Nigel Pearson's wish for consistency from his Bristol City team is being held back by a number of factors, but injuries to key men stands out as an underlying influence.
Pearson has simply not been able to get his best XI onto the field at the same time with sufficient regularity as although the Robins injury list hasn't been significant in volume, certainly not in comparison to last season, there's always been at least one integral individual absent.
That looks set to continue on Saturday against Preston North End with assistant Curtis Fleming admitting they have to remain careful over Matty James' status and further investigations are required to get to the bottom of Rob Atkinson and Andy King's problems.
