JonnyJonnyRowe 971 Posted May 16 He came here a young whippersnapper with a point to prove, appointed Daniel Farke. Left a multi-millionaire, thanks to Farke, and is a multi-millionaire who supports a team that has Daniel Farke as manager. I wish I was a multi-millionaire with Farke managing my team! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 8,033 Posted May 16 Just now, JonnyJonnyRowe said: He came here a young whippersnapper with a point to prove, appointed Daniel Farke. Left a multi-millionaire, thanks to Farke, and is a multi-millionaire who supports a team that has Daniel Farke as manager. I wish I was a multi-millionaire with Farke managing my team! I'd just be content with Farke managing my team. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canarydan23 4,758 Posted May 16 He failed at letting a team of Sherpas carry him up a mountain. He failed in his last professional gig. It depends how much he values money, I suspect the bloke is not in a great place right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,786 Posted May 16 2 minutes ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said: He came here a young whippersnapper with a point to prove, appointed Daniel Farke. Left a multi-millionaire, thanks to Farke, and is a multi-millionaire who supports a team that has Daniel Farke as manager. I wish I was a multi-millionaire with Farke managing my team! Webber came here having taken Huddersfield up into the premier league. Not sure that’s a whippersnapper and I doubt he was skint either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 5,005 Posted May 16 And now we have the Whipper Snapper Knapper. Don't know if to laugh or cry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyJonnyRowe 971 Posted May 16 Just now, Graham Paddons Beard said: Webber came here having taken Huddersfield up into the premier league. He left a month and a half before they were promoted, so waived the right to stick that one on his CV. Unless Frank Lampard can claim to have won the Champions League as Chelsea manager? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,786 Posted May 16 2 minutes ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said: He left a month and a half before they were promoted, so waived the right to stick that one on his CV. Unless Frank Lampard can claim to have won the Champions League as Chelsea manager? You don’t think we took him on due to his success at Huddersfield then? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyJonnyRowe 971 Posted May 16 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Graham Paddons Beard said: You don’t think we took him on due to his success at Huddersfield then? The point here Graham, is that we lost Farke, Webber f!cking didn't because he's a Leeds fan. It wasn't any deeper than that. Edited May 16 by JonnyJonnyRowe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,786 Posted May 16 Just now, JonnyJonnyRowe said: The point here Graham, is that we lost Farke, Webber f!cking didn't because he's a Leeds fan. It wasn't any deeper than that. Fair enough. Im off to bed. B0llocks to everything 😡 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fen Canary 1,456 Posted May 17 4 hours ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said: The point here Graham, is that we lost Farke, Webber f!cking didn't because he's a Leeds fan. It wasn't any deeper than that. We didn’t lose Farke, we sacked him because his record in the top flight was appalling. If we’d kept him for that second relegation then all those on here claiming he’s the messiah would have been berating the club for showing a lack of ambition and accepting relegation by keeping him on. That Chelsea defeat just before his dismissal was one of the worst displays I’ve ever seen by a Norwich team, how we didn’t beat 1p5hits 9-0 that day I’ll never know. We rolled the dice and it didn’t work out. Realistically I believe we’d still be in the same situation as we are now if we hadn’t sacked him so it’s best to look forward 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleyellowbirdie 3,138 Posted May 17 (edited) 8 hours ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said: The point here Graham, is that we lost Farke, Webber f!cking didn't because he's a Leeds fan. It wasn't any deeper than that. You think Webber intended for Farke to finish up at Leeds? That's Machiavellian level political genius. Edited May 17 by littleyellowbirdie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,273 Posted May 17 (edited) 9 hours ago, Capt. Pants said: And now we have the Whipper Snapper Knapper. Don't know if to laugh or cry. Why have you always got it in so much for Knapper? Talk about giving aman a fair chance. He came in to the club at a very difficult time and the proposed passover period between him and Webber did not help and neither did the protracted Attanasio business. Sacking Wagner immediately was never on and not just because of financial restrictions (he at least removed a few duffers from off the wages bill) and the bad run we were on. Knapper had