It's amazing what two football matches in four days can do to reflect one's mood and opinion.
A long-awaited clean sheet at Blackburn with a euphoric late winner was followed up by a drab display punished once again by two set-piece goals to bring the club crashing back to reality.
There was no doubt Barnsley, considering they are fighting for their lives, were going to come at City from the first whistle but Nigel Pearson's side were slow out the starting blocks are were duly punished.