CALLUM MORRIS knows there’s no better time to end his Connah’s Quay Nomads goal drought.

The all-action midfielder has failed to score at the right end in any of his last 10 starts and one substitute appearance in all competitions.

But Morris has proved that he’s the man for the big occasion, his last goal for Nomads coming in the League Cup semi-final success over Bala on November 23, left, while the 27-year-old struck to help knock Cardiff Met out of the Welsh Cup last four just under 12 months ago.

Morris insists that victory over Cardiff Met at the Deeside Stadium tomorrow is all that matters, but finding the back of the net would certainly be welcome given the last time he was on the scoresheet was for an own goal in a 2-1 loss to The New Saints last month.

“I’m on a bit of a drought at the moment and I’m getting a bit of stick from the lads,” said Morris with a wry smile. “My last goal was an own goal and I don’t even think I’ve scored in training recently - that’s how bad it’s been.

“As long as we get through I’m not really bothered about that.

“We’ve changed formation a bit and I’m playing a bit deeper, but it’s all about the team winning.”

Morris was part of the Nomads’ squad that lifted the Welsh Cup in 2018, before playing playing the entire 90 minutes as TNS took the trophy off the Flintshire club’s hands last season.

There’s a desire to bring the silverware back to the Deeside Stadium, but Morris knows that Cardiff Met, who knocked Nomads out of last season’s League Cup at the semi-final stage, represent a serious threat.

“It would be nice to go one better and win the Welsh Cup, but Cardiff Met will be a tough test,” said Morris.

“We need to make sure we get past them first and then see where we go from there.

“We beat them in the semi-finals of the Welsh Cup last season and they beat us in the semi-finals of the League Cup, so we know it will be a tough game.

“The gaffer has been to watch them already and we will be prepared for them.

“They are a good young side with some fit lads, so we need to make sure we are ready for the game and hopefully we can progress.”

Morris’s team-mate, Callum Roberts, is already on his best-ever run in the competition, the left-back keen to progress to the semi-finals - and beyond.

“It’s very exciting,” said Roberts, right. “It will be a tough game against an energetic side, but at home we fancy ourselves against anyone in the league.

“I was cup-tied last year when I was at Newtown and we lost to Rhyl, so it would be nice to get into the semi-finals, it’s always nice to go far in competitions.

“That’s what you want to do as players, you want to win as many things as you can, so this is just the next step to achieving something good.”

Roberts’ former club, Newtown, head to The New Saints tomorrow looking to make it a quickfire league and cup double at Park Hall.

The Robins won 2-1 to help dent Saints’ title hopes earlier this month, and Chris Hughes will be targeting a similar outcome tomorrow afternoon.

Saints boss Scott Ruscoe said: “We are holders of this competition, we want to keep our hands on the trophy.

“It’s going to be a tough game, but we are at home and we need to improve our home record – our away form has probably been better in the last few months.

“Yes, we’ve had a little hiccup, but we are going to be in a position where fight again.”

On the recent defeat to Newtown, Ruscoe added: “I thought they were very good, they were set-up excellently, they looked lively, sharp, they broke on us, countered very well.”