Bristol City boosted by players nearing return

George Tanner has been out since early November

Bristol City's squad have had a boost with injured right-back George Tanner back in full training before the busy festive period.

Tanner has not played since the start of November, while full-back Ross McCrorie is also nearing his return having not played since October because of a hamstring injury.

Scott Twine, who played 31 minutes in Saturday's draw against QPR after returning from an injury, has also been "building up".

"George Tanner's been back fully training this week, managed to get another week into Ross as well, Twiney is building up so it's been good to be able to get out on the grass and get some work into the lads," manager Liam Manning told BBC Radio Bristol.

"It's been much better to have those boys back training.

"We're going to need everybody. You need the depth you need to make the changes, you need the options - we saw in the last week how important it is to freshen things up."

However, Sinclair Armstrong will be out for another "couple of weeks" with a hamstring injury that ruled him out of last Saturday's game.

"Nothing major but when you've got such an explosive athlete you have to be careful," Manning said.