Cardiff City Head Coach Brian Barry-Murphy spoke to the press following the Bluebirds’ 3-1 victory over Luton Town.
“We're over the moon with the performance.” Brian began. “I thought we started the game with great intensity, created great chances and scored enough goals to win the game. Against a team of this calibre, we knew we had to be at our best, and, really pleasingly for us, we were.
“David [Turnbull] had a brilliant game. He had a really good game against Bradford and then was sick for the Barnsley game, so he had to wait to get back in due to the form of Alex [Robertson], Ryan [Wintle] and Joel [Colwill]. I suppose it’s an important sign of our squad that he’s ready when he comes back in to produce a performance as he did.
“Perry [Ng] is capable of producing a finish as he did, so I’m told from previous seasons, and I was glad to see it myself. I just have to confess that live, I was saying to pass to Ollie Tanner, but luckily, he listened to the supporters and shot.”
Joel Colwill grabbed a goal and an assist against Luton Town, and Brian quickly highlighted how important he has been to the side.
“His game is improving so much," Brian explained. "He has such a hunger to improve in the parts of his game that we feel are important to give him the outcomes that he got today.
“He’s a player who arrives in the box all the time, and really, because of that, he has to have the ability to find the correct decision; when to pass and to shoot, and when he does both, the technical ability to make it happen, and today he did.”
Today’s victory extended City’s unbeaten run to 11 matches. Brian emphasised how lucky he is to be part of the club, but suggested there is even more room for improvement.
“I consider myself very lucky to be working with a dressing room that’s so keen to improve," said Brian. "I don’t want to sound boring, but what we see within it is so much potential to improve.
“There were parts of the second half that wouldn’t have been as we wanted, but what’s more than that, daily, the players who come in every single day. The training is of such a high standard because of the hunger there to improve and how much they have to improve to play.
“So that competition within the squad is the key element of how we work, and that has to remain for us to take the squad where we want to go.
“We have a pretty clear identity as a Club now, and all the players have bought into that. We’re pretty confident that if we work the way we work and improve the way we improve, the goals will come, but it’s obviously nice to see it come to fruition, rather than just talking about it because then it gives the players something they can really feel and believe in.”