Brian Barry-Murphy worry dismissed as Cardiff City narrow down manager search | OneFootball

FLW's Cardiff City fan pundit has been discussing the possibility of Brian Barry-Murphy being named as the new Bluebirds boss.

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Brian Barry-Murphy is one of the options that Cardiff City are reportedly considering to become their next manager.

The 46-year-old Leicester City coach, whose name in the game grew thanks to working with the Manchester City academy squad, has been linked with the Bluebirds by journalist Darren Witcoop.

Cardiff's list of candidates, which has also been said to include the likes of Ian Evatt, Des Buckingham, Nathan Jones and Ruben Selles, has reportedly been narrowed down to two people. The club's owner, Vincent Tan, is set to make the final decision on who Omer Riza's successor will be.

They set out to have their next boss confirmed by the end of May, leaving them not long at all until this reported deadline.

Brian Barry-Murphy backed to be Cardiff City success

If it is to be Barry-Murphy that they go for, Matt Hall, Football League World's Bluebirds fan pundit, thinks it would be a very strong appointment by the recently relegated side.

"I get the feeling that he will be our next manager and I pretty much have exclusively positive feelings around it," Hall admitted.

"Obviously the only negative that people have is around his experience, but I think, if you look at it, you can flip the experience that he has got into a positive.

"His only managerial experience beyond Man City was with Rochdale in League One, for the first two years, in very difficult circumstances.

"League One and League Two football is different to the Championship, it's way more physical. So for me, the very little experience that he has got is actually quite good to be able to understand how physical the league can be.

"He will be someone that is more adaptable, I would like to think. He won't be deluded enough to think he can stroll from City, come to a League One side, even though we are probably one of the better League One sides that will be there next season, and just think he can play Manchester City football and walk the league. There will be times when we will need to switch it up a little bit.

"Cardiff City Football Club is in a position where we need a project to get behind. We need a manager that can inject that bit of belief into things and almost garner that togetherness, that feeling that something good is coming down the line. I feel like we need an identity at the same time. He brings all that together.

"There will always be some people who aren't happy with the appointment, but I think most people will be happy to try and go down a positive route with a young manager with high recognition within the game, who is looking to play an attractive brand of football that can finally give us an identity. For the most part, I think that's something that we will be happy about.

"He is someone as well, that, it can't be understated how impressive he has been when it comes to youth development. That's why Manchester City were so happy to have him there.

"Some of the names that he has worked with; far bigger than anything that we've got. But when you look at the way that the squad is built now, the next generation of Cardiff team is in place.

"You've got lots of real up-and-coming young players. It's vitally important that they get the development right. If they get that wrong, then we're in real trouble, and I feel like (Barry-Murphy) is the safest pair of hands we could appoint for that kind of role.

"That's in terms of the academy setup. Obviously there are safer pairs of hands, for example, Des Buckingham, who has a bit more experience. But when it comes to youth development, I wouldn't trust anyone else more out of the names that we've got than him."

Now is the right time for Cardiff City to appoint a young, inexperienced boss

Barry-Murphy should certainly be considered as one of the riskier options that Cardiff are reported to be considering, as the other potential candidates have much more EFL pedigree.

If you are going to dare to be brave and bring in someone like Barry-Murphy, now is the time for Cardiff to do it.

He will need a full pre-season to assemble a team that he likes and coach those players in the way that he sees fit.

The 46-year-old wouldn't necessarily have the experience to walk into a club like the Bluebirds, who finished bottom of the Championship, and turn things around mid-season.