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Posted Thursday, August 30th 2018 @CrawleyJames92

In brief: Pre-Blackburn Rovers (H)

Thursday, August 30th 2018

Assistant head coach Jamie McAllister looks ahead to City's home fixture with newly promoted Blackburn Rovers at Ashton Gate.

Below is a summary of what he had to say ahead of Sunday's (September 2nd, 1.30pm) Sky Bet Championship clash.

He described the players as being in high spirits and are relishing their return to Ashton Gate after two games on the road
He felt a first win of the season (QPR) was never far away and City have proved themselves as a hard team to beat since
On Bailey Wright being called up to join the latest Socceroos training camp, McAllister said it was a brilliant opportunity for the club captain
He said Wright was disappointed to miss out on the World Cup in Russia but is progressing from his injury setback and he has a great chance to meet his new international head coach
Famara Diédhiou is "itching" to return on Sunday after his six-game suspension
The striker has been doing extra work in training to be match fit, ahead of Sunday
McAllister said the striker has been training hard and is hungry to get on the pitch
He said Andreas Weimann, who has five goals in as many games after his summer move to BS3, has been outstanding and he has a great relationship with Matty Taylor
On Blackburn, he said they have momentum but City know what to expect from them and will focus on what they have done well in their last couple of games
McAllister says City are always looking for ways to improve but he doesn't know if a loan move will materialise before the end of the loan window on Friday (August 31st, 5pm)
On loan signing Tomas Kalas from Chelsea, he said the defender "ticks all the boxes"
Injury update: There are no new injury concerns following the Swansea game last weekend