Updated: I can tell you this he’s still under consideration

Updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

The biggest of all considerations at this moment in time is the search for a new manager to take the reins next season. Cardiff have gotten it so wrong so many times in recent years, they need to make sure this appointment is right.


The official line is that the interview process is still in progress and Tan and Dalman are now looking all over Europe and The USA.

At the end of last week, we learned that Vincent Tan was seriously considering re-appointing Steve Morison. Indeed, it all looked ready to go.


Vincent Tan wants Steve Morison / Mehmet Dalman wants Tan to consider other candidates.

But Dalman has been increasing his lending money to the Bluebirds at 10% interest over the last 2 seasons, Tan has not had to put any new money in.


Steve Morison under serious consideration by Vincent Tan for shock re-hiring as Cardiff City manager

The Bluebirds parted ways with the manager back in September but in a shock twist he could be re-hired

Steve Morison departed the Bluebirds with Cardiff 18th in the Championship, with Cardiff eventually finishing 21st in the Championship under Sabri Lamouchi.


By Glen Williams



Steve Morison is under serious consideration to re-take the reins as Cardiff City manager in a shock move by the club.


The Bluebirds parted ways with Morison back in September when the club were in 18th position in the Championship table, with Mark Hudson succeeding the former Millwall striker in the dugout. Sabri Lamouchi then took charge in February and eventually finished 21st in the Championship.


And we are told that Morison, who has moved up the bookmakers' odds list in recent days, is a real contender in what would be a first for Vincent Tan with regards to re-hiring a manager he has previously parted company with at Cardiff. It is understood Tan himself is veering towards the idea of re-appointing Morison.







Monday 22nd May 2023


This I can tell you is true:


Tan had even had a new contract made up for Steve Morison’s return and Dalman convinced Tan to hold off.

Dalman had wanted Lamouchi, Tan had NO interest at all in Lamouchi.

Tan always gets the final say of course, but since Dalman has been lending our club more and more money ( at high interest) , Tan has to now start to listen to him more, but still has the final say.

What I know is Morison was getting the job and still might, but Dalman has persuaded Tan in to listening to other candidates for a change instead of rushing in to things.


Ken Choo has Zero say.

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Manager Steve Morison:


STEVE MORISON WAS SACKED WITH CARDIFF CITY 18th IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP / BUT WAS NOT SACKED ON RESULTS BUT AN ARGUMENT.

They’ve made up since.




Sat Jul 30 Cardiff City 1 Norwich City 0 Crowd 19,969 Away Support 1,440



Sat Aug 6 – Reading 2 Cardiff City 1 Crowd 13,866 Away Support 2,156


Tuesday Aug 9~ EFL Cup Rd1 Cardiff City 0 Portsmouth 3 Crowd 6,303. Away fans:Pompey fans 1,114



Sat Aug 13 – Cardiff City 1 Birmingham City 0 Crowd 18,893 Away Support 1,752 Brum fans


Wed Aug 17 8pm – West Bromwich Albion 0 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 21,820 Away Support (1,742 )


Sunday Aug 21– Bristol City 2 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 21,645 Away Support ( 2,471 )



Sat Aug 27 –Cardiff City 0 Preston North End 0 Crowd 17,922 Away Support ( 594 )



Tue Aug 30 –Cardiff City 1 Luton Town 2 Crowd 17,202 Away Support ( 423 )


Sat Sep 3 – Millwall 2 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 13,010 Away Support ( 1,412 )



Tue Sep 13 – Middlesbrough 2 Cardiff City 3 Crowd 22,124 Away Support( 219 )


Sat Sep 17 – Huddersfield Town 1 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 19,193 Away ( 985 )


Saturday 17th September 2022 Steve Morison Sacked.

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So there is the contract for Morison to sign if Tan decides he doesn't want any of the other candidates.

Obviously don't know who they've spoken to or are going to speak to, but the other names rumoured don't inspire much confidence.

Sounds like Morison is still the most likely.

