Brian Barry-Murphy
"I’m ecstatic. t was an end-to-end game where both teams went for it. There were slightly different styles in terms of how we played the game, but equally as effective – so for us to come out on the right side of the scoreline is really beneficial for us. It was very enjoyable.
"It’s the best win because it’s the latest one! I never look too far ahead or too far back. We were conscious of the fact that we’d been to Wimbledon, so it was a long journey for us to go back to Cardiff and the come back again. I was conscious of how big a test it was for us, so to play the game, right from the first whistle, in the manner that we did, made us very proud.
"We look to attack at every opportunity. I think against a team of that calibre, there’s always the element of jeopardy if you give the ball away – they can get on goal in a matter of seconds, and all of your hard work can be undone in an instant.
"So for our young players to feel that pressure, in terms of how much risk we had to take, was good for them. There were key elements of the second half that I liked, where we came under pressure and we put our bodies on the line, but still managed to play the way that we wanted to play at all times.
"Nathan made some really good saves for us at key times, but I think all the lads deserved that. We put our bodies on the line, and to see them do that is very good for us."
Matt Bloomfield
“We'd have taken that number of opportunities before the game, we'd have taken that number of big chances before the game, so it's just frustrating that we haven't managed to take one. Any game where the opposition goalkeeper is man of the match you're going to feel slightly aggrieved, he made a couple of great saves. He's obviously a top young goalkeeper and had a good day today.
“Yes, we can go through the number of chances we had again from set-piece situations, from one-on-one moments, Milli’s done particular well, one v one against his full back, we’re able to get him higher up the pitch, and there's just a number of chances we've gone through and not been able to take, so we’re just utterly frustrated with that. I’m disappointed to sit here without anything from the game as on performance and chance creation, we absolutely deserved something from it.
“We want to score goals and we want to entertain and we want our crowd to enjoy watching us. To create the number of chances we did today, to create the xG (expected goals) we did, to create the clear-cut chances that we did, we have to be more ruthless and the games are decided in both boxes, unfortunately for us today, that’s where we’ve come up short.”
