It’s a small benchmark but a significant one to some extent as despite having secured their Championship status for another season a while ago - and, yes, that should be the bare minimum in terms of aspirations - Bristol City are still to beat their points total from last term.
Nigel Pearson isn’t particularly keen to measure progress through the very raw and un-nuanced lens of league position but with the Robins likely, however these next three games pan out, to be once again occupying the mid to lower-mid-table region of the standings, the least they can do to display a tangible step forward is by exceeding 55 points.
That requires either one more win or three draws from their matches against Rotherham United and Burnley at Ashton Gate and QPR on the final day of the season, and given the middle side are pretty formidable, with all due respect to the Millers, it’s an eminently more winnable fixture as they bid farewell to their home support for the summer.