So there is the contract for Morison to sign if Tan decides he doesn't want any of the other candidates.

Obviously don't know who they've spoken to or are going to speak to, but the other names rumoured don't inspire much confidence.

Sounds like Morison is still the most likely.

Ned,

A contract was drawn up for Morison, but Dalman to be fair is looking for better.

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If Morison is brought back, probably the best decision Tan has made recently.

Morison had to bring in all new players wheeling and dealing, and you could see the way we were playing and what he was trying to do. Things were slowly starting to click.

If he had Kaba or Robbo earlier, we would of been fine imo.

So there is the contract for Morison to sign if Tan decides he doesn't want any of the other candidates.

Obviously don't know who they've spoken to or are going to speak to, but the other names rumoured don't inspire much confidence.

Sounds like Morison is still the most likely.

Ned,

A contract was drawn up for Morison, but Dalman to be fair is looking for better.

Annis, whatever most of us think about Dalman, at this moment in time he seems like our only hope of trying to get our "football expert" tan to see sense and bring in a manager who is going to give us some hope next season.

If he gives it to him the crowds will drop by thousands and we will be relegated.

If they mess this one up we've had it, we will go down for certain.

Our starting position is one place above relegation with two teams below docked points, all the best players on loan so leaving, we can't pay fees for players, and we don't have a Manager.

So there is the contract for Morison to sign if Tan decides he doesn't want any of the other candidates.

Obviously don't know who they've spoken to or are going to speak to, but the other names rumoured don't inspire much confidence.

Sounds like Morison is still the most likely.

Ned,

A contract was drawn up for Morison, but Dalman to be fair is looking for better.

Annis, whatever most of us think about Dalman, at this moment in time he seems like our only hope of trying to get our "football expert" tan to see sense and bring in a manager who is going to give us some hope next season.

What like his " cat that got the cream " with OGS that ended well didn't it.
Wish he had fucked off to Charlton.

If he gives it to him the crowds will drop by thousands and we will be relegated.

If they mess this one up we've had it, we will go down for certain.

Our starting position is one place above relegation with two teams below docked points, all the best players on loan so leaving, we can't pay fees for players, and we don't have a Manager.

Agree with you, if what Annis is saying is true then Dalman has stopped Tan from bringing in morison (for now) and certain relegation.

If he gives it to him the crowds will drop by thousands and we will be relegated.

If they mess this one up we've had it, we will go down for certain.

Our starting position is one place above relegation with two teams below docked points, all the best players on loan so leaving, we can't pay fees for players, and we don't have a Manager.

Why would the crowd drop by thousands? I think there has been a lot of post revisionism since Morison left. People actually forget that during the time he got sacked most fans were disappointed by the decision. And even those who had doubts about him could at least agree that it was a premature out of the blue sacking.

He was given a brief for his first managerial job that even the most of experienced managers would struggle with (16 players out, 17 players in. Lower the age of the squad, bring through academy players and change the style of play. All whilst cutting the wage budget)


Is he perfect? no he isn't but he gave the job a good go of it. And actually if Tan actually feels like he made a mistake last time to let him go, then maybe Morison could be in a position to get more assurances this time to ensure there is more stability at the club going forward.


I mean who else better to take over this squad of players then the person who know's every players strength and weaknesses, the guy who convinced every player to sign for Cardiff last summer?


Bring him back, focus on replacing the loan players that's left to go back to their parent clubs and see if we can get some more fire power up front either free transfer or loan, then I think we will be cooking on gas

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If he gives it to him the crowds will drop by thousands and we will be relegated.

If they mess this one up we've had it, we will go down for certain.

Our starting position is one place above relegation with two teams below docked points, all the best players on loan so leaving, we can't pay fees for players, and we don't have a Manager.

We will be relegated whoever the manager is. The crowds are also going to drop because many won't renew their season tickets. I have, but a lot won't.

