Morris relishing recognition from Dons support
Aberdeen winger Shayden Morris has described being named as Aberdeen's Player of the Season as "the biggest achievement" of his career so far and has vowed that the best is yet to come from him.Morris, 23, received the accolade, voted for by the Dons' fans, at the club awards night on Thursday."It is a massive moment for me and my family," he said. "'For it to be voted by the fans is a massive feeling, because I know it hasn't always been easy times, so to be in this position, to be voted Player of the Season, I am really happy."I do feel like I have had to be patient this season at times and I have always trusted in myself in what the coaches say to me. "I have just wanted to work hard, give everything I can every time I do step on the pitch and for it to be rewarded like that is such a massive achievement."Morris has been a key player for the Dons who are currently fourth in the Premiership and who also have a Scottish Cup final against Celtic to look forward to.And he believes he has gone some way to showing he can make his mark from the start of games, rather than as a super sub coming off the bench."I definitely do think I have shown I can do it from the start as well," Morris added."For me this season, I have had a lot of people watching closely, game by game 'is he going to do it?' but as a footballer you can't do it every single game and that is one thing I have had to realise, even for me, I get a bit down when I don't have an exciting game because that is the type of player I am."But I think as a starter or coming on as a sub, players do go through games where they are not always at their 100% best and I feel like it is all about belief and if you can play one, two, three games, I am sure by the fourth one you can get that performance."It is all about belief, and I know I can do it if I am given a run."
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