Nigel Pearson is rarely one for offering too many hints on what his starting XI will look like but the manager did produce the wryest of smiles when he declared his team against Middlesbrough could be "interesting".
"Selection might be an interesting one this weekend but I shan’t be divulging it but it’ll be an interesting decision making process this weekend," he said on Thursday.
That was in response to a question about Boro's strengths, which presumably then will come into his thinking. As will the need to tighten up at the back because City need to break this cycle of having to score two goals for a draw and three for a win.
