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Brian Barry-Murphy insists he’s focusing on achieving an “extraordinarily special” promotion, rather than any outside noise about his side’s dip in form.

Some fans even booed the team off following the last home game, which was a 0-0 draw with Blackpool.

“I think anyone’s opinion on where we’re at or what we’ve done is valid, it’s an opinion, but it’s not part of our focus,” Barry-Murphy said.

“When I was a younger coach I would jump to the defence of my players and my club because it was a reaction, but I now have more experience, I understand what gets said, where we’re at and our focus is just on the next game.

“I think the supporters have to feel whatever they feel. It’s perfectly normal. We can’t hide away from it. We are in a position where we have a great opportunity to do something extraordinarily special and we have to accept that challenge and then try and do it.

“The focus for ourselves is always on the next game because the permutations of trying to figure out what will happen or what may happen in the future, what other teams do, is not only a waste of our time, it tends to take away the focus from what is the most important thing.”

Cardiff City manager Brian Barry-Murphy(Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency)