Published 18th Mar 2026, 07:58 GMT
Price, 22, has come underneath hearth at occasions for a stop-start marketing campaign wherein he was unable to construct on a flying begin which included three objectives in his first two Championship video games.
The Northern Ireland worldwide, who joined the membership in January 2025, netted twice extra in October however objectives dried up and Price and team-mates copped flak from offended Albion followers at an absence of wins underneath each Ryan Mason and Eric Ramsay.
It reached a nadir for Price at Portsmouth in late January with a pissed off verbal altercation with away supporters. The attacking midfielder has, at occasions, discovered himself a lightning rod for criticism, partially due to exhibiting high quality and promise earlier in his Baggies profession.
Boss and former Hawthorns midfield star Morrison insists the secret’s simplicity. He mentioned: “He’s somebody I’ve been attempting to get round by means of my time being on this position.
“I believe in that place, he generally is a menace by operating from deep and utilizing his vitality. Again, it is enjoying to his strengths, attempting to simplify it whenever you’re in a harder spell.
“It’s about him just maintaining a level-headedness and just focus on your job. Once one goes in, I’m sure he’ll get back to the start of the season.”
Price is an everyday goalscorer and talisman for Northern Ireland, for whom he reached a tally of 10 objectives in simply 28 caps – a greater charge than the legendary late George Best’s 9 in 37 appearances.
Former Everton teen Price has beforehand acknowledged he prefers enjoying from the left flank, having the ability to minimize inside. For a lot of the season he was used as the central attacking midfielder in a 4-2-3-1.
Now, underneath Morrison, he’s the left-sided participant in a 4-4-2. The energetic Price netted his seventh purpose of the season with Saturday’s third towards Hull in the key first league win over 2026.
“I think his best position is that he can play multiple positions,” added Morrison, who who a flexible choice in his close to 350-game Baggies profession.
“Again, in my time I’ve played centre midfield, left, right, as a 10. It’s a good arsenal to have in a squad where the manager trusts you in different positions. He can use his energy because that’s one of his best strengths as well.
“I believe he’ll get carried away and he’ll go and do a 60-yard press when he would not want to and I’ve been attempting to inform him that. So that when he will get the ball, he isn’t knackered after his 60-yard dart. I’m attempting to get that sport intelligence into him as properly.”
Morrison revealed a lot of his work has been an arm around Price in a bid to lift spirits and get him producing for relegation-battling Albion.
“He’s had one or two powerful days,” the head coach said. “When you are a younger participant you possibly can let your feelings get the higher of you. It’s one thing that he is acquired to work on and he’ll study fairly shortly from what’s occurred.
“It’ll make him a better player and a better person with understanding. I’m working closely with him and he’s going to be a big, big player for us.
“We’ve seen at the begin of the season what he can produce. I believe it is up to us and him to attempt and make that extra constant. That’s what you might have to have in your sport when you’re going to be a prime participant – consistency week in, week out.
“Especially in this league because this game is thick and fast. I’m almost 100 per cent sure that he’ll get that into his game.”
