Cardiff City head coach Brian Barry-Murphy is already turning his attention to Saturday’s lunchtime trip to Luton Town as his in-form side look to continue their unbeaten start in League One.
The Bluebirds moved up to second in the table with a dramatic 1-0 win at AFC Wimbledon in midweek, secured by Isaak Davies’ 92nd-minute strike.
"The energy from the supporters since the first day I came into the club has been amazing," said Barry-Murphy.
"There’s a feeling of real positivity towards the team. You always want to give them something to feel ecstatic about, and a last-minute winner in that fashion, I suppose it creates a sense of joy that's hard to replicate.
As for the trip to Luton - who joined Cardiff in going down from the Championship last season - Barry-Murphy is in justifiably confident mood
He added: "It's a brilliant venue for us to go and test ourselves in. I was really conscious of the fact that we had a really good performance on Saturday, and the team seemed settled for tonight.
"We’ve got a really good chance to recover tomorrow, train on Thursday and Friday, and then prepare ourselves for what’s going to be a really good test on Saturday in front of as many away fans as we had tonight."
But the Tuesday night victory came at a cost, with winger Ollie Tanner suffering a serious ankle injury just before half-time.
"It was an ankle injury, it didn't look a good incident and it's not an insignificant injury, it looks pretty serious," said Barry-Murphy.
"We'll scan it tomorrow [Wednesday] and reassess from there, but he's on crutches at the moment and will be going to hospital."
Tanner, who signed a new four-year contract earlier this summer, was hurt after colliding with an advertising board while chasing a ball down the flank.
"In this moment he'll regret going for the ball but that's the natural instincts of a player of his qualities to go for the ball and never give up on it," Barry-Murphy explained.
"There's no point looking back, from this moment onwards we'll look forward to help Ollie in every way we can and make sure he has a speedy recovery to get back as soon as possible."
Despite Tanner’s setback, Barry-Murphy was encouraged by the manner of his side’s late victory at Wimbledon, a result that kept the Bluebirds just two points behind leaders Stevenage.
"I thought we played well, but we didn’t underestimate how difficult it is to come to this venue," he said.
"Johnnie [Jackson] has had sustained success over a long period of time, so they’re very confident and very difficult to play against, but I thought we handled the occasion really well. We played some really good football, and in the end got what I felt we deserved.
"I think we wanted to define what we looked like, so when the games are difficult, that we keep playing the way we want to play, and keep going right until the last whistle, and the players did that.
"We have a team that’s in the very early stages of forming, so to show the resilience that we did, and to give ourselves a chance to win the game by keeping a clean sheet, for our team it gives us a lot of belief that we have to be resilient and really skilled in how we defend the goal at all times."
The decisive moment at the Cherry Red Records Stadium came through the impact of Barry-Murphy’s substitutes.
The manager introduced David Turnbull and Davies on the hour, and the pair combined for the winner when Turnbull’s volley deflected in off Davies’ knee.
“We’ve got a really small squad, but what we wanted was to have absolute quality who can start or come off the bench," said Barry-Murphy.
"The subs seemed pretty natural for me; they felt as if they were the right fit for the time of the game.
"David helped us in a period where we were just threatening to lose a little bit of control and calmness in the middle of the pitch.
"Isaak gave us real speed in wide areas – to see him rewarded for what has been a difficult period was very beneficial for us all."
