Western Daily Press (Saturday)
Pring taking confidence from every appearance
BRISTOL City’s Cameron Pring has revealed he is growing in confidence with each match he plays for the Ashton Gate club.
Pring has featured several times on the left-hand side of midfield for the Robins this season, and could well do so again with Nigel Pearson’s men set to face Queens Park Rangers in west London this afternoon.
The 23-year-old has had eight different loan spells from City, with both non-League and League clubs, but is now getting regular action in the first team.
Speaking to the official website of the club, Pring said: “The opportunity has given me a lot of confidence, especially as at the start of the season I didn’t expect to be playing left-midfield.
“Playing up there gives me the opportunity to show what I can do without that scary thought of making a mistake at the back. It gives me a lot more freedom and I think I’ve done alright there; I just need to add more assists and goals then I will be a bit more happy.
“If selected, (QPR) will be a good contest for me personally. It will probably be one of the better teams I’ve faced in my career. It will be interesting to see how it goes, but we’ve got a lot of confidence in the team, it just needs to click.”
Cheltenham Town boss Michael Duff admits the high performance of his players is giving him a selection headache ahead of this afternoon’s Sky Bet League One ‘A40 derby’ with Oxford United.
The Robins earned their best result of the campaign thus far by winning at Charlton last weekend, and Duff is hopeful his players will continue to shine when tackling the Yellows at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium.
Duff revealed: “The players have given us (the coaching staff) some decisions to make.
“Whatever the team is, or the shape is, it will be thought out. We will pick a team that we think is right.
“Players have put their hands up and said ‘Pick me’, so that’s all you can ask for.
“We are not going to get carried away because we had a good 45 minutes at Charlton.
“They (Oxford) are a good team. They’re in the top four or five for everything in the League. It is going to be a difficult game.
“We can pass the ball and get results against bigger teams – that’s what we get from last week – but we don’t kid ourselves that we’ve suddenly made it.”
On-loan youngsters Taylor Perry (knock) and Mattie Pollock (cramp) are both expected to feature after their respective issues picked up against Charlton.