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Morison in action against England
Everything Gary Speed has put into place has been superb and hopefully we can carry that through to future games
. Steve Morison on Gary Speed
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Steve Morison insists Wales have to use their remaining Euro 2012 qualifiers as preparation for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.
Wales saw their hopes of reaching Euro 2012 all but ended on Saturday after suffering their fourth defeat in qualifying when going down 2-0 to England in Cardiff.
Millwall ace Morison is trying to stay optimistic and he insists the squad remains upbeat as Gary Speed looks to implement his own ideas on the team.
“We are concentrating on the World Cup 2014 at the end of the day,” said Morison.
“That is what we are aiming for and we have got to use these big games we have got in the group to put things into practice for World Cup qualifying.
“It has still been a really good week.
“Everything Gary Speed has put into place has been superb and hopefully we can carry that through to future games.”
Nightmare start
Morison admits Wales never got going against England after enduring a ‘nightmare start’ at the Millennium Stadium.
Wales found themselves 2-0 down inside 15 minutes as Frank Lampard’s penalty and Darren Bent’s strike put England in firm control and Morison admits the game was all but over after that.
“It was a nightmare start, a penalty and a sloppy goal. That put us on the back foot straight away,” added Morison.
“Once you go one down after about five minutes – we did let our heads go down for five minutes.
“They got another goal straight away but for the rest of the game neither goalkeeper had much to do.
“From our point of view, not letting England get any more goals is a positive for us.
“We kept going, we kept doing what the manager had been asking us to do all week.
“Obviously we were trying to put into practice what we had worked on and it is difficult to do that against a very good team.
“But we kept trying and trying and were unlucky not to get a goal in the end.”
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