Cardiff Want To 'annihilate' League One - Lawlor

Defender Dylan Lawlor says Cardiff City's players want to "annihilate" League One pursuing their unbeaten commencement to nan season.

The Bluebirds beryllium apical of nan array aft winning 5 retired of their six convention games truthful acold pinch Wales world Lawlor, 19, starting each of those games nether caput coach Brian Barry-Murphy.

"You've ever sewage to person nan belief that you tin make a commencement for illustration we [Cardiff] person and I deliberation that stems from nan head and nan coaching unit but besides nan players astir you," Lawlor said.

"We've sewage nan belief that we tin spell get promoted again and spell and perfectly batter nan league.

"I deliberation that's nan alteration of mindset that Brian has brought successful is simply a belief for illustration 'why can't we conscionable spell and annihilate nan convention and spell and get promoted?', because why not?

"We've sewage nan value successful nan room, we cognize that, truthful it's astir having that belief and going and producing performances to do it."

Cardiff return to action connected Saturday aft nan world break pinch a travel to Stockport County (15:00 BST), who beryllium ninth successful nan League One table.

Lawlor has been enjoying wide praise aft his world debut successful Astana, pinch Wales leader Craig Bellamy saying that he was "beyond impressed" by his performance.

The Caerphilly-born subordinate besides produced a man-of-the-match debut for Wales successful nan 1-0 World Cup qualifying triumph successful Kazakhstan to headdress a memorable period for some nine and country.

"You conscionable want to beryllium playing elder shot and past to do that pinch nan nine you've supported each your life and your ain state is what dreams are made of, it's incredible," Lawlor said.

The centre-back has moreover been linked pinch different clubs specified arsenic Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur, but wants to stay grounded.

"I'd for illustration to deliberation I'm rather modest, you for illustration group saying bully things than not, truthful I'm enjoying it," added Lawlor.

"It's bully to person a bully web astir you, but my family will person flimsy digs astatine maine which I bask and it keeps you humble.

"When you're having a period for illustration I've had, which has been really affirmative and group praising you each nan time, it's bully to person nan family and nan support web astir you to punctual you first of each wherever you've travel from and to support your caput down and support moving hard."

Lawlor is 1 of 11 academy graduates who person featured for Cardiff this season, thing that has made nan measurement up to elder shot a soft 1 for nan defender.

"It's class. You don't really spot it successful immoderate different clubs. You mightiness spot 1 aliases 2 coming done astatine nan aforesaid clip but to person 8 aliases 9 academy graduates, it's been unthinkable and it's easy to past spell connected nan pitch," Lawlor said.

"I'm playing connected nan correct broadside and adjacent to maine I've sewage Ronan [Kpakio] and past I've sewage Joel [Colwilll] successful midfield and Cian [Ashford] connected nan correct wing, it conscionable gives you that assurance successful nan game.

"We are close-knit because we've played pinch each different for years truthful we're really acquainted pinch each other, but I deliberation that nan full squad is really close-knit astatine nan minute, it's really positive.

"There's plentifulness of opportunity for youngsters. I deliberation that's astir apt nan biggest thing, that location hasn't been successful nan past, is nan opportunity and he's [Barry-Murphy] travel successful and he's fixed everyone an opportunity.

"As a young subordinate astatine nan nine you've sewage to beryllium truthful excited because nan opportunity is there. It's a awesome nine to beryllium astatine at nan minute, truthful why would you look elsewhere? It's truthful affirmative here."