Legacy of Webber

[Big Vince 318]

I hope it has not gone unnoticed that after the boy Rowe, Norwich's next three most saleable assets were all brought to the club by Webber - Sainz, Sara and Sargent.

So, given that the club only exists to develop and sell on talent for a profit, l expect to see posters on here lauding Webber for these three signings when the time comes for Delia cash in.

It underscores why Webber was so indispensable to the Socialists and why they would have a go at the fans for "not having a clue", given their role in forcing him out.

[Kingston Yellow 220]

Webber’s legacy is this, last and the prior season. Shoite.

[Well b back 3,216]

Thought you binners were avoiding this board, at least for a few more days lol

[hogesar 9,676]

Ah! An opportunity for my hashtag, #BringBackStuartWebber

(1-0 to me @PurpleCanary and yes, even Vince counts).

[PurpleCanary 5,562]

8 hours ago, hogesar said:

Ah! An opportunity for my hashtag, #BringBackStuartWebber

(1-0 to me @PurpleCanary and yes, even Vince counts).

Well I suppose if you're that desperate to win then, yes, Big Vince does count, for the first time ever...🤩

[Yobocop 1,099]

Every dog has its day 

after all didn’t Roeder sign hoolahan? 

[rock bus 854]

1 hour ago, Yobocop said:

Every dog has its day 

after all didn’t Roeder sign hoolahan? 

Yep, and even a broken clock is right twice a day!

[Mello Yello 2,296]

Ah the Wunnerful  Webbo.....I can just imagine that Stu's fawning followers on this forum have a couple of his old manky mountaineering socks they use as personal catch cloths.... 

[Bradwell canary 109]

His true legacy…….

Not supporting his brilliant head coach who was given the smallest budget ever given to a newly promoted club to thePL.

Then took the heat off himself by firing him.

Wrong man chopped!!

[Dr Greenthumb 750]

23 minutes ago, Bradwell canary said:

His true legacy…….

Not supporting his brilliant head coach who was given the smallest budget ever given to a newly promoted club to thePL.

Then took the heat off himself by firing him.

Wrong man chopped!!

Also, being the only championship club to give him a chance in the first place and ignoring the noise after finishing 14th in his first season 

[TheGunnShow 5,940]

If he got the youth academy back to category A and this Brazil link keeps throwing up some diamonds, he will deserve some credit for that. He started off superbly, but thought he could walk on water. That way, madness inevitably lies.

[Mello Yello 2,296]

Charlatan....and he's sourly missed....

[littleyellowbirdie 2,551]

57 minutes ago, Bradwell canary said:

His true legacy…….

Not supporting his brilliant head coach who was given the smallest budget ever given to a newly promoted club to thePL.

Then took the heat off himself by firing him.

Wrong man chopped!!

Farke wasn't as good as all that. He had us yoyo a bit, which is no better than Alex Neil. He very much flattered to deceive, and Webber probably deserves more credit for his success seeing as Farke isn't replicating the level of success at Leeds in spite of having more experience and more resources at Leeds. And Alex Neil turned us around faster.

Very odd that the successes all get laid at Farke's door while all the failures get laid at Webber's door for that period.

Edited January 30 by littleyellowbirdie

[Captain Holt 522]

Again, like every individual in a role such as his, you're going to get more misses than hits with transfers. It's just that all his hits came at once and the misses were often entire transfer windows. His legacy is the training ground and the modernisation that (hopefully) will lead the club into the next era when the ownership gets sorted. Good luck to him the rest of his life.

[Corbs1 89]

Farke done good, and is doing ok in Yorkshire, let’s follow follow follow. But more to the pint any “socialism’ that seeps into football in any way at any level can only be a good thing. 

[Corbs1 89]

Social aspects include supporting less wealthy smaller clubs, ensuring ex players are not forgotten, investing in community projects, encouraging development of less privileged groups, being anti discrimination, anti violence around the game … topical eh

[Rock The Boat 1,332]

10 minutes ago, Corbs1 said:

Social aspects include supporting less wealthy smaller clubs, ensuring ex players are not forgotten, investing in community projects, encouraging development of less privileged groups, being anti discrimination, anti violence around the game … topical eh

complete and utter b0ll0x

[Branston Pickle 3,661]

11 hours ago, Yobocop said:

Every dog has its day 

after all didn’t Roeder sign hoolahan? 

Given Webber was responsible for all the signings from the last however-many-years, including any number of duds along with the good, this is a pretty stupid thread. 

