I've never seen myself playing anywhere else so obviously it's nice to be here and cement myself in the squad now. 'I feel at home here, it's my hometown club. At the start, it didn't really go to plan but in the second half, it definitely improved a lot and I'm happy to be playing at the moment. 'At the start of the season, you try and push and you want to be playing as many games as possible. At the start, in my head, I'm thinking I've got a lot of critics to prove wrong and I think every game I've seen more and more people liking the way that I play and that feels me with a lot of confidence and it's made things a bit easier. When asked how big a source of motivation it has been to change people's opinions, Pring replied: 'I think it's been massive this season. However, it's not just his consistency of performances that have been so impressive, it's also been his ability to perform week-in-week-out without picking up injuries. He's also proven his versatility by slotting in as a central defender in the absence of Rob Atkinson, Tomas Kalas and Kal Naismith when the trio were out injured, further highlighting his importance in the team. Nigel Pearson makes summer transfer admission around Bristol City's goalkeeping department.However, after making his first start of the campaign at the end of October, Pring has played the full 90 minutes in each and every league game since. That came on the back of falling out of first-team contention at the end of last season which raised questions about his position in the side going forward. Pring has had to remain patient and battle with self-doubt after he was left out of the matchday squad for four of the first six matches of the campaign. The academy product has arguably been one of City's players of the season after forcing his way into the first-team reckoning back in October.

Cam Pring believes proving people wrong and changing opinions has been a massive driving force to his successful campaign with the left-back establishing himself as a key player in Nigel Pearson's plans.

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