Bristol City's destiny still in their own hands

Liam Manning was appointed Bristol City boss in November 2023

City's unbeaten run of seven games came to an end and Burnley extended theirs to 26 matches. The scoreline had a predictable element with the Clarets' opponents scoring '0' for the 28th time in 39 league games!

Burnley were better than City, there is no argument about that, but for all their intricate passing and pressing, they only had one goal to show for it and Max O'Leary did not have a busy afternoon.

When you are 1-0 down, you are very much still in the game but it would have been seen as an unexpected point had Yu Hirakawa's snapshot found the net with seconds remaining.

City's travelling fans have a right to feel disappointed as at no time during the game did they go for it. Even Liam Manning said aspects of the team's play was "sloppy" and too many of the players had flat rather than outright poor performances.

Apart from Middlesbrough getting three points against Oxford to leapfrog City, the results left the table very much in an 'as you were' status.

Fifth and sixth is being fought over by four clubs: Coventry, Middlesbrough, West Brom and City.

The outcome is still in the Robins' hands right now but come 10pm on Tuesday, 8 April, the picture will be a lot clearer as by then City will have entertained Watford and then WestBrom at Ashton Gate. Anything less than four points from those games and City will then be relying on other clubs dropping points as well as getting at least another 10 of their own from the five matches remaining.

You can hear more from David Pottier on the fans podcast Forever Bristol City.