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[The Lone Gunman]

A few weeks ago we had a fantastic away performance on Sky vs Brentford and that had a lot of people talking about coming to see us again. Unfortunately the next 3 on Sky we didn't win and played poorly overall, maybe that had an effect on the waverers.

Undoubtedly. Regardless of what some of the diehards claim, it's often been tedious to watch if you're not a fanatic who just wants your team to win. City take it to extremes at times, the Morrison/Gunnarson throw-in routine being the clearest example, but in fairness the overall quality of the Championship this season hasn't been good. It's certainly not just City that have been tough to watch.

Wolves are excellent at times, as are Fulham, and Brentford play some really good football. However, Villa are generally surprisingly poor to watch given the players they have available to them and Derby are usually boring beyond belief, as are Middlesbrough. There are some big clubs in the section this year but it's been far from vintage in football terms.