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4 days ago
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Eibler joins Robins as Struber's assistant
Bristol City have appointed Bernd Eibler as assistant head coach following the departure of Chris Hogg to rejoin former boss Liam Manning at Norwich Austrian has previously wqorked alongside new Robins boss Gerhard Struber at MLS team New York Red Bulls and German side FC will be the first time Eibler, who did not play football professionally, has worked in English football."Bernd is a bright young coach who will bring an energy and football development to the club," Struber told the club website., external"I am very glad to have him join me at Bristol City."
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20-06-2025
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Bristol City sign Plymouth midfielder Randell
Bristol City have signed midfielder Adam Randell from Plymouth Argyle on a four-year deal for an undisclosed 24-year-old came through the Pilgrims' academy and made 173 appearances, scoring 10 goals, since his debut in 2018. New Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley said earlier this week there was a "strong possibility" Plymouth-born Randell would leave, with the side relegated to League One at the end of last is Bristol City's first signing of the summer and his arrival comes 24 hours after the appointment of Gerhard Struber as their new head coach. "I'm really looking to being part of the project and I'm over the moon to finally get it done," Randell said in a statement."The aspirations of the club very much align with mine. They're building something here that I want to be involved in."Randell had a spell on loan at Torquay United in the National League in 2020-21 but has been a regular starter for Argyle in the past three campaigns. He played in 39 out of Plymouth's 46 Championship games last season, scoring one City technical director Brian Tinnion said: "He's the exact profile of player we're looking for as we look to build on a successful campaign last season."
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20-06-2025
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Third time lucky for a foreign Robins coach?
So City have a new head coach in Austrian Gerhard Struber. Judging by fan sentiment expressed on social media, it seems a popular appointment and certainly won't divide supporters like when Liam Manning came in for the popular Nigel Pearson in November is City's first European managerial appointment since 1998 when Benny Lennartsson was hired by then chairman Scott Davidson to "help" John Ward, who barely four months earlier had guided City to promotion back to the Championship. John had actually asked for help and wanted to bring in the experienced Ray Harford but the City hierarchy went for the 'fashionable' coach option. John actually resigned feeling his position had become untenable and the red cap wearing Swede had the worst start of any City manager in the post-war lost 5-0 to Bradford City at Valley Parade in his first game in charge and things got even worse in his second as they went down 6-1 at home to Wolves, a match remembered perhaps more for the mascot punch up between Wolfie & the Three Little Pigs!! Lennartsson won only six of his 30 league games in charge as City were you go back to 1980, City took the foreign option for the first time when hiring Bob Houghton to replace the long serving Alan Dicks. Houghton, with a young Roy Hodgson as his assistant, had a decent pedigree having guided Malmo to the European Cup Final the previous year - they lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest - as City sought to make a quick return to the top flight where they had been since 1976. The die had already been cast in terms of City's fate as the financial troubles mounted by the week and the ageing side began to disintegrate. City were relegated for a second successive season and in the January of 1982, Houghton resigned before the volcano of financial despair erupted and what followed was all that we associate with the Ashton Gate hope it is third time lucky for City with a foreign coaching appointment and we are not hearing cries of "Uber for Struber" before the turn of the year. Personally, I'm excited by what I read about his preferred way of playing and as a person I think we might see someone who wears his heart on his sleeve, which will excite the Ashton Gate faithful who warm to managers who don't stay rooted within the technical more from David at the Forever Bristol City Podcast, external
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20-06-2025
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Forwards will get new 'lease of life' under Struber
New Bristol City manager Gerhard Struber's style of play will give a new "lease of life" to the club's forwards, chairman Jon Lansdown Mayulu, Sinclair Armstrong and Harry Cornick are the three centre-forwards in the squad for next season, although Mayulu spent much of the last campaign on loan and Cornick was out however, reiterated that bolstering their forward line was a priority this summer."Gerhard often plays with two up top, it's a completely different thing. It gives a new lease of life to your Fally's and Sinclair - they will be a really good fit for this style," Lansdown told BBC Radio Bristol."We we still need more because you might have two playing up there rather than one. It's things we're already thinking and already on."Nahki Wells' future at the club still remains unresolved. The 34-year-old was said to be in talks over a new contract last month."I haven't got anything to update at the moment other than we've not lost contact, I've still seen him in and around keeping fit," Lansdown said."We'll pick that up when we get going with Gerhard."
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19-06-2025
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'Got to give him a chance' - fans react to Struber
Gerhard Struber has been announced as the new head coach of Bristol are some of your views on the appointment of the Austrian to replace Liam - I love the way the Austrian national team plays, and apparently it's hard coded into Austrian football. So to have an Austrian head coach with a reputation for that style of play, and an academy that's set up for it, makes me quite - One thing I have to say is that any manager at City must have some help with bringing in fresh talent which we lacked in key areas especially in the play-offs as we were not in the same class as Sheffield United. Unless this happens it will be a difficult - Got to give the guy a chance but hope he plays two up - On first impressions very positive. Talks a good game and seems passionate, only time will - No, it's a poor one again from the - My only concern is that owner Steve Lansdown has shown little sign of seriously investing in this team. I only hope that Struber obtained some assurances about strengthening City (particularly up front) before - We as fans don't know how good or bad the new manager will be but after 10 games will have a good idea. The first thing for us as fans will be to see if and who the board allow him to move on from the poor strike force we have and replace them with decent forwards or he will - Struber wasn't first on my list let alone in the top five - Steve Lansdown said we should aim to repeat last season's performance but I'd love to see us finish in the top five and should we end up in the play-offs again we have to go and win it, that's the next logical step. Anything less then a top-six finish will be a disappointing season.
