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Richard Forrester

Bristol City's WSM welcomes new name to make Nigel Pearson's Hull decision a little harder

"Well done, Chrissy" were the cries from Curtis Fleming as Chris Martin leapt highest to win his umpteenth header from Dan Bentley's long ball, right into the path of Andi Weimann.

The Austrian knew where and when to make his run forward built on an understanding forged from last season's prolific campaign with both forwards scoring 34 league goals between them, also aided by Antoine Semenyo's devastating brilliance.

That WSM combo will undoubtedly reunite when Semenyo returns from his shin injury picked up on international duty which is likely to keep him out of action until at least September. However, there's a new name, with an apt first letter of his surname, looking to crash the party in the meantime with Mark Sykes showing glimpses as to why he became Nigel Pearson's first signing of the window.

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