Bristol City have left it too late to make much impact on the current overarching feeling at the club, but finishing positively and leaving a temporary sweet taste in the mouth of fans is all they deserve for the efforts of the season.
Nigel Pearson, who has tinkered and changed, swapped and moved, ripped up plans and stuck them back together again, has found solace with an unlikely backline set of heroes. The unassuming but imposing bodies of Robbie Cundy, Timm Klose and Rob Atkinson all pioneering a team that are now unbeaten in four games and are doing so without their best centre-back.
Against Derby at Pride Park they had to do it without a first choice left wing-back and used two 18-year-olds instead. The midfield is doing its job with disciplined, yet energetic, showings to shut off angles, block off attacking moves and largely dictate their opponent’s plays.
