Barry-Murphy eyes improvement on the road

Brian Barry-Murphy says improvement on the road is the next challenge for Cardiff City as they head to AFC Wimbledon on Tuesday (19:45 BST).

Barry-Murphy is yet to lose since taking over as Cardiff boss in the summer, with his side sitting second in the early-season League One table having taken seven points from their first three third-tier games of the season.

But while Cardiff have impressed in home wins over Peterborough and Rotherham, they were fortunate to avoid defeat in their one away game to date, a goalless draw at Port Vale.

And Barry-Murphy says better will be required if Cardiff are to topple a Wimbledon side who have made a positive start to the season.

"The players have been incredible to work with. They have been really open-minded and really dedicated," Barry-Murphy said.

"That allows us to be really aggressive in how hard we can push them so soon because it is never easy when you have been working together for such a short space of time.

"We now go to another different venue and we need to improve our away performances based on our performance at Port Vale to give ourselves a chance. If we repeat that performance, it won't be good enough.

"But we are an improving team and are definitely capable of putting on a better show than we did at Port Vale."

Wimbledon, managed by former Spurs and Charlton midfielder Johnnie Jackson, have settled impressively after winning last season's League Two play-offs.

Following defeat at Luton on the opening weekend, the Dons beat Lincoln at home and won at Reading on Saturday, while they also overcame Gillingham on penalties in the Carabao Cup.