The Millers went into the break 2-0 up and the gaffer said that it could well have been more; "No-one could have complained if we had been out of sight by half-time, Some of our football was excellent and we then had to show the battling side of our game when Bristol responded after the interval."
"I knew any team managed by Steve Cotterill would be well-organised and City have some very talented attacking players. But we stood firm in the second half, despite a lot of balls into our box, and restricted them to very few chances."
“We’ve showed a bit of character; we lost a couple of cup ties and we might have been under-strength and depleted in some of those games but we’ve got some players back now and we’ve produced a very good performance. I’ve been in this ground when Gary Johnson was the manager and his teams played some excellent football, but what these fans saw in the first half wasn’t too different because I thought some of our football was exceptional.”