Cardiff boss 'very appreciative' of Chambers and Robinson

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Brian Barry-Murphy insists Cardiff City are "very appreciative" of Callum Robinson and Calum Chambers despite leaving the duo on the bench until the closing stages of Saturday's win over Rotherham United.Forward Robinson, last season's top scorer, is yet to start a league game this season while Chambers was dropped despite being named Cardiff captain earlier this month.Robinson came on after 82 minutes of the Rotherham triumph, while Chambers did not arrive until six minutes later.Barry-Murphy gave the two 30-year-olds limited roles despite picking another youthful starting side with an average age of just 22."It's a team that has a lot of young players but we are also very appreciative of our older players – Callum Robinson, Calum Chambers," the Cardiff head coach said.
"They won't be happy at being on the bench but they have been exceptional in training and have given us healthy competition to allow us to pick the best team based on what we see in training and what we see from the opponents - and it's picked irrespective of age."That benefits the younger players, but it's the same for the older players. We are not going to pick anyone just because they are younger."It is just whoever is best and it is important for Calum and Callum to know that because of how good they have been."Robinson and Chambers will hope for more game-time in what is another busy week, with a trip to AFC Wimbledon (19:45 BST) to come on Tuesday before Cardiff travel to Luton Town next Saturday (12:30 BST).