Bristol City fans chant in anger at the board after 1-0 defeat to West Brom

Bristol City boss Gerhard Struber told BBC Radio Bristol:

“Really difficult [to watch]. How we move in this game, the energy and willingness which we normally have on a much higher level… I missed this today. It’s a really disappointing moment and a big frustration for everyone.

“We knew that they play in a low block and that they’d bring the tempo, but in the end this cannot influence us at this level. I could speak everything that we missed today.

“The second half was maybe a little bit better, but in the end we did not create the chances which we should be at home.

“When you do not have the intensity which is necessary for a Championship game, then there is a consequence. I missed the sharpness in the brain and hopefully the international break helps us to find a little bit of time to clean up everything and then train at a level which means we bounce back for this final phase.”

Struber, per Sky Sports:

“I fully understand how the fans feel because I am really disappointed with the efforts of some players today.

“When the supporters pay for their tickets, they are entitled to expect certain basics from their team, which were not there today. Our football was flat and so far from the face we like to show to our fans.

“I have left the players in no doubt about my feelings. We need to use the international break to rediscover our focus and that means working super hard in every training session.

“We have many injury problems, but they had nothing to do with the performance and we cannot make them an excuse.”

West Brom interim head coach James Morrison told BBC WM…

“I thought it was a top away performance and it had a bit of everything. There was the fight and determination I keep talking about, but when we were under pressure we dealt with it. When we attacked, we got the opportunities. I’d have liked us to have put the game to bed, but we’ve seen it out.

“Everyone today was an 8/10 and that’s what you need when you’re away from home. Hopefully this away form continues.

“In the back of my mind, it’s only one part done now. They can have a nice couple of days off, but when they come back in, they’ve got to be ready to work and be ready to fight until the end.

“I keep reminding them about that. From now until the end of the season there’ll be ups and downs, as there always is in a relegation battle. It’s about how we deal with that. It’s a challenge we’re looking forward to.”

Morrison, per Sky Sports:

“We all know what football can do to you if you start getting carried away and, while we want to enjoy the moment, we actually need to work even harder over the remaining games.

“That will be my message to the players. Our fans have stuck with us over a long period without a success on the road, so it was great to see the scenes at the end of the game and share in them.

“But we have achieved nothing yet. A four-point gap to the relegation places and back-to-back wins gives us something to build on and no more than that.

“Again today I am very proud of what I considered a top performance from the lads. The fight and determination, plus the level of togetherness were just what is required away from home in the Championship.”

Here’s the social media reaction after Bristol City fans chant in anger at the board after a 1-0 defeat to West Brom…

@Ashley23Elliott: Unbelievable. Your a championship team in a decent stadium one of the best academies going with decent money in a dog eat dog league and your fans protesting over nothing. What do you think your fans are entitled to ?

@jordanhewlett99: Supporters ruining a football club again

@lpmoffatt: About time imo. If you or I were trying to sell our houses for the last 8 years we’d have accepted an offer by now. The billionaire talking down to the working class bloke who spends his spare cash and valuable time on the club in January was a bitter pill to swallow.

@BCFC_Chapz: Won’t accept any negativity towards stuber here. Purely the owners of this club need calling out.. thought section 82 done well today to voice that. This simply isnt a personal or struber issue. This goes beyond that.

@_callumfowler: I reckon half the EFL don’t like their owners. I’ve never known it be this bad and the amount of people falling out of love with the game

@CAGBCFC: Absolutely embarrassing today, intensity was so far away from being good enough. We’re clearly restricted at the back but we have near enough everyone fully fit in midfield and attack yet we created very little. West Brom were abysmal yet we found a way to be worse. #BristolCity

@SBVJ2407: Disjointed, sloppy, careless, clueless, lethargic, and absolutely devoid of how to play football. We’re on a downward spiral and it’s hitting harder every game that goes by. Us fans deserve better, but we’re losing faith in the hierarchy that’s killing this club.Painful #BristolCity

@BS3Rob: Honestly fuck the lot of them off even Struber everyone can get it today that was an embarrassment