“Just need stability” – Cardiff City’s major decision on Steve Morison: The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict‘ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Cardiff City announced that Steve Morison has signed a contract extension as the club’s manager until the end of next season.

The announcement came after the Bluebirds built a 16 point cushion on the relegation zone, increased by their 1-0 win over Derby County on Tuesday evening.

Morison has shown a clear desire to integrate younger players into the first team since taking over from Mick McCarthy, which certainly fits in line with the club hierarchy’s cost cutting attempts and it will be interesting to see what kind of backing he receives in the summer transfer window.

We gathered the thoughts of a selection of FLW writers to see if they believe that extending Morison’s contract beyond the end of the season was the right decision…

Josh Cole

This particular call was a no-brainer for Cardiff as they have stepped up their performance levels since handing over the reins to Steve Morison.

Although the Bluebirds are yet to deliver the goods on a consistent basis in the Championship, they have shown more than enough promise to justify the decision to extend Morison’s stay.

Particularly impressive during their recent home fixtures, Cardiff have managed to seal victories over Nottingham Forest, Peterborough United and Derby County.

By providing Morison with funds to improve his squad this summer, there is no reason why the Bluebirds cannot go on to achieve a relative amount of success at this level in the 2022/23 campaign.

Declan Harte

This is the right move for Cardiff to make at this point.

Morison has helped steer