{"id":795738,"date":"2026-10-08T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/795738\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T08:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:30:19","slug":"dylan-lawlor-brian-barry-murphy-and-craig-bellamy-so-similar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/795738\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Lawlor: Brian Barry-Murphy and Craig Bellamy ‘so similar’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cardiff and Wales defender Dylan Lawlor says club boss Brian Barry-Murphy and national team head coach Craig Bellamy have similar outlooks.<\/p>\n

Lawlor has become a key member of Barry-Murphy’s Cardiff side which last season secured promotion to the Championship.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old was handed his first senior Wales cap by Bellamy in September 2025 and has made six appearances in the past year.<\/p>\n

“They are so similar so it’s easy to switch between the two,” Lawlor said of playing for Barry-Murphy at Cardiff and under Bellamy for Wales.<\/p>\n

“They’re so detailed and see football the same way and to be honest it’s the same way I see it.<\/p>\n

“It suits me and it’s easy to switch between the two.”<\/p>\n

Lawlor said both Barry-Murphy and Bellamy had the same approach to games as ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.<\/p>\n

Former Liverpool defender Andy Robertson said Klopp focused on their own strengths while predecessor Arne Slot would “constantly adapt to the opponent’s tactics”.<\/p>\n

“The most eye-opening thing for me is that it’s all about us,” Lawlor told the BBC’s Welsh language podcast, Y Coridor Ansicrwydd<\/a> (Corridor of Uncertainty).<\/p>\n

“I saw what Andy Robertson said about Slot and Klopp and the difference.<\/p>\n

“It’s obvious to me at Cardiff and for Wales that it’s all about us and not to worry about the opposition.<\/p>\n

“You go into games full of confidence \u2013 it’s all about us.”<\/p>\n

Barry-Murphy was appointed Cardiff head coach in June 2025 following the club’s relegation from the Championship at the end of the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n

Lawlor made his league debut in the final game of that season, coming on as a second-half substitute against Norwich City.<\/p>\n

He was given his opportunity by interim boss Aaron Ramsey, a fellow former pupil at Lawlor’s old school of Ysgol Cwm Rhymni in Caerphilly County.<\/p>\n

“He was someone I could look up to,” Lawlor said.<\/p>\n

“He was an inspiration to me when I was growing up and then I had the chance to work with him and then under him when he was starting his coaching career.<\/p>\n

“He would pass on things to me, tips and things I could add to my game and when it comes from someone like that you have to take it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cardiff and Wales defender Dylan Lawlor says club boss Brian Barry-Murphy and national team head coach Craig Bellamy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-795738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}