[BBC]Bristol City made the headlines over the weekend, not for what happened on the pitch against Millwall but off it, immediately after referee Ed Duckworth had blown his final whistle.A few minutes prior to that, Duckworth had disallowed City an overdue equaliser as he acknowledged the linesman’s offside flag against Ross McCrorie whose header was lashed home by Zak Vyner. It was a very questionable decision and had VAR been in operation, the goal may well have been allowed to stand. I am not saying what followed was triggered by this decision, but it certainly did not help the situation.It is customary at the end of games for both managers to interact, usually with the lightest of handshakes, but what appears to have happened on Saturday is that City’s Gerhard Struber initially offered then withdrew his hand from Millwall boss Alex Neil.Did Neil say something inappropriate to Struber that upset him? We’ll never know, but next thing City’s Jason Knight, on the bench for the last half hour of the game, confronted Neil who fell to the ground and then all hell broke loose as players and coaching staff from both sides engaged in two separate brawls that lasted longer than they should have done.Hands were certainly raised before peacemakers on both sides stepped in to quell the melee and everyone disappeared off down the tunnel.There will be repercussions, I am sure, as the football authorities certainly don’t like this sort of thing, which sullies the game’s brand. What form that takes remains to be seen as the referee was notably absent, as I saw it, so it will be trial by TV as there were plenty of cameras viewing the spectacle plus there are many videos captured by fans on their phones offering a different perspective which have been posted on social media.If you are going to be benevolent about City’s part in this then you could say that what happens shows a level of togetherness in the squad, with Knight acting in the way he did to kick it all off as a reaction to his boss being disrespected. I don’t somehow think the FA will see it like that. It really all boils down to a lack of discipline in terms of restraining emotions in the heat of the moment. I have seen games played far more aggressively than on Saturday without things boiling over in the manner they did.As far as the match action is concerned, City dropped out of the play-off zone in this congested league table and the result means they have only won two of their last seven games. They are not playing badly but where do they strengthen in January? The defence is fourth when it comes to conceding goals and in attack only six teams have scored more, which suggests the need for a striker remains but is not acute. If City do sign a striker will they play second string to [Emil] Riis, and if that is the case then at least two from Saturday’s trio of strikers on the bench [Fally Mayulu, Sinclair Armstrong & Harry Cornick] should be loaned out or buyers found if at all possible.You can hear more from David Pottier on the Forever Bristol City podcast.