Not saying I totally understand the thought of Morison coming back but I know there are still a lot of fans who didn't want him to leave in the first place. Remember he didn't go because of the football but because of a confrontation with Tan which they've now resolved. There's also an argument he knows the players because he signed most of them.

No great fan of Morison but I do think people are remembering his time in charge wrong. It was better than people make out, if he had a goalscorer like we had later in the season then we would have been in the upper part of mid table.

Like I said, I'm not a fan of him mainly due to his attitude and things like that but his performances weren't as bad as being made out.

Just trying to balance the viewpoint on here.

If he gives it to him the crowds will drop by thousands and we will be relegated.

If they mess this one up we've had it, we will go down for certain.

Our starting position is one place above relegation with two teams below docked points, all the best players on loan so leaving, we can't pay fees for players, and we don't have a Manager.

Why would the crowd drop by thousands? I think there has been a lot of post revisionism since Morison left. People actually forget that during the time he got sacked most fans were disappointed by the decision. And even those who had doubts about him could at least agree that it was a premature out of the blue sacking.

He was given a brief for his first managerial job that even the most of experienced managers would struggle with (16 players out, 17 players in. Lower the age of the squad, bring through academy players and change the style of play. All whilst cutting the wage budget)


Is he perfect? no he isn't but he gave the job a good go of it. And actually if Tan actually feels like he made a mistake last time to let him go, then maybe Morison could be in a position to get more assurances this time to ensure there is more stability at the club going forward.


I mean who else better to take over this squad of players then the person who know's every players strength and weaknesses, the guy who convinced every player to sign for Cardiff last summer?


Bring him back, focus on replacing the loan players that's left to go back to their parent clubs and see if we can get some more fire power up front either free transfer or loan, then I think we will be cooking on gas.

I think a lot of people would lose interest, we've seen what he did last time, almost send us down, why would you go back to someone who failed?

You're much more optimistic than me, I would be really worried if we took him back, we are deep in the shit, and I think it will take a lot more than Morison to wade out of it, we will see?

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I personally think the best football we played this season was under Morison. You could see he had a plan to move us forward and I thought we were improving as the games went by. As a person he did come across as an arrogant knob though. His bluntness was refreshing to start but when he started calling out players he was out of order.
Suprised tan would even consider it though, surely his ego and pride wouldn't let this happen if it's as big as some say, it would be very humbling having to admit he made mistake by sacking him

If he gives it to him the crowds will drop by thousands and we will be relegated.

If they mess this one up we've had it, we will go down for certain.

Our starting position is one place above relegation with two teams below docked points, all the best players on loan so leaving, we can't pay fees for players, and we don't have a Manager.

Why would the crowd drop by thousands? I think there has been a lot of post revisionism since Morison left. People actually forget that during the time he got sacked most fans were disappointed by the decision. And even those who had doubts about him could at least agree that it was a premature out of the blue sacking.

He was given a brief for his first managerial job that even the most of experienced managers would struggle with (16 players out, 17 players in. Lower the age of the squad, bring through academy players and change the style of play. All whilst cutting the wage budget)


Is he perfect? no he isn't but he gave the job a good go of it. And actually if Tan actually feels like he made a mistake last time to let him go, then maybe Morison could be in a position to get more assurances this time to ensure there is more stability at the club going forward.


I mean who else better to take over this squad of players then the person who know's every players strength and weaknesses, the guy who convinced every player to sign for Cardiff last summer?


Bring him back, focus on replacing the loan players that's left to go back to their parent clubs and see if we can get some more fire power up front either free transfer or loan, then I think we will be cooking on gas

Agree. He managed to keep us up fairly comfortably largely using youth players that most people on here are adamant are crap. Well either the players aren’t crap or Morison is a decent manager.

Then was sacked prematurely without having the opportunity to really use Robinson who was probably the missing focal point he needed.

Would be more than happy for him to come back in.

