FORMER Newport County AFC assistant manager Scott Young insists he still wants to be considered for the top job at Cardiff City despite the Bluebirds’ Capital One Cup capitulation, writes Andrew Penman.

Caretaker boss Young, who was assistant to Peter Beadle at County from 2006 to 2008, watched from the sidelines at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday night as his side were dumped out of the cup 3-0 by AFC Bournemouth.

Cwmbran’s Danny Gabbidon, who is in charge with Young following the departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, played the full 90 minutes and looked off the pace at the heart of defence.

Leyton Orient boss Russell Slade remains the favourite to replace Solskjaer but Young says he is still keen to be considered as manager or assistant at the club where he played for 11 years.

Next up is the Championship clash with Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday and Young admits he doesn’t know if he and Gabbidon will still be in charge against the Owls.

“Will I be in charge? Who knows?” he said. “I’m sure there will be conversations in the next 24 hours regarding this game and Saturday but at the moment that’s all I know.

“This result doesn’t affect my enthusiasm and taste for the job. That’s the challenge for us as coaches and managers – when things go wrong you have to fix it and we’ll be back on the training ground this week trying to do that.

“We’ll look at the video, go through it and see what we need to work on. We’ll be working flat out Thursday and Friday to improve ahead of Saturday.”

Young, who was deep in conversation with chairman Mehmet Dalman and chief executive Ken Choo before kick-off on Tuesday, says the Cardiff players need to take responsibility for the performances and results that cost Solskjaer his job.

“It’s easy to play football when you’re doing well and you’re playing well and winning games but you need to show some bottle when it’s not so good,” he said.

“It’s hard when you’re low on confidence and you’re not winning games but you’ve got to get through it.

“Us as coaches and managers can’t really effect what goes on out there. Players need to take responsibility.”