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Cardiff have had 'no enquiries' about Moore or Flint
There are currently no plans in place for any Cardiff City players to leave, manager Steve Morison has said.
The Bluebirds have had no senior players leave the club in this window, with only under-23s players Chanka Zimba and James Connolly departing for loan stints with Northampton and Bristol Rovers respecitvely.
And despite there being reported interest in star man Kieffer Moore and defender Aden Flint from some news outlets, Morison insisted his phone has not been ringing about potential departures this month.
"There is no-one leaving at the minute," Morison said. "I haven't had any enquiries about anyone, either.
"I don't know whether that is going to change next week. The only two players we've had interest in are the younger players, to Bristol Rovers and Northampton.
"At the minute, no-one is going to be leaving until someone tells me they don't want to be here and then we will see what happens.
"Right now, there is nothing in the pipeline."
Doyle will need to earn spot
Morison also insisted there were no clauses or agreements in place for new boy Tommy Doyle to be guaranteed game time, stating that the youngster would have to earn his spot in the side just like everyone else.
The midfield is the most congested area of Cardiff's squad, with competition in there fierce.
Morison has Joe Ralls, Marlon Pack, Will Vaulks, Leandro Bacuna, Tom Sang, Sam Bowen, Doyle and Rubin Colwill - depending on where you see his position - to choose from in those midfield spots.
But the manager knows everyone will be needed as the fixtures begin to pile up and reckons the competition for places will only serve to drive up standards, in training and on the pitch.
And if anyone believes that Man City decided to send Doyle to Cardiff only because he was guaranteed minutes on the pitch, Morison quickly moved to nip that school of thought in the bud.
"No. Often we have three in there and no-one has got an automatic right to play, not even Tommy," Morison said.
"There is nothing (in his contract) saying he has to play games of football - before people start thinking that.
"He has got to come in and earn his place on the training ground to start off with and he's got to perform, along with everyone else, and we will pick the best three.
"It's great. We are going into that period where there is going to be a big turnaround in players.
"A really good squad is all about its depth and being able to replace if needed to."
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Collins admits he needs goals
James Collins says he wants to repay Bluebirds fans with a goal-laden second half of the season.
The Republic of Ireland striker has struggled to find the net this term, scoring just twice in his 25 games in a Bluebirds shirt.
Collins is the first to admit he needs to up his goal tally during the back end of the campaign and reckons it is the least he can do to reward belief in him
"I am the first one to admit my goals return has not been up to the standard of what it's used to being. But for them to still back me and be behind me is really pleasing to hear," said Collins of the fans.
"I will always work hard for them and try my best, 100 percent, so hopefully they can keep backing me and I can repay them with some more goals.
"That's the aim for the second part of the season.
“Away from home the fans have been absolutely outstanding this year.
“I see that they’ve sold out their allocation for Saturday, which will obviously be fantastic. We need our fans, every club does and the last two games at home have been a bit weird without them.
“To have supporters back next week against Nottingham Forest will be a massive boost for everyone. Hopefully we can get our home form back on track and give them something to cheer about.”
Morison: Maybe I'm too honest with criticism
Steve Morison admitted that he has perhaps been "too honest" in his criticism of Cardiff players.
The manager's post-match comments after the Bournemouth game, when he claimed Isaak Davies was "more of a hindrance than a help" after substituting him off, sparked some spiky reaction from some pundits.
And Morison said he maybe used the wrong word when describing the youngster's performance.
"Ultimately, I know I made a mistake by using the word 'hindrance' because that's all anyone has focused on - that one word," said Morison.
"If I'd used a different word in that moment, there wouldn't have been as much off the back of it. I get that.
"The reality was he wasn't good enough when he came on for that half an hour and we then went through why that was.
"Then on the flipside of that, we went through the West Brom stuff when he came on because that was a great opportunity to win the game and there were moments in that where we needed to be better, so we went through that and we showed that.
"I get it. All I did was repeat what I said to him in the dressing room."
Morison has been refreshingly honest in his post-match appraisals since taking over, an approach which will have its critics too.
However, Morison laid out the realities of the job and the expectations, from the board as well as supporters, and insisted that players have to deal with the pressures of the environment they are in.
"I may be too honest at times with you guys [the media]," said the manager. "But the reality is the top end of the pitch is the most pressurised place in the game.
"The best players, the most highly-paid players, the most sought-after, the Ballon d'Or winners, they're at the top end of the pitch. That's because the most pressure is on them.
"There is pressure to put the ball in the back of the net. We create chances, we need to put those chances away.
"There is pressure on every single one of us. There is pressure on you guys to write what you write from your bosses, pressure on me from my bosses to win and pressure from me to the players to put the ball in the back of the net.
"Scoring goals is the hardest thing to do and that's why those people get paid the most money at most football clubs in the world.
"I say it because when I'm asked the question after the game, all I've done is repeat what I've said to them [the players]."
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