The football was good under Morrison and he was given the responsibility of overhauling the squad so this is his project. Strangely makes sense to let him finish what he started.
But...I really didnt like him, appeared to have no interest in the fans or building any sort of bond with us. Once we went 1 nil down we rarely got back in the game. I also didn't feel like he was capable of motivating the players or pumping/geeing them up (especially for the derbies).
So it's a No from me but I got a bad feeling he'll be in the dugout come August!

I thought we changed our measurement system to binary when Morison was in charge

Goals Scored
1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,3,0

Biggest fraud since Bernie Madoff. Guessed and bluffed his way through until he was found out.

I think Cardiff fans will forgive one horrendous season, i don't think two will be acceptable.

This club needs experience rather than imposters masquerading as the next Pep.

Rinomhota, Adams, Wintle & Ralls are not going to be a possession-based team, slowly and carefully passing backward and sideways isn't the idea, the only ones who can pass forward are Sawyers but he can't run, and Alsop who can keep goal....


So please.....Nooooooooooo

So there is the contract for Morison to sign if Tan decides he doesn't want any of the other candidates.

Obviously don't know who they've spoken to or are going to speak to, but the other names rumoured don't inspire much confidence.

Sounds like Morison is still the most likely.

Ned,

A contract was drawn up for Morison, but Dalman to be fair is looking for better.

Annis, whatever most of us think about Dalman, at this moment in time he seems like our only hope of trying to get our "football expert" tan to see sense and bring in a manager who is going to give us some hope next season.

What like his " cat that got the cream " with OGS that ended well didn't it.
Wish he had fucked off to Charlton.

Totally agree. I’m afraid he isn’t our only hope, the guy is a snake. Wish he had invested closer to home with Charlton.

I thought we changed our measurement system to binary when Morison was in charge

Goals Scored
1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,3,0

Biggest fraud since Bernie Madoff. Guessed and bluffed his way through until he was found out.

I think Cardiff fans will forgive one horrendous season, i don't think two will be acceptable.

This club needs experience rather than imposters masquerading as the next Pep.

Rinomhota, Adams, Wintle & Ralls are not going to be a possession-based team, slowly and carefully passing backward and sideways isn't the idea, the only ones who can pass forward are Sawyers but he can't run, and Alsop who can keep goal....


So please.....Nooooooooooo

Can see why you would say this but consider the following.Out of all the players he brought in last season he must have a good idea by now of who worked and who didn't.It was said by many on here that some players only came because they bought into what Morison attempted to do. Some of the better performers come into this category.It is very clear (to me anyway) that if we'd of had Kabba and co from the beginning of the season playing under Morisons style we'd have been well safe.To be fair to him if he could wheel and deal a few more players while getting rid of the dead wood we might be able to mount a better challenge next season.I also think that many fans (me included) expected too much in our first season with so many changes and a new style.In that respect I think Forest suffered the same as us because they had in excess of 20 new signings and found it.To be honest if you talk about big name managers I don't think there are many Dalman could persuade to come here.

But how long did our new style last ? We were found out after four or five games. Teams sat back and waited for us to make a mistake and punish us.
It was incredibly naive to believe we could go from direct hustle and bustle set play team to a Swansea tribute act.

We didn't have the guile to pass our way to make chances for our lightweight forwards who all need to run onto the ball. Romain Sawyers finished the season with zero assists, not entirely his fault as by the time he had the ball his back was to goal and he could only lay it off backwards.

As soon as SM was sacked we went to a back 4 with a lad who was obviously a wing back and went direct. Lamouchi got Saba who was only effective with a partner but it was even more direct, but with so little pace teams can hold a line and push us up to halfway.

We spurned an opportunity to build a squad as i still don't know what SM wanted to do. A passing squad doesn't get Adams and Rimonhota, a high press doesn't get Sawyers and Ojo. Three at the back without a recognized championship centre half ? A championship winger in O'Dowda but no one up top (or in the team) who can head the ball goalwards.

We ended up with a mish-mash squad of poor slow players.

