Peterborough United reaction | Brian Barry-Murphy

Brian Barry-Murphy
Brian Barry-Murphy spoke to Cardiff City TV following our exit from the Emirates FA Cup at the hands of Peterborough United.

“We wanted to progress as far as we could in the competition but today, we weren’t good enough to get that job done," Brian began.

“Every competition has been treated with the utmost importance this season and we want to create a mentality in the dressing room where we try and give our supporters performance that they enjoy in every single game, but today we weren’t able to do that.

“We didn’t play well enough to have any gripes over anything that didn’t go our way. We’re trying to take our destiny into our own hands and control our own fate."

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City fell behind in the first half to a goal from Harry Leonard and despite an improved second half display, couldn't find a leveller.

Brian added: “It was pretty obvious that we didn’t create the chances that we wanted to. We didn’t play at the intensity in the first half that we were looking for. 

"We’re looking to be a team that is very aggressive and play with a high level of intensity throughout the course of all the games, like we did on Tuesday night. We didn’t reach those heights throughout the course of the game.

“The challenge for the players is to become more consistent in the way that we play. Peterborough got through today and deservedly so, congratulations to them, but we were looking to reach the standards that we’ve previously set, but today we didn’t do that.

“It’s a disappointing day for us, but there could be beneficial learnings in terms of what we need to do better to compete in every single game. 

"That’s what we’ll be working on this week with all eyes on Blackpool next Saturday.”

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