no choice but to wait and see until the whole picture had evolved as the club was carrying too much baggage at the time, but I'm sure that he had atleast decided that Wagner was not his man. The SVD signing, when often laid at his door doesn't ring true when the club had reportedly followed the boy for some time. Idah was desperate to get as far away from Carrow Road as possible, and we all know why. Besides he's hardly proved to be a worse signing than Foreman, Long or Bahtt, all at gretaer cost ... money and points-wise. The softy, softly approach suits me fine especially when in contrast with the often frantic 'hit and miss' years of McNally and Wagner. Hopefully he has taken his time to assess the good, the positives from the flourishing youth policy and Colney to the South American initiative. Neither did Knapper load the squad with ageing and expensive has-beens who will never be the future. I suspect that Knapper's closest confidat over recent months has been Attanasio and that, first and foremost there will be a cull, in one way or the other while youngsters, those of our best we hang on to along with a supplementation of a few well-chosen signings/loanees will also be on the cards. The Knapper/Attanasio revolution starts today. Edited May 17 by BroadstairsR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
In my blood 107 Posted May 17 10 minutes ago, BroadstairsR said: Why have you always got it in so much for Knapper? Talk about giving aman a fair chance. He came in to the club at a very difficult time and the proposed passover period between him and Webber did not help and neither did the protracted Attanasio business. Sacking Wagner immediately was never on and not just because of financial restrictions (he at least removed a few duffers from off the wages bill) and the bad run we were on. Knapper had no choice but to wait and see until the whole picture had evolved as the club was carrying too much baggage at the time, but I'm sure that he had atleast decided that Wagner was not his man. The SVD signing, when often laid at his door doesn't ring true when the club had reportedly followed the boy for some time. Idah was desperate to get as far away from Carrow Road as possible, and we all know why. Besides he's hardly proved to be a worse signing than Foreman, Long or Bahtt, all at gretaer cost ... money and points-wise. The softy, softly approach suits me fine especially when in contrast with the often frantic 'hit and miss' years of McNally and Wagner. Hopefully he has taken his time to assess the good, the positives from the flourishing youth policy and Colney to the South American initiative. Neither did Knapper load the squad with ageing and expensive has-beens who will never be the future. I suspect that Knapper's closest confidat over recent months has been Attanasio and that, first and foremost there will be a cull, in one way or the other while youngsters, those of our best we hang on to along with a supplementation of a few well-chosen signings/loanees will also be on the cards. The Knapper/Attanasio revolution starts today. Oh I do hope so. I really do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 4,614 Posted May 17 I said shortly before he was sacked that I'd be prepared to go down with him a second time before trying to get promotion a third time, assuming he would've wanted to stay for that. Hindsight shows that we were no better under Smith in the Premier League and surely considerably worse in the Championship than we would've been had Farke stayed. Sacking him was short-sighted, as there were far bigger problems than him. Basically, the person who famously told us to 'ignore the noise' buckled, panicked, and disregarded his own advice. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,823 Posted May 17 7 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: I said shortly before he was sacked that I'd be prepared to go down with him a second time before trying to get promotion a third time, assuming he would've wanted to stay for that. Hindsight shows that we were no better under Smith in the Premier League and surely considerably worse in the Championship than we would've been had Farke stayed. Sacking him was short-sighted, as there were far bigger problems than him. Basically, the person who famously told us to 'ignore the noise' buckled, panicked, and disregarded his own advice. This^^^ 100% Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridgeman 153 Posted May 17 39 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: I said shortly before he was sacked that I'd be prepared to go down with him a second time before trying to get promotion a third time, assuming he would've wanted to stay for that. Hindsight shows that we were no better under Smith in the Premier League and surely considerably worse in the Championship than we would've been had Farke stayed. Sacking him was short-sighted, as there were far bigger problems than him. Basically, the person who famously told us to 'ignore the noise' buckled, panicked, and disregarded his own advice. Agreed