I thought we changed our measurement system to binary when Morison was in charge

Goals Scored
1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,3,0

Biggest fraud since Bernie Madoff. Guessed and bluffed his way through until he was found out.

I think Cardiff fans will forgive one horrendous season, i don't think two will be acceptable.

This club needs experience rather than imposters masquerading as the next Pep.

Rinomhota, Adams, Wintle & Ralls are not going to be a possession-based team, slowly and carefully passing backward and sideways isn't the idea, the only ones who can pass forward are Sawyers but he can't run, and Alsop who can keep goal....


So please.....Nooooooooooo

Can see why you would say this but consider the following.Out of all the players he brought in last season he must have a good idea by now of who worked and who didn't.It was said by many on here that some players only came because they bought into what Morison attempted to do. Some of the better performers come into this category.It is very clear (to me anyway) that if we'd of had Kabba and co from the beginning of the season playing under Morisons style we'd have been well safe.To be fair to him if he could wheel and deal a few more players while getting rid of the dead wood we might be able to mount a better challenge next season.I also think that many fans (me included) expected too much in our first season with so many changes and a new style.In that respect I think Forest suffered the same as us because they had in excess of 20 new signings and found it.To be honest if you talk about big name managers I don't think there are many Dalman could persuade to come here.

Dalman the spin doctor of bullshit says "50 people have applied" apparently yet morrison must be the best if he gets it or i should say must nod and work what what players the board give him on a shoe string budget. Who's applying for this job dave up the road types

For once ie with Tan he sees he made a mistake with Morison who was sacked ridiculously early with no plan to replace. I would be very happy to see Morison back...

I have wondered if we had had that striker like Kaba then would it have worked out?

However, his man management was shocking. You do not go public and slag off individual players. If he comes back I have a feeling a number of our players will not respond to him.

Steve Morison under serious consideration by Vincent Tan for shock re-hiring as Cardiff City manager

The Bluebirds parted ways with the manager back in September but in a shock twist he could be re-hired

Steve Morison departed the Bluebirds with Cardiff 18th in the Championship, with Cardiff eventually finishing 21st in the Championship under Sabri Lamouchi.


By Glen Williams



Steve Morison is under serious consideration to re-take the reins as Cardiff City manager in a shock move by the club.


The Bluebirds parted ways with Morison back in September when the club were in 18th position in the Championship table, with Mark Hudson succeeding the former Millwall striker in the dugout. Sabri Lamouchi then took charge in February and eventually finished 21st in the Championship.



And we are told that Morison, who has moved up the bookmakers' odds list in recent days, is a real contender in what would be a first for Vincent Tan with regards to re-hiring a manager he has previously parted company with at Cardiff. It is understood Tan himself is veering towards the idea of re-appointing Morison.


At the time, Tan felt he had to relieve Morison of his duties or the club would go down. However, neither Hudson nor Lamouchi managed to push past the 18th position the club were left in when Morison departed and Lamouchi actually finished 21st in the Championship.

The potential appointment might alarm some Bluebirds supporters who could perceive it as a backwards step. The manager's straight-talking or perhaps abrasive style also drew criticism from both inside and outside the club, including his comments about youngsters Isaak Davies and Max Watters after certain games.

Whatever your view, it would take a pretty serious climbdown from Tan to reappoint a manager he got rid of just eight months ago. But we are told that Morison is interested in coming back and the club are interested in the prospect.

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Updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

But Dalman has been increasing his lending money to the Bluebirds at 10% interest over the last 2 seasons, Tan has not had to put any new money in.

So Tan has not been bailing us out for the last 2 seasons?

Updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

But Dalman has been increasing his lending money to the Bluebirds at 10% interest over the last 2 seasons, Tan has not had to put any new money in.

So Tan has not been bailing us out for the last 2 seasons?

No not at all, Tans followers have been misled yet again Ian.

The near £30mill from Dalman at interest to him have been covering the losses and just before that we had massive parachute payments.

