'Beyond frustrating' - fans react to Struber sacking
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We asked for your views after Bristol City announced the sacking of boss Gerhard Struber with former England manager Roy Hodgson taking over at the Championship club until the end of the season.
Hodgson returns to a club which he led for four months in 1982 in his first managerial job in English football.
We had a large number of responses so, thanks for getting in touch and here is a selection of the views of Bristol City fans:
Jess - Roy is a legend and no doubt fans will give him a warm welcome but it's really hard to see the positives in this, or understand the club's vision. What's the point in overhauling the set-up when we aren't investing in the squad? We do the same thing over and over again and expect different results - madness!
Kris - Fans of other clubs often ask me why Bristol City have never made it to the Premier League as they seem equally perplexed as us City supporters. I think I have boiled it down to Steve Lansdown conservatism and poor managerial appointments. This is the first managerial appointment he's got right in a while in my opinion but reverted to type with this sacking after failing to back Struber with a sufficient squad to make it through the season. Beyond frustrating!
Tom - Quite predictable really as very poor form for the past two months. Struber has to take some blame for that but the transfer window was a disaster in January and he deserves more time. I don't see the point in the Lansdowns carrying on, as it's one bad decision after another and you can't keep blaming managers. Surely it is time to let someone else have a go at board level and getting us to the next level.
Matt - So frustrating to be owned by a local billionaire who shows little ambition for doing what's necessary on the playing side to get the club into the Premier League.
Mark - It's not April Fools' Day yet is it?
Neville - As a Palace exile in Bristol I think it is a sensible appointment to take the team through to the end of the current season. Roy gets to work quick and in both of his spells at Palace the effect was immediate.
Margaret - Bad mistake! The football has been great this season and it's not Struber's fault we sold our best players in the January transfer window. I like and respect Roy Hodgson but we should have stuck with Struber, he is a talented manager who knows how to motivate players. Shame on you Bristol City!
Mark F - The fans need to get a grip. Lansdown has poured so much into this club and turned us from a League One side into a big Championship team. Yes we all want to go to the Premier League but these things can take time and impatience is no excuse for the fans to turn on an owner who has spent £300m of his own cash stabilising us as a solid team.
Tony - Struber had to go, as the performances of late are nothing short of appalling. He lost the dressing room.
Marc - Why appoint Roy Hodgson, when he is only likely to stay until the end of season when Bristol City can not go up or down? It seems a pointless appointment, because although I have respect for him it is very unlikely he will be manager for the 2026-2027 season at 78. We sold our best players to our rivals when Struber was there, he even said Bristol City do not invest enough.
