Dickie, Tanner and Williams nearing injury returns

Bristol City's list of injured players is looking "a lot better", says interim manager Roy Hodgson, with Rob Dickie, George Tanner and Joe Williams nearing a return.

Dickie and Williams have not played since 21 February because of hamstring and injuries respectively.

Tanner has similarly been out for the past four games after tearing an ankle ligament, leaving the club significantly short of defensive options with Luke McNally also out.

Hodgson said there was a chance Dickie and Tanner could return sooner than he would ideally like to boost their options in the backline.

"It's really good to see them back in the fray, back training, back available but we'll have to be careful before we start throwing them in," Hodgson told BBC Radio Bristol.

"It would be good to at least get another period of time training with them before we do that

"But the defending area we are bare bones, there's a chance we'd be asking Rob and George to come back a bit earlier than what we would have normally liked."

Defender Ross McCrorie is also available for Saturday's trip to QPR having recovered from a hamstring injury which forced him to miss Monday's win against Sheffield United

"His injury, we knew would not be a long-term one, so it's not surprising that he's back in contention to play," Hodgson added.