Football Don't expect Fally to be ready for everything yet - Struber

BRISTOL City cannot expect Fally Mayulu to be “ready for everything” Gerhard Struber said, after the forward made his first competitive Bristol City appearance for more than seven months in the Robins’ draw with Charlton Athletic.

- Dan CARTER

Mayulu was a second-half substitute as the Robins were held to a 0-0 stalemate by Nathan Jones’ side on Saturday afternoon at Ashton Gate. City came closest to breaking the deadlock when Anis Mehmeti struck the crossbar early in the second half, but the Addicks nearly stole all three points when George Tanner forced an impressive save from Radek Vitek, with the Manchester United loanee alert to prevent what would have been an own goal.

Having only played 45 minutes of football over the course of City’s summer friendly schedule, Mayulu was left out of the Robins’ match-day squad for both the opening-day thrashing of Sheffield United and the Carabao Cup win over MK Dons.

Although Struber insisted he was keen to have the striker involved “as soon as possible,’ he admitted following the win at Bramall Lane that he felt the 23-year-old needed more time to reach the level required in the Championship after an injury-disrupted campaign last time out.