Cardiff City boss vows to take the game to injury-hit Mansfield Town
Boss Brian Barry-Murphy has vowed Cardiff City will take the game to Mansfield Town tomorrow.
The promotion-chasing Bluebirds are going in search of a win that could take them back to the top of the League One table.
“Our intention is to play well and to try and make it three home league wins in a row,” Barry-Murhpy told Cardiff’s official website.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve been here. We won’t be playing defensively, no matter what we do. Our intention is to be as attack-minded as possible in our home stadium, as it has been in all the games. We will have the most aggressive mindset possible.”
The Welshmen have had a mixed bag of results recently, such is life in League One this season, with three wins and three draws in the last six.
City were also knocked off top spot in midweek following Stevenage’s win at Peterborough.
But Barry-Murphy revealed he is content with how things are progressing in the Welsh capital.
“I think the players are improving all the time,” he added. “What you may see throughout the season are inconsistencies based on how new we are in terms of forming.
“As long as the players are focused on improving individually, then the collective performances will become more consistent. That is always the idea.
“I’m very confident that if we maintain that upward curve with our improvement, the results will be inevitable.”
Stags have lost their last two games after defeat at Northampton was followed by a 3-1 loss against Huddersfield at the One Call Stadium.
It capped a bad week for the club with the Stags squad further depleted after George Maris, Max Dickov and Rhys Oates all picked up fresh injuries.
Stags boss Nigel Clough admitted it leaves his side facing a stiff challenge.
“They are going very well at the moment,” he said. “They have a lovely settled side, playing with a nice rhythm with a lot of attacking intent.
“Even if we had everybody available we'd have to be at our best to compete with them. So it will be a tough old game.”
“But we have a good squad – that's the one thing we have done better this season – coping with the injuries with the depth of squad.
“But that will be severely tested in the next few weeks. Sometimes out of adversity you can get a result or two and we will need to do that in the next few weeks.”
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