Nine games without defeat and 2023 could hardly be going any better. Saturday’s 1-0 win over Norwich City personified everything that has made the Robins tick in their upturn in form.
From front to back, everyone wearing the red of City outworked their opponents, producing a resilience and doggedness that has become commonplace with a Nigel Pearson side.
Top that off with a clinical attacking performance and a fifth goal in six games for Mark Sykes, few in south Bristol are once again looking up the table and keeping an optimistic eye on the play-offs rather than nervously looking over their shoulders at the relegation zone.
