BBC News: Wilson may give Morrison a chance

[DV]

Thanks hindsight man. If we'd signed Austin in June, everbody would have still wanted another striker, as we were 'taking a punt', or 'doing it on the cheap'

Its hardly hindsight to think we'd have been better off starting the season with 2 strikers instead of 1. Most said the same thing last June anyway.

Even if we had signed him in June, come August he would have proved himself and proved the doubters wrong. Plus in truth I dont remember many negative comments about him when he did sign in October - infact most people wanted him in the first team almost straight away.

[BANGKOK RED]

Random-five, bart initially had a bit of a doom and gloom in every post he made. So earned a reputation accordingly. Unfortunately he hasn't shaken it off so even if his posts are perfectly reasonable he'll get slated,

Whilst Dave is doing his best to take over the mantle

[Reg Smeeton]

Its hardly hindsight to think we'd have been better off starting the season with 2 strikers instead of 1. Most said the same thing last June anyway.

Even if we had signed him in June, come August he would have proved himself and proved the doubters wrong. Plus in truth I dont remember many negative comments about him when he did sign in October - infact most people wanted him in the first team almost straight away.

Most wanted him in the team straight away because the other options weren't firing.

Who knows, had he come in pre season, he might have found it more difficult, struggled and lost confidence. 

[DV]

Whilst Dave is doing his best to take over the mantle

no.

[austin the bricklayer]

I think morrison can step up and be a great first team player for us but he is not the answer at this percise moment, even if we cant sign an experienced CB i would look in the loan market like we did with greer on an initial 1-3 month loan and see how they go.(obviousley he has to be experienced) and hopefully if it works he takes a slot in the team and then we would have great competition for the other CB slot between SM SC AND JFL.....

[Don Rogers Shop]

Just how is morrison going to get this experience if we don't play him. I can only see him becoming more frustrated the longer he is sat on the bench and Wilson has already said he wants maybe 2 more defenders so that will be him further down the pecking order.

[STFC Bart]

Of course he needs games to get experience but he badly needs someone at the back with him teaching/organising him along.

[chalkies_shorts]

Morrison is very unfortunate. I think most people rate him but what the fuck do we do with him. If he could get a run of games, he'd be a very sellable asset. He'd be better off if we were a run of the mill mid table side. Cuthbert is very sellable also and a class act, although he's not performed as well as JFL sp far this season - again another sellable asset if he continues developing. Do we persist and take a hit if they don't come good or do we get in an experienced pro and fuck up the development of one or two of them? Unfortunately, i can see Morrison going for peanuts and then being worth a good wedge in the very near future.

[4D]

He'd be better off if we were a run of the mill mid table side.

What do you see us as though Chalkster? 

[chalkies_shorts]

Better than that hence the conundrum. He needs time and space a luxury we can't afford if we're to go up

[4D]

I've always thought of Morrison as a pretty steady player to be honest, plus he has a decent throw on him. I think he'll do a decent job for us.

[jonny72]

Most wanted him in the team straight away because the other options weren't firing.

I got the impression at the time that Wilson wasn't planning on playing him straight away but then in desperation thought fuck it I might as well give him a go and see what happens and the rest is history.

I've always thought of Morrison as a pretty steady player to be honest, plus he has a decent throw on him. I think he'll do a decent job for us.

First time I saw Morrison play (home game, probably his debut) a couple of seasons back he was complete and utter shit. Pretty quickly he was putting in some decent performances and was a first choice for me come the end of that season. Then he had a nightmare last season with the injury and even after the loan spell he didn't seem to be back to his best.

The big question if he does play is who gets dropped? LJF has been better than Cuthbert this season so dropping him would be rough and unlikely to solve anything. But then I can't see him dropping Cuthbert either. Unless he's thinking of putting LJF at LB on account of Rose's poor start to the season.

[4D]

That's the problem for me Jonny, the 2 centre halves have played well individually so far, I think the team need to settle/gel

[DV]

Despite not showing it last season (Walsall and MK away!!) Morrison is a good young centre half.

He's looked steady and more than good enough for top end L1 football when he's had a run in the side, however...

...his runs in the side have always been next to Aljofree or Vincent or Greer.

He'll do a job for us but he wont fill the gap we are missing. He won't bring leadership and experience to our defence the same way LJF and Cuthbert don't bring these attributes to our defence.

Putting Morrison in for one of LJF or Cuthbert won't solve our problem as the change is very like for like, straight swap.

Unless Wilson plans to go with 3 centre backs!

[Meth Test]

If someone is concerned about a possible area of weakness in our squad it doesn't make them less of a fan really does it?

I'm positive and upbeat about our season but I think selling Greer and not replacing him prior to 7th August was an obvious gaff and the management team have acknowledged that the club dropped a bollock regarding this - hence now trying to sign an aggressive, experienced centre-back prior to the window closing.