Immediate Reaction To Stu Leaving

[Midlands Yellow 4,118]

High 5 a total stranger as you browsed around Norwich market. 

Swore like a trooper at your smartphone screen.

Shrugged shoulders as you couldn’t give a sh1t. 

Shed tears of sorrow/joy. 

 

 

[S_81 921]

Got divorced to celebrate properly 

[Mello Yello 2,315]

I've done so many celebratory 'whoop whoop!' laps around the outside of Carrow Road...I'm turning into milk....

[Yobocop 1,105]

I’ve celebrated the success he brought to our club but acknowledged it is time for a change  

[Davidlingfield 65]

I would be more excited if it was the other Webber leaving.

[Pyro Pete 1,940]

 

[ZLF 281]

Meh

[Dr Greenthumb 753]

Bit gutted if I am honest

[kirku 1,339]

On the balance of things, he failed at his most important task. 

The way it unravelled over the last two years was very disappointing because up until that point, he'd done a truly excellent job.

It was time for him to leave.

[Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 1,047]

Shrugged my shoulders...........

[A Load of Squit 5,236]

Who's going to be the next SD?

Edited June 13, 2023 by A Load of Squit

[WD40 724]

Absolutely made my day. Don’t get me wrong, the usual suspects will be claiming the “I told you so’s” early when results don’t immediately come. But no one is bigger than the club, and I’m delighted the club stood up for themselves and the fans against someone who thought they were. 

[Midlands Yellow 4,118]

34 minutes ago, Dr Greenthumb said:

Bit gutted if I am honest

Don’t be. All sour relationships come to an end. 

[Dr Greenthumb 753]

Just now, Midlands Yellow said:

Don’t be. All sour relationships come to an end. 

Think of where we would be had Webber not come in. The problem Is higher than him and always has been.

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,898]

2 hours ago, Yobocop said:

I’ve celebrated the success he brought to our club but acknowledged it is time for a change  

Yep, same here. 

However, I was of this opinion 12 months ago and the fact he has still continued to be so arrogant during such a poor season has certainly soured the memories of his success.

[Midlands Yellow 4,118]

3 minutes ago, Dr Greenthumb said:

Think of where we would be had Webber not come in. The problem Is higher than him and always has been.

Quite agree with the ownership, that should have ended a decade or more ago. Never have and never will understand why S&J are held in such high regard. 

[Dean Coneys boots 1,422]

10 minutes ago, Midlands Yellow said:

Quite agree with the ownership, that should have ended a decade or more ago. Never have and never will understand why S&J are held in such high regard. 

I do understand why they are held in high regard- they genuinely love the club. But they needed to go a long time ago. They belong to an era when club football was national not global and run by millionaires not billionaires. They are also octogenarians now and the need for the next phase is here. A stubborn refusal to let go has held us back for some time, imho, but that might, might I stress, be coming to an end with Attanasio involvement. Otherwise get ready for the Roeder years mark2

[Midlands Yellow 4,118]

22 minutes ago, Dean Coneys boots said:

I do understand why they are held in high regard- they genuinely love the club. But they needed to go a long time ago. They belong to an era when club football was national not global and run by millionaires not billionaires. They are also octogenarians now and the need for the next phase is here. A stubborn refusal to let go has held us back for some time, imho, but that might, might I stress, be coming to an end with Attanasio involvement. Otherwise get ready for the Roeder years mark2

Nice accolade to the pair, I personally feel they have took far much than they have given. Champagne socialists was a common saying in the 80s which fits them bang on. 

[Midlands Yellow 4,118]

3 hours ago, Mello Yello said:

I've done so many celebratory 'whoop whoop!' laps around the outside of Carrow Road...I'm turning into milk....

One more lap Mello. 

[Crafty Canary 511]

 I’m not bothered he’s going. Just needs Delia and MWJ to follow him out of the door so the club can really move forward with fresh leadership.

[canarydan23 4,123]

1 hour ago, Dr Greenthumb said:

Think of where we would be had Webber not come in. The problem Is higher than him and always has been.

To hazard a guess, hmmmm, maybe, mid-table Championship?

Also, imagine where we'll be if he stayed.

Edited June 13, 2023 by canarydan23

[shefcanary 2,503]

I scratched my head (my head, not my ****). I'm still scratching my head. There's more to this ... surely? Help, I'm drowning, I need something definite other than Stu leaving, he was always going to leave.

Is he going to climb Everest or not?

[Nexus_Canary 1,044]

It was time. 
Glad hes gone as I think we and him had grown apart.

[Dr Greenthumb 753]

7 hours ago, canarydan23 said:

To hazard a guess, hmmmm, maybe, mid-table Championship?

