It’s quite amazing how quickly emotions in football change. In the time since the last international break for the World Cup, Bristol City have gone on a 12-game unbeaten run and faced the Premier League champions, all to head into the March international break with similar-ish level of deflation to those felt in November.
Now that is a far too shallow and simplistic way of looking at the Robins’ fortunes as they were fielding a side decimated by injuries in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Swansea City, but it’s safe to say the break has been welcomed by everyone in BS3.
The performances in last week’s defeats to the Swans and at Luton Town on Wednesday had the feel of a side stretched to breaking point and no supporter can have any complaints with either result. But after the two week “mental break” as it was dubbed by Nigel Pearson after Sunday’s defeat, the Robins’ have eight games to finish the campaign as positively as possible with the help of some returning faces from the treatment room.
