Nigel Pearson has reiterated the fact that he’ll have no money to spend in the January transfer window, unless Bristol City sell a player, but admits that once he has suitable transfer resources his main area of focus will be on the defence.
City were undone by Sheffield United on Tuesday night as a miscued defensive header by Zak Vyner - who otherwise had a good game - was compounded by George Tanner being drawn to the ball which left goalscorer Iliman Ndiaye unmarked.
The Robins fielded a makeshift defence of Vyner, Tanner and Cam Pring, with the latter two players full-backs by trade, for the second successive game as Kal Naismith and Tomas Kalas (both calf) and Rob Atkinson (illness) were ruled out, while Nathan Baker announced his retirement last month having been unable to play since last year due to successive head injuries.
