Brian Barry-Murphy says Cardiff City's focus during the international break will be on ensuring players are fit and firing for the home game against Reading. Cardiff had been due to go to Barnsley this Saturday only for the Oakwell trip to be postponed due to international call-ups. Barry-Murphy described the September international break as a chance for Cardiff to work – but the picture has changed this month.
Brian Barry-Murphy says Cardiff City's focus during the international break will be on ensuring players are fit and firing for the home game against Reading.
Cardiff had been due to go to Barnsley this Saturday only for the Oakwell trip to be postponed due to international call-ups.
That means an 11-day gap between the Bluebirds' EFL Trophy loss to Newport County and their next League One fixture, against the Royals at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday, 18 October.
Barry-Murphy described the September international break as a chance for Cardiff to work – but the picture has changed this month.
"It's slightly different for us compared to where we were four weeks ago," the Cardiff head coach said.
"We have quite a few injuries and players who probably need some recovery time.
"Gabriel Osho got a bang [against Leyton Orient last Saturday], Chris Willock the same, Perry Ng the previous week.
"Our primary concern is to get those guys back in training at some stage next week if possible and to try to get the squad in a healthy place when all the guys come back from what I'm sure will be an exciting week of international football for our club."
Cardiff have five players - Dylan Lawlor, Ronan Kpakio, Joel Colwill, Rubin Colwill and Isaak Davies – away with Wales' senior squad plus a number of others with Welsh age-grade squads, while Alex Robertson is with Australia for friendlies in Canada and the USA.
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