Cardiff City will not be signing strikers the wrong side of 30 just to appease the masses as their forwards continue to draw blanks, Steve Morison said.
The Bluebirds boss was clearly frustrated by his strikers' disappointing performance once again against Bristol City, telling them he was tired of defending them after good chances continue to be spurned. You can read more about that here .
Cardiff have brought in 15 players but only one striker, an untested young forward in Kion Etete who is still getting to grips with the division and what is required. Max Watters and Mark Harris have not scored this season yet and they have had their fair share of opportunities.
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But there has been a push behind the scenes to get another forward player in, however Morison believes there are no options available that fit the bill. One thing they won't be doing, though, is bringing in a veteran striker just to appease the clamour from Bluebirds supporters.
"Nothing, not a thing. Not for the want of trying or backing above. Like I've said to everyone who has asked me so far, I can't magic someone out of thin air," Morison said when asked about a striker search.
"What won't be happening is I won't be getting in a 32, 33, 34-year-old centre-forward just because it appeases everyone. It has to be the right player. Someone who will take us forward and help us progress.
"If that person doesn't arrive then people better back the people who are here because that's all we can do.
"Someone is going to have to become available for it to be possible. Because there are absolutely zero names, because everyone wants to talk about it, but no one has got a name or are bringing anything to the table!
"The recruitment team are working hard on it. But at the minute there is no one. There is no one there. I bet no one in here can give me a name. I'm not asking that to be funny. I'm being serious, everyone is saying to get someone...
"The board have been supportive on whatever we need to do and when we need to do it. Everyone has been brilliant. If there is someone on a free who hasn't had a club, they have missed 12 weeks of the season (and pre-season). It'll take them 12 weeks until they are up and running. But even then, there is no one who has jumped off the page."
The manager could dip into the loan market, especially later in the window when Premier League managers, for example, have a better idea about which players will and won't be required.
However, as Morison points out, the likelihood is that any loan signing would be a young player with no experience of the division and it would mean Cardiff would be back to square one.
When asked about bringing in a loan striker, Morison replied: "Possibly. The loan window goes further. But that might not happen and at the minute we have got to back the people we have got.
"If we get a loan player it'll ultimately be a young player who has never scored a goal in the Championship maybe. So it's between a rock and a hard place at the minute.
"So we keep grinding away and I keep backing the players we've got. We are getting chances for them, let's hope they start putting the ball in the back of the net."
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