The biggest of all considerations at this moment in time is the search for a new manager to take the reins next season. Cardiff have gotten it so wrong so many times in recent years, they need to make sure this appointment is right.


The official line is that the interview process is still in progress and Tan and Dalman are now looking all over Europe and The USA.

At the end of last week, we learned that Vincent Tan was seriously considering re-appointing Steve Morison. Indeed, it all looked ready to go, but the longer it goes on without him being announced as manager, the less likely it appears to be.



By Glen Williams

Tuesday 23rd May 2023



The prospect of re-hiring Morison certainly split opinion at the top of the house at Cardiff, with some trying to convince Tan that it would represent a big backwards step if the former Millwall striker was to get that job again, just eight months after he was fired. While it has still not been ruled out completely, with each passing day the possibility seems to narrow.

What we have heard, though, is that we should not be surprised if the new manager is not from the UK. French, German and Turkish names are all understood to have been in the conversation in recent days, with the club looking to cast their net into Europe. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Lamouchi aside, Cardiff have tended to opt for British managers, but it appears the club are once again exploring options from outside of these shores. We have seen Alexander Blessin, the German former Genoa and KV Oostende manager who began his coaching career at RB Leipzig, shoot up the odds list into fourth favourite in recent days.

Managers based in the United States are also being looked at, we are told.

The official line is that the interview process is still in progress, but there is obviously a growing urgency that the club want to make a swift appointment in order to get the ball rolling on a number of other issues which need to be tackled in the coming days and weeks.

Cardiff rarely have time to consider new managers for any length of time, given they are typically mid-season appointments and/or firefighting jobs. This time, though, they are understood to be speaking to or at least looking at far more options than they have previously been afforded the chance to in the hope of getting the appointment right.

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' The CCFC retained list '


Tuesday 23rd May 2023


Supporters are desperate to find out when the retained list will be released. However there will be very few surprises.

The club have had to submit their retained list to the EFL, they were late, but can choose to publish it at their own discretion. Clearly, there are still a couple of decisions which will be left hopefully for the new manager, with the Cardiff City Committee at the moment deciding.

Gavin Whyte has already announced his departure, while Connor Wickham is also almost certainly out the door, too. Tom Sang looked likely to leave before Lamouchi's exit, while Mark Harris was close to signing a new deal under the Frenchman. But the new manager will make a final decision on those two.

It seems likely at the time of writing that Joel Bagan and Eli King will stay on, with the club believing them to have a future in the Welsh capital. The same is thought to be the case for Kieron Evans, too.

Ultimately, though, the new manager will make the ruling on those still to be decided, meaning more uncertainty continues to hang over some players' futures in this mid-season limbo.

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' The CCFC backroom staff '



Another important aspect in shaping how the club plan to move forward on the pitch next season is the backroom staff.

Lamouchi's former assistant Sol Bamba, who is the bookmakers' favourite, is still currently under contract until the end of June, but quite what happens with him is still up in the air.

He is clearly a bona fide fan favourite and supporters would love to have him around again next season in order to strengthen that bond between the club and its fanbase. It is understood Cardiff would like him to stay in some capacity, but a decision on whether he will stay or not will likely depend on who the new manager is – if indeed it isn't the man himself.

Dean Whitehead is another potential concern. Like Bamba, Whitehead's contract also runs out in June. Players have spoken highly of Whitehead's impact on and off the training ground and he is believed to be a valued part of the backroom team at Cardiff, despite arriving only last November under Mark Hudson.

The worry is that he coached alongside Valerien Ismael at Besiktas last season before joining Cardiff and Ismael has just taken the gaffer's job at Watford. Notably, when Chris Wilder left, all of Watford's backroom staff left, too, meaning Ismael currently has no first-team coaches at Vicarage Road. Therefore the possibility of Whitehead leaving to link-up with Ismael at Watford cannot be ruled out at this stage.

If a situation should arise where Bamba and Whitehead decide to depart, then the new manager would seemingly have carte blanche to bring in their own staff.

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