[Rock The Boat 1,332]

12 minutes ago, Corbs1 said:

Social aspects include supporting less wealthy smaller clubs, ensuring ex players are not forgotten, investing in community projects, encouraging development of less privileged groups, being anti discrimination, anti violence around the game … topical eh

If you are subsidizing (supporting) filing (less wealthy) clubs then you are holding up the progress of more successful clubs below them. We are a less wealthy smaller club but we do not expect to be subsidised by others. 

How should ex-players be not forgotten - a Christmas card in December maybe? None of my former employers remember me after I moved on, why should footballers be different. If you mean support for footballers who have long-tem injuries, they can always mitigate the risk with insurance. That it was others are asked to do.

What more encouragement of less privileged groups do you want? Most footballers already come from working class backgrounds.

Anti-discrimination and anti-violence has nothing to do with socialism. Most discrimination and violence comes from the woke left these days. Time you piped down, Mr. Corbyn.

[Yobocop 1,099]

20 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

Given Webber was responsible for all the signings from the last however-many-years, including any number of duds along with the good, this is a pretty stupid thread. 

Agreed - should we be focussing on the foundations he laid for the academy so we’ve still got a club in 25 years or keep going down this narrative? 

[Kingston Yellow 220]

42 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

Given Webber was responsible for all the signings from the last however-many-years, including any number of duds along with the good, this is a pretty stupid thread. 

Yes, so failed significantly during the last 3 years and should have been fired long before. 

[First Wazzock 902]

Don't forget Soccerbot...

[Big Vince 318]

12 hours ago, Bradwell canary said:

His true legacy…….

Not supporting his brilliant head coach who was given the smallest budget ever given to a newly promoted club to thePL.

Then took the heat off himself by firing him.

Wrong man chopped!!

Webber cannot be held accountable for the budget. That is a matter for the board and owners. Farke was not brilliant at all. He failed to adjust to the demands of the EPL. You cannot play his brand of football in the EPL with cheap players. 

[Fen Canary 829]

Couple of good seasons, couple of bad ones. A good manager in Farke, a couple of average ones since. Some very good players signed, some average, some poor. Did well improving the infrastructure. Was extremely blunt in his opinions, which everybody loved while we were winning, then decided it was a bad thing when we started losing. Seemingly found the Americans to start investing.

All in all for the level of the club and budget he had to work with I think he certainly left the club in a better place than he found it so I think he did a reasonably good job. 

[Duncan Edwards 2,237]

This isn’t a serious thread so I shouldn’t credit it with a serious response…but…

We largely saw the same thing with McNally; he came in, swept clean and we became more “hard nosed” (?), and, while it was effective, it was welcomed.

Once it wasn’t going so well, he was pilloried. And I think there is an element, perhaps in reverse, with Webber. Farke, irrespective of your personal overview of his abilities, built a togetherness under Webber. Was there a perception that we then went soft? Probably. When Webber went a bit “hard nosed” he became the bad guy. Not that getting rowdy helped him but it’s a bit like we always want our cake and to heartily dine.

Ultimately, Webber or McNally or anything inbetween - and we still don’t really know what Knapper is - it’s great while it is seen to be working but as soon as there’s a hint that it isn’t we want the other thing. I think the difference now is that we have a group of fans in their early twenties that have been relatively spoiled - historically in context - with a relative level of success for a club our size. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with wanting more and sustained success but perhaps that context is missing.

That said, things are changing, perhaps not at the rate some would choose, but ten years from now we’ll likely have seen the cycle go full circle again. 

[Mr.Carrow 376]

Gunn was initially "why waste £5m on a keeper rejected by the Premier league", now rated about the best keeper in the division. Nunez starting to really look the part. Even Tzolis doing very well in Germany. The main issue was that we tried to sign "oven ready" players for much less than most Prem clubs pay and they weren't. Lots of exciting talents coming good though. 

[TheBaldOne66 690]

10 hours ago, Yobocop said:

Agreed - should we be focussing on the foundations he laid for the academy so we’ve still got a club in 25 years or keep going down this narrative? 

You mean  The academy that has been stifled and has players jumping to leave now due to a lack of opportunities? 

[By Hook or Ian crook 917]

Basically he arrived when we were in a right mess and left us in a right mess. Failed to beat the standard set by David McNally but provided more success than most of his predecessors. 

[Yobocop 1,099]

1 hour ago, By Hook or Ian crook said:

Basically he arrived when we were in a right mess and left us in a right mess. Failed to beat the standard set by David McNally but provided more success than most of his predecessors. 

He’s definitely left the club in a better place than he found it 

[Yobocop 1,099]

2 hours ago, TheBaldOne66 said:

You mean  The academy that has been stifled and has players jumping to leave now due to a lack of opportunities? 

Same as any academy up and down the country and the fact these players leave for bigger clubs speaks volumes