A long trip to Ashton Gate was eventually rewarded with us gaining another point. When it gets to injury time and you’re losing, a point is a fair result, but in all truth, this game should have been sewn up before then. I thought we missed the promptings of Taylor-Fletcher and Phillips, and as a result, we never quite clicked despite having the better of the game.
Most of the action was in the Bristol half of the pitch, but we never quite made clear enough chances, with Grandin in particular, anonymous, after a few decent performances from him. Their keeper was man of the match with a string of great saves, one in particular from Tom Ince, when the ball came back off the post from a shot by Delfuenso.
The positive to be taken was that we moved up the table and closer to the play off positions and there are signs that we’re not far off being back to our best. In my opinion, it comes down to confidence, and only a decent win will give the side that self-belief. If we can score first in a game then I’m sure we’ll go on to win comfortably.
This was effectively Appleton’s first game in charge with his ideas in development. Early indications are that we will be harder to beat away from home, with a tighter defensive shape, but we still have the players to counterattack to good effect. Ince in particular scared them all afternoon.
Two home games now give us a real chance to get wins and move up.
STARMAN: Thomas Ince
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