Nigel Pearson believes Andi Weimann’s time out of the starting XI will do him the power of good after conceding the volume of minutes the Austrian has played means he needed a breather.
Weimann took his place on the City bench at the Hawthorns, for the first time since February 2020, after a run of eight games without a goal or assist, an unproductive period that is in stark contrast to his sensational campaign across 2021/22.
Pearson had followed on from Lee Johnson and Dean Holden in making Weimann a near-automatic pick, aware of the 31-year-old’s abilities not just on the ball and in front of goal but his relentless work rate off of it and overall tactical discipline.
