Barnsley FC have warning from Cardiff City boss Brian Barry-Murphy to consider ahead of League One clash
Barnsley have a warning from Cardiff City head coach Brian Barry-Murphy to consider ahead of their meeting with the Bluebirds.
The Reds are hoping to make use of their games in hand and made a late surge into contention for the League One play-offs.
However, they will most likely need to be firing on all cylinders to pick up three points tonight (March 10).
Cardiff have been a force to be reckoned with since their relegation from the Championship, ascending to second in the League One table.
Cardiff City’s habit of bouncing back
Barnsley will be wary of the threat posed by the Bluebirds and will perhaps need to be mindful of a worrying statistic.
Not once this season have Cardiff failed to bounce back from a league defeat with a win in a competition of some kind. The high-fliers were beaten by Lincoln City at the weekend, so it will be a case of looking to defy history for Hourihane’s men.
After Cardiff’s loss at the weekend, Barry-Murphy said: “The players here are in a good place. I’m very pleased with the players and the squad we have.
“Every time we’ve had a setback this season, we’ve always bounced back and we’ll try and make it right on Tuesday.
“The support here in our stadium has been incredible and we were very aware of how many supporters were coming. I wanted to make it the perfect day, but today we weren’t able to do that, and all we can do is to try and bounce back on Monday.”
Barnsley prepared to suffer
Barnsley, meanwhile, enjoyed a win at the weekend. The Reds took an early two-goal lead against Exeter City and only allowed the Grecians to claw one back.
Previewing his side’s return to action, Hourihane said: “We showed a good side of ourselves in terms of playing some good stuff to score a couple of goals early. Can we show our attacking output a little bit more and continue to do that?
“At times on Tuesday night, we'll suffer. We suffered against Exeter and that will breed confidence because we saw that out.
“There'll be patches on Tuesday where we need to see certain phases of the game out and we'll need the crowd to get with us as well to give the lads energy at the right times."