The Bristol City Chronicle
Market12 Jul 2027
Santiago Mejía puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bristol City, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
Devonte Ferguson says Bristol City went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Jason Knight in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bristol City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Scott Twine pulls a muscle — 16 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 16 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Real improvement from Jacob Wright at Bristol City
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jacob Wright is 15, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A late step up for Scott Twine
At 28 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Seb Naylor
- Market Adam Randell linked with a move away
- The dugout Tiago Ribeiro has been promised minutes
- The dugout Jamie Jones asks for a word with the manager