Can we stay up? Anything above that will be just a bonus."

02nd October 2013.

Ben Turner praises Cardiff City's Premier League start

Can we stay up? Anything above that will be just a bonus."

Cardiff City defender Ben Turner says the players have achieved their first objective in the Premier League by showing they are not a "soft touch".
The Bluebirds have eight points from their opening six matches after their 2-1 win at Fulham.
And Turner, 25, believes the club are in a "decent" position.

"I think over the first six games one thing that we've proved is - and it was important to prove really quickly - is that we're hard to beat," he said.
"That gives you a platform to everything else.

"If you look at QPR last season they didn't really make their mark early and teams thought they were a bit of a soft touch.
"The last thing we wanted to be was a soft touch and being easy to beat and getting rolled over every week, because once that starts happening everything can spiral.

"And the first thing that will go will be your confidence and then when your confidence has gone results are hard to come by."
Turner and Steven Caulker have been at the heart of a Cardiff defence that has proved hard to break down so far this season.
Former Oldham Athletic player Turner believes the players and the fans could not have hoped for a better start to the club's first season in the top flight since 1962.

"I think we've started in a way that gives us a base level of confidence, so we know where we're at and hopefully during the course of the season we can build from that and play even better than we are," he said.

"I think everyone - and I think all the supporters would agree - [believe] we've started as well as we could have hoped.
"We're in a decent position in the league. We're in a decent position points-wise, but there's a long way to go and there's a lot of points to be won to ensure that we're actually in this league next season.

"That's our big prize this season - can we stay up? Anything above that will be just a bonus."

Former Oldham Athletic player Ben Turner ??????
I thought we bought him from Coventry .

Former Oldham Athletic player Ben Turner ??????
I thought we bought him from Coventry .

Went there on loan from Coventry...

I'm 99% sure we will stay up - there's no way we are one of the 3 worst teams in this league, we are too well organised and solid, I can see us finishing mid-table.

Atm we deserve a mid table finish, like you said we are well organised. Big shock to those who wrote us off from day 1

Former Oldham Athletic player Ben Turner ??????
I thought we bought him from Coventry .

Went there on loan from Coventry...

Where he played 1 game in 2007!

Poor journalism IMO, as he played more games on loan for Posh (8) in 2006, but he was with Coventry for 6 years before he joined us!

Surely the report should have said Ex Coventry?

Speaking to the National News Agency of Malaysia, Tan said:

'If our team's performance is good until January, then there is no need for me to buy new players. We also can't afford to buy star players since we have financial constraints compared with other EPL clubs.'

Staying up is all that counts at your first attempt in this league in my opinion

i do think we should be aiming for a little more considering not only the money we have spend, but how the team and certain players (turner for example) are performing.