Max Bird looking to build with Bristol City at Ashton Gate after 'frustrating' injury recovery

Max Bird looking to build with Bristol City at Ashton Gate after 'frustrating' injury recovery

Max Bird is hopeful that he and his Bristol City teammates will be able to "build" on their impressive home form from last season, starting this weekend against Hull City, after the midfielder returned to the starting line-up in the Reds' defeat to Fulham.

The 24-year-old made his first competitive start of the season as the Robins exited the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 second-round defeat at the hands of Marco Silva’s side on Wednesday evening. An early own goal from George Tanner, as well as Raul Jimenez’s first of the season, proved to be enough for the Cottagers to get the better of the Reds.

Bird had featured off the bench on three separate occasions this term prior to Wednesday’s defeat, bu