Mark Bennett

Another illustration of the vast amounts invested by our owner. Certainly not got everything right running our club though I’d say more right than wrong. Any ‘sack the board’ chants today will be embarrassing especially given the recent boardroom changes! bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@ronnabe It is a bonkers view given he is by some way our greatest goal threat. Will hopefully thrive even more if we continue to set up under Roy as we did yesterday as he was less isolated

There are still people alive who don't rate this guy.

@TurtleDaveT Certainly not on the bench which is where Struber generally put him!

Max bird - where is his best position?

We rode our luck a little but a vastly improved performance and we played with real attacking intent in a set up which better suits the players we have. Very happy the wing back system is no more and Bird is back in the starting line up. He and Twine linked up superbly

@JonD_BCFC Looking forward to (hopefully) seeing a manager dispense with wing backs, Bird in the starting line up and perhaps get more from the likes of Bell, Sykes and Armstrong. Maybe Yu now has a future? Will be good to see whether RH has a different view to GS on our academy players

Each to their own. Seeing fans saying they don't care about these final games it doesn't matter. I don't get that. I want to see us win games or at least look better than we have. Create a few chances at least! Can't imagine watching my team and not caring. Why follow them at all

@MaxineH91775285 @TalkWurzel I accept perhaps a bit of a generalisation re some of the Podcasts but I tuned into a ‘space’ last week & the hatred towards SL was vitriolic. There have been some really unacceptable and personal ‘tweets’ about our owner and I believe a greater sense of proportion is required.

@markbennett1964 @TalkWurzel Most podcasts I've listened to have been nuanced in their discussions. To suggest their opinion of the hierarchy is for 'populist likes' is disingenuous and lacking nuance in itself

**Official** - The Players Wanted Struber out. What an interesting listen. Has player power gone too far? Was Charlie protecting the players? Interesting listen…..

@TheExiledRobin I viewed his response to the SD question differently. I just think he was ruling himself out of the role. Hodgson comes across as a humble guy who has no desire to ‘big himself up’ unlike many in the football world

Incredible moment where he said he has no idea what a Sporting Director does, almost immediately followed by the out of office auto-statement style response from Charlie Boss saying we’re looking to tap into his knowledge on the Sporting Director….

Well! Roy was honest that’s for sure. Doesn’t know much about how the club’s been doing, the Championship or any of our players. Will caveat that by saying neither would some hot young coach from Europe… Initially looked like he didn’t know why he’s here - but did warm up

@Champchatpod24 More than we would have got under Struber

🚌 Charlton Athletic (A) 🏡 Sheffield United (H) 🚌 QPR (A) 🏡 Norwich City (H) 🚌 Southampton (A) 🚌 Birmingham City (A) 🏡 Stoke City (H) How many will points will Bristol City amass from their final seven games of the season under interim boss Roy Hodgson? 🤔 #BristolCity

@ronnabe Holden had horrendous luck with injuries yet we were still 13th when he was sacked. I think he would have been given more time if he had a higher profile

@markbennett1964 Holden made his position untenable. We didn’t play well in a lot of the games we did win and then went on a horrific run! Injuries didn’t help but he had to go, I think board realised they had made a major error there too.

Pretty stunned at events at #BristolCity, but history shows once you openly question hierarchy your time is limited. Other factors at play too but Struber was hugely popular with fanbase & in already divisive season, this threatens to widen chasm between stands/board further

@OSIBPODMAG Struber maybe dealt a bad hand but my god I was depressed leaving AG last Saturday. His insistence on playing wing backs when 4 2 3 1 better suits our players. How is Bird not starting? Vyner RWB at Oxford with Yu/Earthy on bench? Port Vale? Hopefully Scudamore now getting a grip

@hebusmoore @BristolCity @ForeverBristol1 We’ll see but many forget we’ve still got a decent squad. I’m hoping for a manager who sets us up to get the best out of our attacking midfield options next season including Yu, Stokes and maybe Earthy. Couldn’t see a future for any these under GS

@markbennett1964 @BristolCity You are clearly in the minority. The rest of us can see January and the Center half situ has caused the slump. I predict the next appointment will be underwhelming and probably inappropriate. @ForeverBristol1

We can announce that Gerhard Struber has been relieved of his duties as Bristol City Head Coach. Roy Hodgson will take charge of the Men’s First Team until the end of the season, while the club will task the incoming Sporting Director with appointing a permanent Head Coach for the 2026/27 campaign. The club’s recent performances have not met expectations and therefore Struber and Assistant Head Coach Bernd Eibler will leave with immediate effect.

@soberfootball I completely agree mate. Perhaps unlucky with injuries but failed to get the best from the players available to him in my view and tactically inflexible with his insistence on playing wing backs

IMO Struber leaving isn’t bad news. Fans liked him because he talked about sexy football and liked a pint. Very rarely saw sexy football, and if the next appointment is right, and the new SD align, it could be the club moving in the right direction.

@JonD_BCFC Other teams have worked out how to play us due to Strubers tactical inflexibility. Stop our wing backs from getting forward and we simply don’t have the attacking numbers. Time to make better use of the players we have by switching back to 4 2 3 1/4 2 1 3.

Fans blaming a lot on our lack of CBs. For me throughout a lot of this bad run our problem has been more going forward. I've been saying it a while. Yes Mehmeti has gone. But there's a lot of games he didn't start last season. Yet we managed to create chances. Not good enough

@spudboy1983 Some of the replies to this are laughable. The manager has to take responsibility for the way he set us up today and his insistence on always playing wing backs. Why was Bird on the bench? Why not use the energy of Earthy? The rest of the championship have found him out

Struber takes this team down next season. Injuries aside the lack of anything even the basics are so obvious. No idea what we try to do, no patterns of play, slow boring football. Sideways backwards long ball. Awful manager awful team. #BristolCity

@Tush27J Embarrassing, reading her pre prepared notes and Kemi, Kemi, Kemi

Warning. Helen Whately, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions will be on BBC Question Time tonight. She is to measured political thinking, what Nadine Dorries is to strong work ethic. #BBCBreakfast #bbcqt

Wow, Helen Whately on QT is embarrassing, so awkward reading pre prepared notes. Is this the best the Tories can offer?

@TheExiledRobin I think that’s a fair point; there is an element of luck in football which can get overlooked given the disappointment we’re feeling. Crama & Cooper at the back for Millwall for eg have barely missed a game this season. Despite medical staff changes our injuries seem to persist

Before all inevitable comments, let’s be clear that this is now extreme and ANY club in the league would struggle without their 3 x first choice centre backs and another who can cover the position. I know we should have 1 more CB in the squad, but this isn’t *all* down to SL/BT