Former Cardiff City manager Steve Morison is reportedly interested in becoming the new manager of Oxford United, according to Football League World.
Morison has been out of work since being let go by the Bluebirds in mid-September, managing a total of 45 games for the club in all competitions, winning 16 of them before being replaced by Mark Hudson, who only took charge of 18 games before he was then replaced by former Nottingham Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi.
Prior to taking over the reins from experienced manager Mick McCarthy, the 39-year-old had been in the coaching set-up at the struggling Championship side for the past 11 months being with the club’s under-23’s before his dismissal, having had previous spells as an academy coach at both Millwall and Northampton Town.
However, according to Football League World, the former striker, who scored 92 goals in 336 appearances for Millwall in all competitions, is looking to return to management after being out of the game for six months following his release from the South Wales outfit.
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Oxford, who sit five points clear of the relegation zone and 17th in the League One table, parted company with Karl Robinson last week following a run of seven defeats in their last eight league fixtures.
During his five-year spell with the U’s and managing over 270 games for the football club, Robinson guided Oxford to the League One play-offs twice, losing the final 2-1 to Wycombe Wanderers in 2020 and the following season, losing 6-3 on aggregate in two legs to Blackpool.
A few of the early contenders for the job at the Kassam Stadium involves the likes of Michael Appleton, in which the former Lincoln City and Blackpool boss has expressed his interest of potentially returning to the club for a second spell, as well as Sunderland Under-21’s boss Graeme Murty.
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I think personally, if Oxford were to go and appoint Steve Morison, it would be a really smart appointment for the club.
In during what proved to be a tough time in the end at Cardiff, I feel Morison did a reasonable job in managing the team in somewhat difficult circumstances at the struggling Welsh Club.
With that year’s experience in management in the Championship doing him the world of good in growing as a manager, I personally think Morison could be a very good fit for a League One side, definitely one that needs that little bit of stability in terms of results in the league, something in which at present, Oxford are desperate for to put a halt to their recent patch of poor form.
