Tue Oct 10, 2023 6:19 am
Cardiff defender Mark McGuinness has called on his team-mates not to rest on their laurels and to kick on again after the conclusion of the international break.
Few would have suspected the Bluebirds to be in eighth place and just three points off third place heading into the second international break of the season, but a string of four wins on the bounce has propelled them up the ladder. However, centre-back McGuinness knows there's more to come.
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“We’ve picked up a good few points over the last month or so. We’re in a good position to go and kick on again," he said. "We’ve got a nice block of games to look forward to, we can get our heads down and hopefully have the same sort of run.
Cardiff went into the break on the back of a 1-1 draw with Watford, a result manager Bulut described as "lucky". And McGuinness, the goalscorer on Saturday, agrees.
“It was frustrating out there actually.” he added. "I thought we had some good bits in the first half an hour, we got that goal.
"We’ve had a long old month, been successful, but things weren’t clicking out there. We had a lead to hang on to but unfortunately, there were a few errors and it was a mistake in the end, but we probably didn’t deserve to win.
“When you’re playing Saturday and Tuesday, it’s tough but that’s not an excuse. We just didn’t turn up and that’s as simple as it is."