Brian Barry-Murphy
"It was a tough game. Wrexham got off to a great start,
and it definitely knocked the wind out of our sails for a little bit. We found
it hard to get into the game, but as the first half wore on we started to
establish our way of playing.
"We created some chances, and I was confident second half that we would create more chances. I was always concerned about them on the break, and I’m just glad that Rubin gave us something from the game in the end.
"They scored pretty early, and we didn't quite find our
rhythm after that. We managed to do it towards the end of the first half, and I
was very pleased with the players' mentality and attitude throughout the course
of the game. I'm pleased that we managed to find one last chance at the end of
the game."
"From Wrexham's point of view, they defended their box
really well. We found it hard to break them down and create clear chances. We
didn't quite get into the areas that we wanted to in the second half, but when
we did, we looked dangerous. They're a good team; they're able to defend deep
really well and look dangerous on the break.
"We found it hard to get quality balls into the box,
and when we did cross it, Wrexham were very dominant aerially. They knew Yousef
[Salech] was a major threat for us, and we tried to get Callum
Robinson close to him. When Rubin had the free-kick, I thought their
wall looked pretty big, and thought it would be difficult! It was a pretty
expertly-taken free-kick."
On Joel Bagan playing at centre back
"I thought Joel was brilliant. Playing
against Kieffer Moore is a difficult task for anybody, but he played the game
exactly how we wanted to play, and gave us real control and composure in the
heat of battle. That really helped us.
"We are quite stretched at the moment, especially in
that position, because the players are all from the same area of the team -
Dylan [Lawlor], Will [Fish], Calum Chambers.
"Rubin has only trained for two days, so I probably
shouldn't have put him on as early as I did, but the way the game was going I
felt we needed a bit of something different. We'll just take it day by day with
him, and see how he is. We all want to see him play, but we have to be patient
with him."
Phil Parkinson
"I think when you concede late, obviously there's
always a flat feeling to the dressing room and you'd expect that. We executed
the game plan brilliantly. We've had chances to kill the game off and we
haven't taken them. The keeper's made saves, but we haven't really made him
make a top?class save. I thought our finishing lacked real power at times, but
some of the football we played was of a high quality. We knew we'd give Cardiff
problems time and time again. The game should have been out of sight, but it
wasn’t. I don’t know where the referee got six minutes from, to be honest. I
thought it was more like four. But we had enough chances to have killed the
game off. We should have been out of sight really."
Joel Bagan
“I think it sums up the Championship really. It was a good
team performance apart from the first ten minutes when we were a little
shaky.
“The early goal threw us off a little bit, but as a team we
picked ourselves back up, got the ball moving the way we can, and to get an
ending like that with Rubin to score and see the fans going crazy, it was a
good ending.”
“I was telling him (Rubin) when he put the ball down that he
should lay me off because I wanted to have a shot!
“When Rubin gets chances like that, you’re always confident
that he’s going to put one away.
“He did it a few times last season and to do it in the last
minute and get the point that we really deserved; it was a good ending.”
And goal scorer Rubin Colwill on ‘that’ moment
"It's hard to describe. It's really special and I'm
really happy.
"The whole team worked so hard. The crowd were probably
on the edge of their seats the whole game. We were pushing and closing in and
getting close to that goal.
"To give everyone that moment at the end was really
special. It was nice to share that."
