've had. Furthermore, it could well be possible that Morison has ignored their input completely and gone with his own egotistical approach, would would not surprise me one bit.

I wanted Morison to be given a chance but he's failed miserably. I'm not suggesting Hudson will be any better, but he can't be much worse surely?

Morison has said they do most of the coaching. Which means they are directly responsible. Possibly more so than the manager. I’m glad we have reached the end of this though, Morison was deeply polarising and I really, really didn’t warm to him. He’s the thinnest skinned man in football. You’d have thought playing for Millwall he could take a bit of stick

[Ninja]

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Morison has said they do most of the coaching. Which means they are directly responsible. Possibly more so than the manager. I’m glad we have reached the end of this though, Morison was deeply polarising and I really, really didn’t warm to him. He’s the thinnest skinned man in football. You’d have thought playing for Millwall he could take a bit of stick

I think it's safe to say that taking responsibility or criticism weren't his strengths!

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Scott Parker?

[dandywarhol]

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It's like a Carry on film

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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That’s more or less how I feel, but I still think it’s absolutely bonkers.

It was bonkers to give a bloke they clearly didn’t wholly trust the most important summer transfer window in years. Be interesting to know how much say he had in making the transfers as well

[delmbox]

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This screams massive argument behind the scenes, so no way have we got someone lined up

[John Buchanan]

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I’m disappointed this has happened 10 games in. I’m not sure what people were expecting from the season but I thought it would likely be tough. He’s been allowed to rebuild the squad I think he should have been given more time to get things right.

"Rebuilding the squad" can be broken into different bits.
The easy peasy bit is "getting rid of dead wood" and "cutting the wage bill"; you simply don't renew contracts or you pay people off. You don't need to be a managerial guru to do this and yet he has received a lot of praise for doing so.
The difficult bit is replacing, shaping and motivating. This will be judged on, to a lesser extent (and I am being generous here), performances but ultimately on results. To do this bit, you DO need to be a good manager and he has fallen way short. Subsequently, this and, considering his abysmal lack of anything approaching people skills, was only ever going to end one way. Better now than later in the season when things would probably be even worse.

[The Hooded Claw]

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In any large organisation, the buck stops with the CEO or Chairman.
How is it, then, that with Cardiff City, the senior management seem to be bullet-proof?
Someone else mentioned that the problem is with them and I’m inclined to agree. It’s only about a year since Dalman admitted that club doesn’t have a long term plan.
In recent months I began to think that there was a semblance of a plan with the way the club was heading, but now it looks like Dalman might’ve been right.
The problem is that most of our competitors (including that lot down West) seem to have a plan, so that’s us on the back foot without kicking a ball.
There needs to be an urgent forum with the fans, so hopefully our senior management will haul their 4rses up from London or Monaco and tell us what the heck is going on.

[The Hooded Claw]

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"The difficult bit is replacing, shaping and motivating. This will be judged on, to a lesser extent (and I am being generous here), performances but ultimately on results. To do this bit, you DO need to be a good manager and he has fallen way short. Subsequently, this and, considering his abysmal lack of anything approaching people skills, was only ever going to end one way. Better now than later in the season when things would probably be even worse.

Do you think that 10 matches is enough to come to this conclusion when we are currently 3 points off 8th place?

[John Buchanan]

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Do you think that 10 matches is enough to come to this conclusion when we are currently 3 points off 8th place?

If looking at points only, you make a very fair point. But there are a lot of other factors to take into account. Maybe it is personal and unfair bias on my part but I have never thought he has, or ever will have what it takes.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Do you think that 10 matches is enough to come to this conclusion when we are currently 3 points off 8th place?

Christmas we would have played 22 or so games ? Even if we were adrift at the bottom still plenty of time to bring in a few new faces and change manager. I can't believe this decision was made for 'footballing' reasons. Certainly not after just 10 games.

[William Treseder’s Mam]

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I’m not gutted about it but if this was going to happen it should have happened last season before he bought in a whole squad worth of players in the summer.

Surely there’s been a bust up somewhere .