Nigel Pearson has opened up on how his "survival mode" ensured Bristol City maintained a sense of togetherness during the difficult run of results towards the end of last year that could well have cost the Robins manager his job.
City's turnaround, which stretches to nine games unbeaten ahead of a game against relegation-threatened Wigan on Wednesday night, has been nothing short of impressive. It seemed a long way back for the manager when the pressure was intensified by a minority of supporters calling for his sacking following the defeat to West Brom on Boxing Day.
As the manager suggested himself in Thursday's press conference, the Lansdowns place value in the opinions of supporters but remained confident of Pearson's process. Their patience has been rewarded with this run of form that has lifted them up to 13th in the Championship, 10 points clear of the bottom three and seven points adrift of the play-offs.
