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Bristol Post
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Richard Forrester

Nigel Pearson's Bristol City team vs Lincoln could offer insight into one player's Robins future

Just over one month ago, Bristol City's goalkeeping situation was relatively straightforward.

Club captain Dan Bentley was the No1, Max O'Leary was back-up and summer signing Stefan Bajic would be waiting patiently for his opportunity in the senior side after impressing with the Under-21s.

Then came the 3-0 defeat at Birmingham City which sparked a change in the hierarchy. Three desperately poor set-piece goals saw Nigel Pearson make the brave call to drop Bentley for O'Leary as history repeated itself from last December when the Republic of Ireland international was handed the No1 shirt for nine games.

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