Also, imagine where we'll be if he stayed.

We were in the doo doo when he walked in the door, there’s no way all these years on we would be where we are now without his influence, so cool “hmmmmm, maybe, hazard of a guess”, but you’re wrong.

Edited June 14, 2023 by Dr Greenthumb

[canarydan23 4,123]

10 minutes ago, Dr Greenthumb said:

We were in the doo doo when he walked in the door, there’s no way all these years on we would be where we are now without his influence, so cool “hmmmmm, maybe, hazard of a guess”, but you’re wrong.

If you mean we wouldn't be sitting here having enjoyed two Championship titles, then yes, you're absolutely right.

If you mean we wouldn't be sitting here as a mid-table Championship side, then you're almost certainly wrong.

Webber is a brilliant self-publicist and isn't averse to twisting truths. He'd make a great politician. Before he set foot in the door plans were afoot and submitted for improvements at Colney. Whilst we had an unsustainable wage bill, Webber walked into a squad chock full of valuable player assets and bright young things. Look at what we had; Pritchard, Jacob Murphy, Josh Murphy, Ben Godfrey had already had his debut, as had James Maddison. Talent that would bring the club in £80 million that Webber had zero to do with the recruitment of (and he had the temerity to constantly belittle the previous regime). Max Aarons and Jamal Lewis were also still in the building (or Portakabins).

The fact is, Colney would have been developed without Webber. Those players would have fetched serious sums of cash without Webber. That cash would have been reinvested in the squad without Webber. Whether it would have been invested in such a manner that it would have bought us the success we had under Farke is extremely unlikely. Whether it would have been invested in such a manner that would find us lower than 13th in the Championship at the end of the 2022/23 is as equally unlikely.

[Fen Canary 896]

10 hours ago, Midlands Yellow said:

Quite agree with the ownership, that should have ended a decade or more ago. Never have and never will understand why S&J are held in such high regard. 

Probably because they helped save the club from going bust, and we’ve spent half of the last 12 seasons in the top flight? 

[Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,899]

Long overdue imo. One of the worst communicators I have ever witnessed in a senior position at any club.

OTBC

[ricardo 7,444]

26 minutes ago, Fen Canary said:

Probably because they helped save the club from going bust, and we’ve spent half of the last 12 seasons in the top flight? 

Don't confuse the issue with facts.

[......and Smith must score. 1,368]

10 hours ago, WD40 said:

Absolutely made my day. Don’t get me wrong, the usual suspects will be claiming the “I told you so’s” early when results don’t immediately come. But no one is bigger than the club, and I’m delighted the club stood up for themselves and the fans against someone who thought they were. 

The fans may have stood up for themselves but the club didn’t.

He resigned and wasn’t sacked.

[Dean Coneys boots 1,422]

49 minutes ago, canarydan23 said:

If you mean we wouldn't be sitting here having enjoyed two Championship titles, then yes, you're absolutely right.

If you mean we wouldn't be sitting here as a mid-table Championship side, then you're almost certainly wrong.

Webber is a brilliant self-publicist and isn't averse to twisting truths. He'd make a great politician. Before he set foot in the door plans were afoot and submitted for improvements at Colney. Whilst we had an unsustainable wage bill, Webber walked into a squad chock full of valuable player assets and bright young things. Look at what we had; Pritchard, Jacob Murphy, Josh Murphy, Ben Godfrey had already had his debut, as had James Maddison. Talent that would bring the club in £80 million that Webber had zero to do with the recruitment of (and he had the temerity to constantly belittle the previous regime). Max Aarons and Jamal Lewis were also still in the building (or Portakabins).

The fact is, Colney would have been developed without Webber. Those players would have fetched serious sums of cash without Webber. That cash would have been reinvested in the squad without Webber. Whether it would have been invested in such a manner that it would have bought us the success we had under Farke is extremely unlikely. Whether it would have been invested in such a manner that would find us lower than 13th in the Championship at the end of the 2022/23 is as equally unlikely.

Great post. I too feel he is quite economical with the truth. Ultimately he was made to look great due to the canny signings of emi and pukki. But these were largely thanks to excellent recruitment under the chap who went off to Middlesbrough- and one he left Webber was exposed - hence the woeful waste of spend since then with cash thrown at poor players. He ended in disaster at Huddersfield too remember - it is therefore fair to ask if he is clever in riding into clubs on others coat tails and hard work and then running them backwards not forwards…that might be harsh as infrastructure has improved. But he isn’t half as good as he himself believes and his petulant paddies when questioned by fans only further points to a fragile ego and narcissistic tendency. Good riddance say I- can we go back to being a transparent family club now?