The overall feeling leaving Ashton Gate on Tuesday night was, "we should have expected that". Groundhog Day part 4,000 for the season as Bristol City concede late on against a team that inevitably love to score late on. The perfect storm in some senses, just not for the fans that spend every other weekend at BS3.
It would be wrong to think this was just a continuation of previous experiences this season though. Whereas City really did kick themselves in the teeth with collapses against Nottingham Forest, Luton and to some extent Blackpool, Nigel Pearson’s conclusion was that “tonight didn’t feel the same as other situations.”
He was right in that sense, because on completely different levels you could say that City were much better against Coventry, at least on the ball, than they were at the weekend against Boro. But that’s not how the points would indicate it. That’s part of what the manager has been telling everyone and anything with ears all season. Points don’t reflect progress, even if, yes, it is a results business.
