'I should have asked more questions' - Morris on time at Swindon

Jody Morris opened up on his 18-game spell in charge of Swindon Town and the difficulties he faced in the role.

Following the departure of Scott Lindsey to Crawley Town, Swindon brought Morris in as head coach, but he only lasted 91 days in the job and won just four times as Town slipped away from the playoff chase.

Speaking to Jim White and Simon Jordan on Talksport, Morris discussed how, in hindsight, he should have found out more about the situation at Swindon before accepting the job.

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He said: “[I wasn’t hitting my head] against a brick wall as far as the players are concerned, I thought that they took on board a lot of the coaching and the messages.

“I loved the lads, I think that any group of players who give you 100 per cent is all you can ask for.

“There are things I could have done, there are things you can do in interviews to improve your opportunities of getting a job, but one of the things I took away from my interview at Swindon was that I should have asked a lot more questions about what is going on behind the scenes.

“There are certain things that went on where I turned up to training and went to do a presentation and there were inflatables being put up in the hall where I was expecting to do it but I hadn’t been told that there was a nursery that was in there every day, so there was nowhere you could talk to the players and you had to do it on the pitch.

“There were facilities I wanted to improve, the players had to go to the gym at the stadium and they trained 45 minutes away and I said ‘Can we put up a temporary gym so the players won’t have to travel after training and having lunch?’

“‘Yes’ was the owner's response, ‘We will sort out cabins for your staff to be away from the players’ because there was a partition separating us and you could hear everything.

“The sporting director and the CEO hated each other, you had the CEO calling him out on stuff in the programmes.

“They got rid of three players days before I got there and I didn’t have a transfer window.

“There is plenty that I could have done better whilst I was there but I could have asked a few more questions before going in.”