Ian Holloway says it is only a matter of time before Bristol City reach the Premier League.
The Robins have built year on year under Lee Johnson and had an impressive start to the season before Saturday's surprise defeat to Luton Town saw them drop to ninth in the table.
Yet, speaking to talkSPORT, Bristol Rovers legend Holloway says that the city of Bristol needs a Premier League team, and he believes the Robins will become one sooner rather than later.
He said: "The job that Lee Johnson is doing with the help of his wonderful chairman and the ground there is geared towards being a Premier League football club.
"Our young people in this area in the South West, it's criminal we haven't had it.
"We had it for one season when Bristol City got to the first division but then they plummeted as they ran it terribly, it all went horribly wrong.
"It's only a matter of time before they get there for me.
"The job that Lee is doing is so wonderful, it's the way they play.
"The last two or three years they've lost at least five or six of their best players, snatched away from them, the vultures have flown in and got them yet he's still producing."
