We’re being slightly flippant here, but if only the first-team had the same level of consistency as the Under-23s who recovered from a goal down against Colchester United to register their fourth straight win and move into second in the Professional Development League 2 South.
City did not start particularly well at Ashton Gate, with some early nerves at the back as they were guilty of poor execution in possession and several times they committed unforced errors, surrendering the ball to the visitors and just inviting pressure onto themselves.
But once Colchester took the lead, that seemed to shock the Robins into life and Seb Palmer-Houlden’s double, either side of half-time, put them into the lead before Omar Taylor Clarke added a third towards the closing stages with a brilliant counter-attacking goal. Here are the talking points from BS3…