ANDY MORRISON has called on his Connah’s Quay Nomads players to be relentless in their pursuit of glory this season.

The Nomads secured European football for the fourth successive season when they advanced to the Welsh Cup final with a 3-0 victory over Cardiff Met at Latham Park.

And Morrison, whose side are currently battling for the Welsh Premier League title, says his players must be ready for ‘five cup finals’ in the final month of the campaign.

“Friday night against Caernarfon is another big one,” said Morrison.

“That’s what I’ve just said to the players now, it’s what men do - you ice yourself up, you refuel and we have to go again.

“We’ve got five cup finals left and those players who’ve done what they’ve done this year have got to go and do it again.

“They’ve got to be relentless and they’ve got to keep pushing and pushing themselves. I will, and my staff will and the players will rise to it - I know they will.

“It’s a big ask - but that’s what you want it to be. Do you want to be in the bottom two or three now with your season over? No, you want to be where we are and doing what we’re doing - it’s a fantastic achievement.”

Morrison was also keen to highlight his impressive managerial record in the top tier of Welsh football.

As manager of both Airbus and Nomads, the 49-year-old Scot has now led his sides to European qualification for seven successive seasons.

And while rival managers may prefer to promote a more expansive and attacking brand of football, Morrison insists his record speaks for itself.

“I’m happy to let my football and my results do the talking,” he added.

“There’s a lot of football poets around in the Welsh system, and they write these lovely poems about how the game should be played.

“But all I do is keep preparing for European campaigns each summer, so I’ll let that do my talking.

“When we’ve got people in the team like Danny Holmes whose just come right through this year and been absolutely magnificent, we’ve got players who are carved out of that kind of wood that find a way to win and they don’t back down.

“Can we be better? Yes of course we can. That’s something we’re going to have to look at in great detail in the summer, but for now it’s another cup final and it’s another European campaign, so it’s a fantastic achievement for this football club and everyone should be incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved.”

Nomads will face The New Saints in the final and rival boss Scott Ruscoe has revealed his pride at reaching his first Welsh Cup final as a manager.

“I’m very proud to reach my first Welsh Cup final as a manager,” he said.

“I said to the lads to not take reaching finals for granted because you’ll miss them when you stop playing.

“The next best thing is to be there as a coach or manager, and I won it as a player too, so it would be good to win it, especially as part of a double.

“Getting into the final was the be-all-end-all and it was our objective from the start.”