Next in our end of season Q&A series, club captain Keiran Morphew gave his thoughts on the 2022-23 season.
DK: How do you feel the season has gone from both a personal and team view point?
KM: I think winning the Premier Cup turns the season from a pretty poor one to an average one and everyone will be hoping to put it right next year.
DK: Did the season, cup wise, match your expectations, or did it exceed what you hoped you'd achieve?
KM: I always think we will win the premier cup to be fair but with the FA competitions I just hope for home draws and see what happens.
DK: How much did it mean to you to have won the Suffolk Premier Cup for the third straight time?
KM: It’s a great achievement to win it 3 times on the bounce, Kev said not many clubs had done that before. Everyone will have their eyes on a 4th one to try and get in a club of our own.
DK: What did you make of Friday's Suffolk Premier Cup final - the game itself?
KM: Probably a good watch for the neutral but we gave away some poor goals and should of killed the game off before they scored their first equaliser in my opinion. But cup football is cup football so I don’t care now.
DK: Can you remember much of what was said before and during the shootout, and where were you in the list of penalty takers?
KM: I can’t remember too much really, I just hope that I don’t have to take one and that we win.
DK: Now that time has passed, how do you reflect on the FA Cup run?
KM: It’s great we reached the first round and we should aim to get there again this year.
DK: What memories standout for you from the FA Cup run?
KM: To be honest I didn’t play many games in it this year. My main memory is Patch falling over the barrier to get on the pitch after the Maidstone game.
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DK: Being club captain does it make it all the sweeter to have made the FA Cup 1st Round and retained the Premier Cup?
KM: I don’t think being captain specifically makes too much of a difference but maybe Needham being my only club might make it feel a little different.
DK: How do you reflect on the league season overall?
KM: Overall pretty poor going on just most weeks getting a bad result.
DK: Having beaten sides at the top of the league and leagues above, is the most frustrating bit being that we've struggled more against lower positioned teams in our league?
KM: It’s just the inconsistency that is frustrating but hopefully with signings and hard work we can change that next year.
DK: What are your 3 standout moments from this season overall?
KM: I’ve got 2 standout and that’s FA cup first round and the Premier Cup.
DK: Do any league games standout to you in particular for any reason and why?
KM: I thought the patch of games at the end of the season where we beat Tamworth away and got a couple other decent results against the better teams in our league were what kept us up in the end.
DK: What was your best personal performance this season?
KM: Tamworth away I thought I headed a lot of footballs than normal haha, so probably say that would of been one of my better games this season.
DK: Can you pick a game you felt the team played their best football in?
KM: I thought Coalville and Tamworth at home we played really well.
DK: Congratulations on signing a new deal with the club, how pleased and proud are you to have committed your future to the club?
KM: Cheers mate. Yes really chuffed to sign another 3 years!
DK: What targets do you have for next season?
KM: Just want to be in and around the play offs at the end of the season and to win a 4th Premier Cup.
Such a good player
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