I hadn't seen too much of City before my visit to Ashton Gate on Saturday and must admit I feared the worst on the drive down. They hadn't won at home all season, appeared to be rooted in the bottom three and usually when that's the case, the atmosphere at a club is never nice.
Last season I witnessed it at Swindon, Bristol Rovers and Walsall for much of the season and even though I'm a neutral, I get to know quite a few of the players and wouldn't wish any of them ill.
However, it appears that the arrival of new boss Derek McInnes from St. Johnstone has galvanised the troops.
Liam Fontaine told me in the car park that while goalscorer Stephen Pearson - on loan from Derby - was obviously out to impress, everyone else was doing the same thing. Fontaine also told me how proud he was to be given the skipper's armband by McInnes and personally I think that was a master stroke on the manager's part as I don't think I've ever seen Fontaine giving anything less than 100% for the team - even when he's had a bad day at the office which is pretty rare.
Pearson admitted that he was hoping to win a permanent deal at the club after his two month loan deal finished and described it as a "long job interview". He admitted he didn't know too much about the goal and thought it came off his, er, lower abdominal area, but his 50 yard dash merited the final touch no matter which part of his anatomy it came off.
I also caught up with Albert Adomah in the car park and told him that just before he scored, I felt it just wasn't going to be his day. He was terrifying the Burnley defence with his runs, but to their credit (and his frustration) they kept getting a toe in just as he was about to deliver the final ball.
His goal was a real cracker though when it came, although Albert himself described it as a lazy strike.
He told me he was slipping and also felt a defender closing in on him and so hit a "lazy shot". McInnes probably won't be encouraging his or any of the other players to take the lazy option, but equally he won't mind if a few more goals like this one go in.
A word for super-sub Brett Pitman.
Pitman is quite a laid back lad, but he obviously wants to make a name for himself and has now scored three goals this season without having a decent run in the side. His big problem would appear to be that he has Nicky Maynard ahead of him in the pecking order and Nicky is no slouch himself. For me, accommodating them both is the real answer for City in the long term (assuming they can keep hold of Maynard). Both lads are natural goalscorers and put in hard working shifts for the team as well. In fact Maynard was a real unsung hero on Saturday and I know McInnes rated his performance. I wonder if he can persuade Nicky to stay at the club now. The next few months will be interesting.
Finally, I felt like I was in a minority of one on Saturday evening and was banging on to anyone who would listen about the central midfield partnership between Marvin Elliott and Neil Kilkenny.
Elliott put himself about, took the knocks and kept things ticking over while Kilkenny was prodding, probing and pushing City forward at every opportunity. I thought the pair of them were excellent and - without wishing to downplay the efforts of anyone else - thought they gave the Robins the platform they needed for this victory.
My clipping from this morning's Sun
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