The Morison situation

Graham Westley has come and out and said that only a “crazy offer” could tempt Boro into selling Steve Morison. Boro’s top scorer has been linked with moves to Millwall, Peterborough and Leyton Orient in the last week and missed the weekend’s game at Cambridge increasing speculation he is about to leave Broadhall Way. Morison has been vital for Boro this season and his goals have kept Boro just about in the race for the play-offs. He was close to joining Crewe in the summer, so it’s not a surprise that league clubs will again be looking at Moro in the January transfer window as they look to solve their goalscoring problems.

“I don’t think we should be thinking about Steve Morison leaving the football club. You don’t think about selling key players like Moro do you? At the same time if someone comes along with a crazy offer then any club would be daft to say no, especially in these times.” Graham Westley on Morison

This kind of statement from Westley reminds me of a certain thing Phil Wallace said just days before George Boyd was sold to Peterborough. Of course the club doesn’t want to sell its best players, but with the country being in the middle of a credit crunch and attendances down, then a reasonable offer could tempt Wallace into selling Morison. It may even be a smaller bid to what Crewe were offering in the summer?

In my opinion I think if we do receive a bid of over £100k then we should accept it. We would need to bring someone in to replace him, but we have replaced good strikers before when Hayles, Alford and Elding have left. Boylan will score goals at this level if he can stay fit and I’d be tempted to give Iyseden Christie another chance, although that will not happen under Westley. Other targets could be bringing back Elding from Crewe or signing Lee Phillips from Rushden? Leon Knight would be a good signing too if Westley could sort out his attitude. I just think at the moment, money is tight and I would rather have Boro financially secure rather than gambling and being in trouble a few months down the line.