SkySports has reported Steve Morrison has turned down a loan move to Nottm Forest saying he wants to stay at Norwich and fight for his place
Only justifiable reason for this would be hughton has a quality replacement he needs to clear funds for. Or he has fallen out with morison?
So one bad performace and we should just ditch him? He has every right to stay at the club and fight for his place, I'm left totally bemused by this.
Me too Beefy - last season at this time he was the starter and now he appears to have fallen from grace rather badly. Not sure what's going on here but I guess we'll soon begin to see it unravel after today's shenanigans have finished.
I don't think he should go, but come on. When he has his goal drought last season he was awful. That was months worth of games. I think we should keep him though purely because it would leave us very thin.
I feel so frigging bad for morison, It was so awesome to see him score against Arsenal, I'm desperate for him to score a couple and ram it down everyones throat. He's a player that has undoubted skills, loaning him is absolute insanity.
Were either of you at the game?? If you were then you will know what I'm talking about! If we can see it from the stands, then I'm sure Hughton can see it as well! Beef....You're right he has every right to fight for his place, but....I don't honestly believe that he thinks he has to!! Sorry to disagree with you, and I'm not trying to ignite the old arguments, but he's not helping his own cause!!
Beefy, I am allowed to criticise him on a football forum it's not insanity. I hope he does prove me wrong...
I wasn't at the cup game but I am a season ticket holder and I'm aware of what Morison can do and I'm also aware that because he doesn't dart around like Simeon Jackson everyone assumes he's lazy. Holt gets the shot as he scored more last season and is undoubtedly a better striker because he's Grant friggin Holt but if he doesn't deliver goals I wouldn't feel the least bit bad if Hughton dropped Holt like last year and put Morison in, thats just how football should work. So what your saying is you think Morison thinks he doesn't have to earn his place? Why do you believe this, did he tell you?
All strikers go through lean times and goal droughts - I recall that Holty's rich vein of form co-incoinded with Morison not starting many games and yes, he did look dis-interested at times last year but given a good service he showed what he could do - Sunderland (h), Baggies (a), Gunners (a) for instance. We're too quick to condemn on this board sometimes - Ward, now Morison - who's next ? To me Morison is a good striker who needs to stay - even if we have replacements lined up, the guy has a place at CR imo.
Nope - I was working away in Birmingham so couldn't attend but, like Beefy, I am a season ticket holder and saw enough of him last year to think he has a big part to play. I agree - he does look at times as if he couldn't care less and he can appear lazy but he can score goals if given the opportunity. It's a bit of a do when we have some people chinming away about Moro because he doesn't put himself about a lot yet at the same time saying they don't want Craig Mackail Smith who is a player who is all action and does .... sheeesh ....
I'd only offload him if we got better in to replace him. Given our budget I'd be surprised if we were in a position to do this so as we have loaned out Vaughan to lose Moro without an adequate replacement would leave us very thin up front.
Your right. But when Steve Morison is on a goal drought he offers nothing. He doesn't keep the ball as he is not technically good enough. When Jackson goes though goal drought if offers hard work and contribute to build up play. The would Morison lazy thing. I find some games he is. Some he isn't. Villa last year Fox played a ball into him which was slightly overhit. Probably could have till got it before it went out. He didn't bother and put his hands up to Fox who actually showed some creativity and vision. I think things like that is where he gets his lazy label from. Admittedly sometimes he runs his Bollocks off. Excuse the grammar. On a phone
So you're a personal friend are you? He's told you he wants to stay? Don't be so daft. He's a striker right? and he's at his best when the ball is played through to him on the ground for him to run onto, right? Well he must have had 12/15 of those balls played to him,...and I honestly can't remember one occasion when he even made the slighest attempt to run through after it. Things certainly changed when Jackson came on and Morrison went off, he just didn't make the effort, no matter which way you looked at it. Once again, I'm not trying to upset anyone, but I'm just saying it as I see it!!
Morison is a centre forward, he's not a striker like Jackson et al and needs good delivery, he can't lead the line like Holt because Holt is an inspirational leader but Morison is certainly a player that can make a difference in games and is a persistant aerial threat and is more than worthy of a spot on our strikeforce for his abilities. He needs the right system and with an alleged 4-2-3-1 formation right around the corner I could see him thriving.