we also seem to miss the point that after promotion Farke asked for 3 or 4 quality signings and got what Webber wanted. Last night showed what he could do with a bit of quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YellowSubmarine 43 Posted May 17 3 hours ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: I said shortly before he was sacked that I'd be prepared to go down with him a second time before trying to get promotion a third time, assuming he would've wanted to stay for that. Hindsight shows that we were no better under Smith in the Premier League and surely considerably worse in the Championship than we would've been had Farke stayed. Sacking him was short-sighted, as there were far bigger problems than him. Basically, the person who famously told us to 'ignore the noise' buckled, panicked, and disregarded his own advice. He wasn’t just sacked for the results alone. The training ground was toxic with Farke’s attitude from blaming analysts, Fitness staff and recruitment for the results on the pitch. Albeit the recruitment wasn’t near good enough but SW made a decision that he couldn’t have that negativity around the training ground. He’d lots the dressing room after comments of “free hits” about games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_grieff 23 Posted May 17 7 minutes ago, YellowSubmarine said: He wasn’t just sacked for the results alone. The training ground was toxic with Farke’s attitude from blaming analysts, Fitness staff and recruitment for the results on the pitch. Albeit the recruitment wasn’t near good enough but SW made a decision that he couldn’t have that negativity around the training ground. He’d lots the dressing room after comments of “free hits” about games. citation needed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,571 Posted May 17 Webbo is currently unemployed.....maybe he could voluntarily tend to the Colney vegetable patch?.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradwell canary 112 Posted May 17 I hope Farke takes them up. He will get more financial support than he ever got here. It’s very clear that Webber should have been sacked instead of Daniel. If he takes them up, has any other manager got promoted to the PL three times? But that would never have happened with his wife on the board, as she still is! Unbelievable, talk about the club being in Happy Valley . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyJonnyRowe 971 Posted May 17 1 minute ago, Bradwell canary said: If he takes them up, has any other manager got promoted to the PL three times? That's really not the accolade that you think it is, if its not three times with three different clubs, and even then there are managers who have been promoted from the second tier and never seen that level of football again. Why should Sam Allardyce be impressed by Neil Warnock's 4 promotions to the PL (that is the answer by the way), when he achieved one but then kept Bolton in the Premier League for 6 seasons before leaving for Newcastle. His promotion was followed by 21 years managing in the top flight. Would it have been a better achievement if he'd took them up, then down, then up, then down, then up, then kept them up, because he could then claim 3 promotions to the Premier League? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CDMullins 498 Posted May 17 15 hours ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said: He left a month and a half before they were promoted, so waived the right to stick that one on his CV. Unless Frank Lampard can claim to have won the Champions League as Chelsea manager? Hardly! What does a SD do exactly in the last 6 weeks of the season. All signings are done, Its not like he's involved in team selection/setup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyJonnyRowe 971 Posted May 17 (edited) 9 minutes ago, CDMullins said: Hardly! What does a SD do exactly in the last 6 weeks of the season. All signings are done, Its not like he's involved in team selection/setup. I don't understand what any of this has to do with my thread really, or why its still even alive. I was just pointing out that Webber has still got Farke managing his team, after f!cking it up for the rest of us. Does Webber get all the credit for Huddersfield staying up the following season then, despite them singing 14 new players after Webber left, or does the new Sporting Director get a bit? Or even better, shall we stop putting Sporting Directors on a pedestal and taking the credit away from the people who do all the hard work, and take the bulk of the heat, the managers? And maybe give Wagner the credit he is due for keeping Huddersfield up? Webbers replacement actually managed what to do what Webber failed to do here twice, stay up. People talk about Sir Alex Ferguson as the greatest manager in English football history. In 30 years they'll be talking about great Directors, its so odd, a parallel universe where Man Utd fans would be talking about the great Martin Edwards. Edited May 17 by JonnyJonnyRowe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
