Manager comments ahead of Wrexham v Cardiff

Brian Barry-Murphy

“By nature, this is a tie where the whole Club is really excited. From the first round, our intention was to try and win all the games to give us a chance to encounter a tie which we wouldn’t expect.

“We’re going to take not as many fans as we expected, because of the limited number of tickets, but still a huge swell of support to go and compete against a team from the same country. It’s very exciting.

“I have admiration for what Phil [Parkinson] has done. To achieve as many promotions as he has is an incredible achievement.

“They’re obviously doing things their own way. What I’ve seen from them clearly already is they have an experienced team, full of players who’ve been there, done it at that level, if not higher, and they’ve heavily invested in that.

“Our squad is totally different. We have Callum Robinson and Calum Chambers, and players who have played at a higher level, but our squad, we believe, is very capable of competing with teams from a Championship level.

“Now we get the chance to go on Tuesday and show that, and that’s what our intentions will be.”

Phil Parkinson

"When the draw came out it was an exciting one for everybody.

"It's a Welsh derby and the chance to get into the quarter-finals for only the third time in our history so it's an exciting evening ahead.

"I had a chat with the lads about our history in this competition and the rivalry between Wrexham and Cardiff.

"I don't think it needed too much explaining because everywhere I've been going in the last few weeks, supporters have been speaking to me about that and I'm sure the players have been the same.

"I've had a good look at Cardiff, they're a good team, anyone that's at the top of their respective league has got talent in the team.

"They give up chances, but they can score. They're quite an open team, on the transition in particular, so I think it's going to be an entertaining game.

"Are we favourites? Home advantage, a division above them, I imagine the bookies will have us as slight favourites, but I'm not concerned about that either way.

"All we're concentrating on is our performance level and picking the team and bench we feel can give our fans the bragging rights in this Welsh derby."