My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Actually, he is no commander but boy did our own Max give a Gladiatorial performance, that saw Bristol City claim a hard earned point away at Middlesbrough.
I’d picked up a similar influenza bug that had swept through the club and I’ll admit to having woken up on Saturday morning not looking forward to the four-and-half-hour-plus drive to the Riverside. After reaching Teesside, we stopped for some light refreshment on the way to the ground and after the teams were announced an hour before kick-off, all the talk in the pub was of formations.
With Jay Dasilva and Mark Sykes dropping to the bench, how would Nige set up? Surely, after his man-of-the-match performance on Tuesday night at home to Sheffield United, Alex Scott wouldn’t be deployed as right wing-back. In the warm-up, we were defending in a flat four with Cam Pring left, Zak Vyner and Timm Klose in the middle and indeed Scott right.
