As far as returns to Ashton Gate go, Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Stoke City probably falls under the "best to forget as soon as possible" category as once more Nigel Pearson’s side were their own worst enemy.
The good work of Cam Pring and Nahki Wells to give the Robins the lead, was quickly undone either side of half-time as defensive mistakes from Andy King and Matty James allowed Liam Delap and Jacob Brown to ensure the Potters claimed all three points.
So much of the focus (and rightly so) will be on the decision to play the ever-trusted King in the backline while both Rob Atkinson and Timm Klose were left out of the matchday squad, with Pearson stating the former Oxford United man has “others ahead of him.”
