Morrison praises Bluebirds’ spirit
way for our games against Fulham and then Preston. I looked at the other team’s fixtures and nobody had trips like us.
“I know Fulham isn’t that far, but we didn’t get back until 11pm and then we had to drive home.
“We were then on the bus again for six hours on the Monday morning. At this level you want to take every opportunity you can to benefit the squad.”
Warnock accepted the flight gives the Bluebirds a much-needed boost ahead of the away game – but also adds pressure on the team to perform and avoid a repeat of the Deepdale drubbing.
“We have no excuses at Sunderland,” he added.
“We can’t have another Preston performance and say the travelling killed us because they are travelling first class. The club is all together at the moment, it is a great club at the minute. The more we can get together, and the more we can do to give ourselves a little bit of an advantage, then why not? CARDIFF City’s team spirit has already dug them out of a couple of holes this season and Sean Morrison believes the Bluebirds’ close-knit squad is behind their ability to turn games around.
Cardiff fought back to claim a 1-1 draw against Sheffield Wednesday last weekend with an injury-time equaliser, adding to late goals at Fulham and Burton Albion.
It means Neil Warnock’s side have recovered four points with late goals already this term. They are now level on points with the Championship league leaders Wolves and Leeds United, with captain Morrison revealing the players’ off-field bond before today’s clash with Sunderland.
He revealed how Warnock has fostered a harmonious dressing room in south Wales – which is paying dividends on the field.
“We don’t lack spirit, that’s down to the gaffer and the group we’ve got in the changing room,” said Morrison.
“We’re together, we trust each other, we do stuff away from the club, we all get on, and there’s no bad feeling from the boys when people not playing.
“It’s a squad and if we are to be promoted we need that squad together.
“That shows on the pitch, the number of times when we’ve been behind to come back to draw – the teams who get promoted are the ones who bounce back.
“We’ve got spirit in abundance and it’s one of the best changing rooms I’ve been involved in,” added the Bluebirds’ skipper.
“That’s the basis of a team that gets promoted, a lot character and a lot of leaders.”
That togetherness was also a factor for Morrison in agreeing a new contract in the summer, despite interest from Sheffield Wednesday.
The Bluebirds rejected a £3million bid from the Owls back in June, with the 26-year-old former Reading man agreeing a new three-year contract soon after.
On the transfer speculation, Morrison said: “When it first came about I had a gut instinct which I’ve always gone with, I knew what we were doing here was leading in the right direction.
“From when the gaffer took over in October last year, you could feel the club was on the up as results started to change. I knew it was something I wanted to be part of.
“It got squashed very quickly to be honest, but I definitely 100 per cent made the right decision.”