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  1. #1
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    Bristol City v Swansea City

    The Robins are up next and in their own nest. A chance for the players to redeem themselves after last weeks lack lustre display.
    An away following of 2,300 expected and hopefully no trouble this time.
    Danger man for them is Weimann who scored in both our matches against them last season, both ended in defeat for the Swans.
    We have a stronger squad than last season but so do they after splashing the cash recently.
    Last time out they won at Stoke, but Stoke were down to 10 men most of the match with Joe Allen sent off early doors.
    On the injury front loanee and top scorer Benik Afobe is out for the season with an ACL injury which happened during training this week and he will return to Stoke.
    Winger Aldo Kalulu, on loan from Basel, is still out for the Swans with an ankle injury.
    Ex-Swan Ashley Williams will play after making his debut at Stoke last week.

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    Well Weimann was kept quiet this time. Williams made his home debut and was impressive in shutting us out for the 0-0 draw. We lacked a speedy winger who could get behind the resolute home defence though and Baston was starved of any service. With Kalulu out and Dyer unimpressive last week, is it time for new signing Peterson to step up. Ayew went close to breaking the deadlock but got no protection from the inept referee as he was brought down several times. The ref favoured the home side by awarding free kicks in danger areas for innocuous tackles but our defence was solid, in fact we’ve only conceded one league goal away from home this season, and that was the 1-3 win at QPR.
    We stay in second place behind leaders Leeds on goal difference only and surprisingly we’ve already played the other five teams in the top six, only stumbling against Forest. It’s pretty tight at the top though and we have a lot of matches to come, but the players seem a lot more determined to do well this time around with Steve Cooper in charge.

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    An excellent point I thought, with the Robins doing so well as they could have moved into second place with a win.
    It was important that we got something from this match after the narrow defeat last week. The sending off was a bit harsh and it marred a solid display by Bidwell. The ref was poor throughout and let the linesman over rule him to give the red card, and influenced by the tackle being in front of the home bench and the overreaction of their manager.

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