Brian Barry-Murphy says Cardiff City must be "aggressive" against Portsmouth as they take their search for a first Championship win of the season to Fratton Park.
Cardiff are licking wounds after suffering a maiden league defeat of the campaign at Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday.
The 2-1 loss came after the Bluebirds kicked off the 2026-27 campaign with three successive draws.
Cardiff are 19th as they prepare to re-establish themselves in the second tier, with their cause not helped by a lack of transfer activity before the window closed earlier this week.
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Barry-Murphy says his players must take the Loftus Road setback "on the chin" and focus on Portsmouth.
"We go there Saturday and give our all to try to be aggressive and win the game," the Cardiff head coach said.
"We need to improve, we need to be better. We are not naïve. We know parts of our game [at QPR] were not at the level we need to win games.
"QPR are a very good team and so are Portsmouth, so we need to be at our best."
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