Martin's moans, Weimann's whines and Pearson's elevated position - Bristol City moments missed

Bristol City got their 2022/23 travels underway with a 1-0 win away to League One Plymouth Argyle, thanks to a late Nahki Wells’ goal in front of 720 travelling fans.

Due to the renovation of the playing surface at Ashton Gate, the City faithful have been unable to watch their side live in pre-season action before their Saturday trip south, where they got their first looks at Mark Sykes and Kane Wilson.

It was a slightly weaker side at Home Park than the one which faced Portsmouth at the Robins’ High Performance Centre on Tuesday, with Han-Noah Massengo and Andy King given their first starts of the season.

Steve Schumacher’s Argyle side gave City their hardest game of pre-season so far and could’ve had quite easily taken the lead in the first half with a number of wasted chances in an incredibly open contest.

But a third clean sheet in as many games will have left the travelling fans with a positive feeling on their way back up M5, that maybe this could be the start of an exciting season. Or maybe not as it is only pre-season after all.

That being said there is a buzz around Bristol City at the moment and here are the moments missed from Home Park.

Throughout a huge amount of last season, there were few figures as divisive as Nigel Pearson where it felt as though a week wouldn’t go by without certain sections of fans either offering him a lifetime contract or wanting him sacked on the spot.

But the reception that he got as he entered the field during the warm-ups was a welcome one, as every one of the 720 supporters who had already made it to their seats applauded the City boss.

As usual he cast a watching eye over the warm-ups, spending a good amount of time in conversation with Dan Bentley about what appeared to be his