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Gerard Struber top two ambitions

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  1. Red Robin

    Red Robin Well-Known Member

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    What a breath of fresh air this guy is -Really looking forward to going down the gate at present-exciting times.


    Struber is not fazed top two in his sites- this guy really is setting the bar high -have a read ladies and Gents so refreshing from the dour football we have been watching.
    We're not dreaming' - Gerhard Struber responds to Bristol City top two claim amid unbeaten run
    Bristol City boss Gerhard Struber has won three of his first five Championship games as Robins head coach
    Bristol City are “ready for more” after their win over Sheffield Wednesday, Gerhard Struber has insisted, but the Robins boss claims he and his players are "not dreaming” amid suggestions they could challenge for automatic promotion this term.
    The Reds climbed to third in the table as they stretched their unbeaten start to the Championship campaign to five matches with a 3-0 win over Henrik Pedersen’s Owls at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon. An early own-goal from Harry Amass, as well as first-half strikes from Emil Riis and Anis Mehmeti, proved to be enough for Struber’s side to secure all three points.
    Although they took their foot off the gas after the break, the Robins flexed their attacking muscles in the first half of the game in particular. Mehmeti, Riis, and Scott Twine combined to cause the home side plenty of problems, and had City been more clinical, they could have won by an even more comfortable margin.
    Over the course of the first five games of the season, only Coventry City have scored more goals than the Reds’ 12, and only two other teams - the Sky Blues and Stoke - also remain unbeaten. After last term's top six finish, Struber has been encouraged by the early signs but is by no means getting ahead of himself.
    “I think we should be not dreaming,” the head coach replied when asked if he had a realistic ambition for the season, for instance, a top two finish. “We have goals, of course, and we have a big togetherness to realise something.
    “We are ready for more, but we know also how difficult is the league. Now the league is super young, and I think we can give our results and performances in a good frame at the moment, but we're not dreaming.
    “We stay humble, we know what we have to do. But I can tell you, our belief, our energy together is on a really high level, and with how we take the tool from the toolbox tactical-wise and how is our togetherness, it’s not easy against us. This is crystal clear.”
    While it has been City’s attacking quality that has caught the eye under Struber so far, the Robins have impressed out of possession in the early stages of the Austrian’s tenure.
    The clean sheet kept at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon was the Reds' third in their first seven matches in all competitions and over the course of their first five Championship games, they have only conceded four goals - a figure only bettered by three teams at this stage.
    Naturally, credit has to be given to the likes of Manchester United loanee Radek Vitek, Rob Dickie, Rob Atkinson and Zak Vyner, who have all started the campaign in good form, but every single player has been called upon at some stage off the ball as a result of Striber's high-pressing style.
     
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    Angelicnumber16 Well-Known Member

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    If we're still unbeaten after Oxford at home, PNE away, and Ipswich at home we'll be doing very nicely indeed
     
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    minimum 4 points expected 5 jam in middle 6 cream on top 7 two slices 9 the whole cake thankyou sod the calories!
     
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    Angelicnumber16 Well-Known Member

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    <laugh>
     
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    wizered Ol' Mucker Staff Member

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    Sounds like a Cornish scone, cream on top..
     
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    <laugh>
     
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    bcfcredandwhite Well-Known Member

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    I think ALL our managers had that wish.
    They need to be given the tools to achieve it.
     
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    AH! but that would have a butter layer!
     
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    wizered Ol' Mucker Staff Member

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    upload_2025-9-16_21-39-29.jpeg
     
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    gosh imagine the size of the gob that could take a bite out of that! ... I like mine in 2 halves slightly warmed before adding the butter/jam/clotted .....

    ps like mine with currants/ raisons or sultanas in them
     
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    Me toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo<laugh>
     
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    wizered Ol' Mucker Staff Member

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    The main difference is the tradition of serving a cream tea: the Devon way involves cream first, then jam, while the Cornish way is jam first, then cream.While both counties have distinct, well-loved traditions, some reports suggest Devon scones can be denser and more cake-like, whereas Cornish scones may be lighter and flakier.However, the most significant distinction remains the topping order in a cream tea

    I prefer Cornish but everyone to their own favourite taste.
     
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    Spot on Wiz,also my scones have to have currants in !!!
     
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    Angelicnumber16 Well-Known Member

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    Fruit scones for me too with jam and cream on top
     
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    Fruit scones for me, 2 halves warm, each with cream first then jam is my favourite, but not too bothered about which is first, jam then cream is also good, just find this way more difficult to achieve and more messy.
     
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    Cornish all the way for me :1980_boogie_down::1980_boogie_down::1980_boogie_down:
     
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    realred1952 Well-Known Member

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    All of above noted....

    When we had our bakery/cafe in the 50's -- early 60's cream teas were part of it! ... However the scones were made with or without fruit and they were of a proper size, likely about double the existing width!
    I can just about recall making the scones... mix was put in a tray about 24" wide and 48" long and the scones stamped out it is how I learned the hours of a week! the mix would make 168 the strippings were hand made into 1 for each of us!.. mum dad 4 kids! fruity bits were in a part of that tray! Needless to say the strippings ones always had "a little bit of fruit!" PREPPING FOR A "TEA" always served as pre cut! small dollop butter dollop Strawberry jam [ lumps of strawberry in it ] and a small dish of clotted cream.
    also did a part prepped 2 halves buttered and jammed with cream in dish..... ........ Never really noticed how the 100's of happy customers assembled theirs ... mine was always butter bottom with scraping on top bit then wadge of jam [ dessert spoon ] / then Tablespoon dollop of cream................ yum yum . just nipping off down Tesco' s for some scones cream and jam ... midnight feast !!!!!!
    There used to be a lady near Cheddar, used to make jam ... mainly strawberry ... and would make us 28 lb / 10lb tins of it at a time back then we bought jam for other various cakes/DONUTS from real commercials ... like robertsons! tins had a lid on as opposed to be being like today! She used to have them all from us! but we had our own number of.... 10lb tins were often ... raspberry... or red / black currant / or a mixed up "mess!!!

    those were the days real food no chemicals and whole strawberries [ or most of one ] plentiful in the jam..........
     
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