Robins hangover is a myth, says striker

Dele Adebola believes Bristol City are even more determined than last season to win promotion after their unbeaten start.

Gary Johnson's side were predicted by many people to struggle this campaign after losing to Hull in the Championship play-off final at Wembley in May.

But a return of eight points from their first four games sees City lie handily placed in fourth position in the table and Adebola believes the Robins can get stronger as the season continues.

The 33-year-old striker said: "We've won two and drawn two of our first four games and we've proved we're over what happened at Wembley.

"If anything, it's made us even more determined to go one better this season.

"There's definitely no play-off hangover here. People were saying we would find it harder in our second season and that losing in the play-offs would affect us. But that isn't the case.

"Although it's still early days, we're already beginning to see the table take shape. Those teams who are near the bottom after three or four games tend to be the same ones at the wrong end of the table later in the season.

"It's the same at the top of the league. We're already seeing the teams we expected to do well coming through.

"Wolves, Sheffield United, Birmingham, QPR and Reading are big clubs and they've made decent starts. But then so have we and we've put ourselves in the mix.

"If losing the play-offs was going to affect us, we wouldn't be fourth in the table and unbeaten after four games. It's only a start at the moment, but it shows what we're capable of. Now we have to maintain it and make sure we're still up there after 10 games."