Daniel Wales and Charles Hague-Jones review Bristol City’s loss against Burnley.
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00:00So Dan, looking at Bristol City in the Championship, obviously losing 1-0 at home to Burnley, Burnley
00:08a side that have the quality to certainly get them over the line and reach those play-off
00:13positions come the end of the season. I mean, if you look at Bristol City's form as of late
00:19as well, it sort of goes really inconsistent. There's been a few games where they go and
00:24beat them with a number of draws in there, but then they win, lose, win, lose. That's
00:28their last four games. I mean, is that the key issue so far? And what needs to change
00:33to ensure that those losses are turning into wins to get them over the line?
00:39Well, it was a disappointing loss, I think, for them on Saturday. I know, obviously, Burnley
00:45are a good side, so there's no shame in losing to them at home. But Bristol City haven't
00:49won at home since the 21st of September, and that's an issue in itself. But I think they
00:54were clearly hoping for more on Saturday because, of course, you went into that game off the
00:58back of a 2-0 win away at Norwich before the international break, and there was a bit of
01:03momentum starting to creep into the Bristol City camp. And you thought going into this
01:08game, you win this and then you really are in amongst it for the mix for the play-offs.
01:12I know there is a long way to go, but you've got to try and stay as consistent as you can
01:17because, of course, teams do start to break away. I know the league's very tight at the
01:20moment, but eventually, with all these big fixtures and the fixture congestion you've
01:24got coming up, teams will start to break away a little bit and you don't want to get left
01:28behind. So games like this would be really important. And, of course, given the fact
01:32that they were playing a Burnley side who themselves would be up there challenging for
01:36promotion, if Bristol City had won, they would have been right on their tails, to be honest.
01:40And so that's really important in itself. But, of course, Jadon Anthony's early goal,
01:45that won the day. It was a goal in the first half that Bristol City never really responded
01:50too well from. Yes, they rallied a bit in the second half and they did force some saves
01:54from James Trafford. I think Liam Manning, he made clear after the game that they didn't
02:00deserve to win the game, but they possibly could have earned a draw out of it. And that's
02:04I think that's what's disappointing because, of course, even if you don't win the game
02:08to get something out of it still would have been good. It would have kept that sort of
02:10belief in the side that we can get something against the good sides in the league. I mean,
02:17Liam Manning, he said the performance was good enough in the second half, at least,
02:21and they went back to basics a little bit and they just tried to play some of their
02:24own football. And as I say, it did create some chances, but ultimately it just wasn't
02:29enough for them. And so looking ahead from this now, you've got to think, well, they've
02:34lost that game to a good side, but they have to start winning at home because that's your
02:41bread and butter. Yes, you had a good away from home, but you've got to start winning
02:45your home matches. They go away to Watford in midweek firstly. Watford are a decent side
02:51as well, but they've got to go and try and just win their home matches. Next up is Plymouth
02:56win Rooney's side and realistically they have to be targeted in that as a win.