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Morison still after striker ahead of Norwich clash
Cardiff City boss Steve Morison is still hoping to land a new striker ahead of the Championship kick-off with Norwich but insists his team are 'in a good place' anyway heading into the season opener.
The new-look Bluebirds will likely start their campaign at Cardiff City Stadium with eight players brought in over the summer. Ryan Allsop is set to win the goalkeeping battle, with Mahlon Romeo, Cedric Kipre and Jamilu Collins forming almost an entirely new back four in front.
READ MORE: Bluebirds player ratings from win over Swindon
Andy Rinomhota and Romaine Sawyers will be part of a far more creative midfield, with Sheyi Ojo and Callum O'Dowda likely to play on the wing.
It means that of last season's squad only Perry Ng, Ryan Wintle and Max Watters seem set to start, although Rubin Colwill and Isaak Davies, the crown jewels among the youngsters, and skipper Joe Ralls are each injured, it should be pointed out.
Cardiff are still very much in the hunt for a couple of new forwards, almost certainly coming in on loan, to complete the transfer picture for Morison at the end of a hectic summer of wheeling and dealing.
If he does land one of his targets, the new striker would almost certainly need to be on the bench versus the Canaries because Watters has been working with the rest of the players in pre-season and will be more match-tuned.
Morison told the club's official website after the 4-2 win over Swindon: "We're still working hard on the couple of little bits we still need to do. Most of it is not in our hands any more, it's in other people's hands."
But he is happy with his lot otherwise, saying: "Look it's been great to do the work over the off season. We didn't stop this summer, worked hard on and off pitch. It's good to see a smile on faces. I feel great. The Board, and Vincent Tan, backed me 100 per cent.
"We haven't just plucked a load of people out of nowhere, there's a lot of work gone into it and I'm really pleased where we are.
"We're working on a way of playing, and also a way of playing that suits the players we've got. We've brought the players in to play a certain way, and they're doing alright at the minute. It's going to take time until it becomes second nature, but we're on the right path. We've got a week to really hone in and harness what we want to do against Norwich. It will be a good week."
Of the competition for places within his squad Morison said: "I put it up in front of them, told them they have two competitions this year - one with the person sitting next to you, the other with the other 23 teams in the League. I showed them who was in their position, showed them every player; I will work with every single one of them."
Bluebirds' 'free-flowing' new midfield
The days of a sluggish, one-dimensional Cardiff midfield appear to be over.
Hooray for that, Bluebirds fans everywhere might well say.
New capture Andy Rinomhota formed part of a new-look engine room against Swindon, with Romaine Sawyers, another new capture, and Ryan Wintle.
Together they inter-linked far more than we have become accustomed to from Cardiff's midfield in recent times, with greater creativity and goalpower.
After the 4-2 win over Swindon Rinomhota said: " “ On a whole so far it’s been good. The gaffer has asked us to have that fluidity and for no-one to be stuck to just one position. I think the three of us in midfield can play those different roles, and it’s been free-flowing.
"Everyone knows their role in each position, and it worked quite well.
“It’s been a good pre-season to put the pieces together. It looks like it’s coming together nicely, though there’s still some more work to do.
Murphy dubbed 'one of the best'
Cardiff City's £11million man Josh Murphy was in Oxford United colours at the weekend, playing in a pre-season friendly against AFC Wimbledon.
The 27-year-old winger was released by the Bluebirds for nothing this summer just four years after Neil Warnock had signed him for that record fee.
Murphy dazzled at times for Cardiff, but also frustrated the fans terribly with his inconsistency and in the end a parting of the ways was inevitable.
Oxford boss Karl Robinson said: "He’s one of the best wingers I’ve worked with. He’s in one of the best places he’s been. Our board supported this financially, which was incredible. We’ll see how it goes, let’s just say it’s not a trial.”
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