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This is welcome news. Webber went from being refreshing to somebody who couldn't achieve what his ego thought his could. A man of limitations. I strongly believe his increasingly hostility was due to the unorthodox nature of how the club is 'run' and I'll use that term loosely. No other professional club would have tolerated his behaviour, even though privately it is possible that Delia and MWJ were not entirely pleased. Either way, if his next venture is in football, he will have to tone it down or simply shut up to avoid an early P45. He must know that he could not achieve any more here and to argue his case, was given little cash to spend though the money he was given was increasingly spent unwisely. While I'm pleased he is going, our problems do not start or end with Stuart Webber.

The difference is he’s reached the limit of his ability and shouldn’t really still be here. Remember his ‘just passing through’ comment as he wanted to work in Europe? He’s frustrated as the phone isn’t ringing and may never ring as it hasn’t worked out the way it once did. Climbing Kilimanjaro is easier than this self funding nonsense and for that, he has my sympathies.

I’d like Michael Bailey. He’s not going to continue his career by toeing the line, but doesn’t cross it either. He chose his questions carefully with Webber and I found him very effective, if wanting a few questions more. He did a very good piece last year dissecting the failings of signings by Webber for our last EPL campaign, the rationale of why he bought so many players and so forth.

As limited as Doncaster was, he did have time for fans. I spoke to him on the phone for 45 minutes about various aspects and me trying to get him to cash in on Earnshaw. Webbers prominence is amplified by the fact we have no Chairman and CEO, which is not a healthy way to run a club in my opinion. Having at least one of those would make his job easier, but clearly these positions aren’t considered.

With respect, I was referring to the more mechanical/finance side.

Good post. Delia's stance is swimming against the tide, for not months, years but decades. And the club has and is suffering as a result. Though many others would disagree, she has put herself before the club. But she is an opportunist and has played a blinder. My very few sympathies with Webber is that he has so little money to play with. The pressure is on him to somehow find enough raw talent to nurture and sell on to keep the utterly ridiculous and delusional self-funding model alive is huge. But he makes the point that the Season Tickets keep selling out, so in statistical terms, the natives are happy. For now. Norwich City can be stubborn, perverse, contradictory. A 'family club' that insults (some) of its fans, a club that claims it wants EPL football, but have majority shareholders that have previously gone on the record on several occasions to criticise it. You never bite the had that feeds you. When we have got there, we show little desire to stay there and back to the comfort zone of the Championship. The club will never play the game, let alone the modern game, so make the most of what we do because it is unlikely to get much better.

Paddy - who I like - was over cautious, which led to a poor interview. I’m amazed that MB could be considered worse.

Wow you’ve got a massive chip on your shoulder.

Bailey’s interview was good because he was more direct and it turn got a better response, which was better for both parties.

The comment regarding Women’s football was personal taste and I see nothing wrong in that. However, the ‘divorcee’ comment was unnecessary and immature. As an employer, I would find that unacceptable and would issue a written warning. Norwich City are supposed to be a ‘family club’ and making remarks such as that damages the ‘brand’ of Norwich City. I don’t think many clubs would accept his general behaviour and if the our board was structured somewhat more conventionally, he would be far less likely to make such comments. I’m sure whoever his successor will be, will be less hostile and emotional from someone who lets himself down on some of the good work he has done in the past..

As I’ve previously stated, speak to people who worked internally at CR up to that point and see what they say.

I'm no Webber fan, but he's perfectly entitled not to watch Women's football.

That's your call, but my wife is no liar. Speak to other people who have worked at CR over the years and see what they say. The Ed Balls decision was in the public domain and is well known.

This would have been up to just before Webber's arrival so can only comment on that period, but she had always been involved with the running of the club. As I've mentioned before, she overruled Ed Balls who wanted Alex Neill sacked after relegation. One suspects that all non-footballing activities are now her domain, with Webber running the football side of things.

When my wife worked at CR, she was told on her first day by staff that nothing happens without Delia's say so and after about a few hours in, that became very clear! MWJ never got mentioned.

There must be certain people at CR who must cringe every time Webber opens his mouth. He is an absolute PR disaster; hostile, arrogant and defensive. He doesn't build bridges, he just blows them up. The sooner he is out of CR the better, but there is little to no accountability for his actions.

I think Archant instructed Davitt to play it safe, as you would normally expect more probing from Paddy, especially as Webber kept contradicting himself.

He's a classic narcissistic. Passive/Aggressive, Bullying yet very insecure. Failure to take personal responsibility. Some of his defence was ridiculous. His comments regarding divorcees in the snake pit shows the guy has a huge problem. He is a PR disaster and shows what happens when you have somebody in a position that isn't held to account.

I didn't think it was a partially good interview. It was too long and Webber did too much waffling. Paddy was over cautious, almost trying not to upset him. Generally Webber underplayed or ignored his failings, while overstating the positives. PR is an area where he will never excel at. Not somebody I would wish to be in the same room with, that's for sure!

I'm not sure about Wagner, but he deserves a chance. Such has been the wastefulness of Stuart Webber's recruitment, the club had limited options, despite Zoe ' Now I can use my married name' Webber's absurd ramblings about what a prestigious position the manager's job is at CR. Wagner has problems all around him, so I do not envy him one little bit. Mentally fatigued players, a board who still view football like a pack of Woodbine's and a club that is not run well despite much rhetoric to the contrary. It is sailing very close to the wind. Worst case scenario is relegation/administration or the best is play offs. Probably end up mid table, but if he can get them playing in a system week in, week out that works more often than not and the player seem happy with, that will be a big leap forward. The club needs to work with a smaller squad, though the fact that the club has little players of value is a concern as I know the club were very surprised that they could not shift Aarons and Cantwell in the summer. Would would they be worth now? All in all this appointment needs to work out at least reasonably positively, otherwise any continuation of current form will be back in a division that even Delia would baulk at.

Yep. Get as much back as we can and put this down to another Stuart Webber failure. Would you give him your last tenner?

The interview was all very fluffy kittens and anyone who gets excited about 'Yellows' needs to get out a bit more. However, The Attanasios seem like very nice, pleasant people and obviously aren't going to give much away in a interview like this. I'm still not sure whether they've been hoodwinked by Delia's corporate negativity or they're far more cleverer than that and aren't as amenable as they seem. Who needs who more?

Webber's wasted the Emi money and showed that the club was not remotely serious about staying in the EPL, as none of the purchases were good enough to play in it. I spoke to somebody at the club last season as he echoed many that they couldn't understand why he bought 8 or 9 players, instead of buying 3/4 players of a much better standard. 'The worst intake of players we've ever had'. The club have been talking about redeveloping the City Stand for as long as I can remember. At an event at CR around 2001, I was told by a club official - usually an ex player - that the club will develop the stand when 'we next get promoted'. I've been sold that line several times since and as we all know, it never happens as there will always be an excuse not to do it. Milot has sadly offered nothing and given this failed purchase by Webber, almost any club in our position would take the money. Whether that would be wisely spent is another matter, as the club is more about existence and keeping the doomed self funding model afloat with our hapless majority shareholders.

I'd pretty much agree with all of that. He did have to go, because the likes of Chase had run out of road as football was getting too big for the likes of a modest businessman from Halvergate and the club needed to build on what he had achieved, despite relegation. Unfortunately we ended with a couple of well meaning amateurs in Smith & Jones, which was exactly what the club didn't need. Since then, we have come nowhere near the highs of the Chase years and now we have some fans who accept the second tier as a matter of course, rather than having any degree of aspiration.

Absolutely. As far as Webber's 'star' buys are concerned, he has to be one of the all time worst.