Ahead of Saturday's return to CCS, Brian Barry-Murphy previewed our fixture against the Imps.
With the top of the table clash taking place this weekend, Brian is looking forward to the challenge that Lincoln City will pose when they arrive in the Welsh capital for the early kick-off.
“It should be a great day,” began Brian. “Hopefully it will be a reward for the supporters who travel so far and have spent so much money on supporting us throughout the course of the season. Saturday will be a great day to return home and hopefully we’ll give them a good day.
“All eyes are on Saturday naturally against an opponent of the calibre that we’re facing. It’s going to be a great game and a great day for everyone.
“It’s going to be as tough as it gets because of how good the opponents are. We faced them earlier in the season and got an insight into how good they are and how difficult the game is likely to be.
"They have brilliant players all over the pitch and are a highly technical team, so we are fully aware of their strengths and have the highest regard for what they’ve done and what they do, but we’re pretty good ourselves and our form at home has been good.
"It’s one to look forward to, and one that we’ll do our best to try and win.”
Continuing, Brian discussed the attitude of the squad in the build-up, as well as his experiences from speaking with members of the City faithful in recent weeks.
“The players have to compete against each other every single day," he explained. "If they don’t then they won’t play, which is what they want.
“Improvement is our focus all of the time, and it keeps things very straight forward.
“Every game the support her has been incredible. Like I’ve said our fans have travelled wide and far and spent a fortune on supporting us this season, so we’ve felt their support every step of the way.
“I recently attended fans forums at Aberdare and Treorchy and you get the sense of how excited the supporters are, and that’s what you want.”
Concluding, Brian provided an injury update on the squad: “Yousef [Salech] is back with us this week but is not in contention. Omari Kellyman hasn’t trained this week, he’s in a similar boat to Dylan Lawlor so we’ll see how they are today and tomorrow.
“Isaak Davies is out as he has a slight hamstring issue, so he’ll be out for two to three weeks.”