Delia and Michael statement...

Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones statement
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Norwich City joint majority shareholders, Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones, have issued a statement following confirmation that Stuart Webber is set to leave the club.

When Stuart came to our home in early March to inform us he wanted to leave at the end of his contract we were devastated - whilst we obviously respected his decision. In our 28 years of serving this great football club we have never worked with such a talent.

The list of his achievements is endless: principally, how it is that a self-funding club has managed to achieve so much in six short years? Two promotions, two trophies. Signing the very best and highest-scoring championship striker - on a free! - not to mention signing Buendia for peanuts and selling him for millions. And altogether bringing in a grand total of £80 million plus profit and astute add-on deals we are yet to benefit from player trading.

By all accounts we are one of the first English clubs to employ South American scouts with Brexit threatening the European market. Add to that a state-of-the-art football academy and, over the six years, on average 24 per cent of minutes per game in which academy players have featured. He has also brought in a hugely talented team of staff at all levels in the training ground.

We personally owe him a great deal. He has always alerted us when staff or wives have babies or bereavements so we can be in touch, arranged for us to entertain injured players and their families before matches and sometimes asked us to attend persuasive dinners with their agents.

In terms of unity and mutual support we are a completely different football club to the one he joined in 2017.

Stuart Webber has been an outstanding servant to this football club and built a strong foundation for the future. We are very sad to lose him, owe him much gratitude and want to wish him all the very best for the future.

Posted By: JD3 on June 13th 2023 at 12:03:45

Message Thread

Delia and Michael statement... (NCFC) - JD3, Jun 13, 12:03:45
- Proper drunk the Webbo kool aid. (n/m) (NCFC) - bobble, Jun 13, 17:10:10
- Didn’t mention soccerbot in his list of achievements (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Jun 13, 13:12:02
- Tells you all you need to know about why we won't ever properly succeed with them at the (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 13, 12:11:36
  - One billion percent true. Except the tv cash bailed out the DS & MWJ Sponges. (n/m) (NCFC) - bobble, Jun 13, 16:38:30
  - That is blatantly not true is it (NCFC) - inutero, Jun 13, 12:15:27
    - And some plastic in the training pitches (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Jun 13, 12:16:27
- I hate this constant referring to winning the Championship as a "trophy". (n/m) (NCFC) - Only1Doherty, Jun 13, 12:10:51
  - We are a club and fanbase that STILL gets excited about losing to the 3rd team we faced in (NCFC) - megson, Jun 13, 14:55:33
  - What don't you like about it? The Championship winning team does get a trophy. (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Jun 13, 12:26:39
    - Yes, and the Thetford U12's Most Improved Player gets a trophy too. (NCFC) - Only1Doherty, Jun 13, 12:48:41
      - LOL Your logic is rather warped. (n/m) (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Jun 13, 15:11:46
      - That's quite a weird take from you. We easily won the league we were in twice (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Jun 13, 13:07:05
  - It suit the narrative - can dress it up as some sort of "success" (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 13, 12:12:38
    - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 13, 12:27:41
    - You don't think it was "some sort of "success""? (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 13, 12:25:53
      - How can you know that? (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Jun 13, 13:58:55
- She has an army of supporters on here (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, Jun 13, 12:09:23
  - Also has some trolling haterz...... (NCFC) - usacanary, Jun 13, 14:26:35
  - Wins in the last ten? (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, Jun 13, 12:51:35
    - You see I have you 1 but then you messed it up by not knowing how to reply. (NCFC) - Boyer, Jun 13, 14:22:29
  - 1/10 (n/m) (NCFC) - Boyer, Jun 13, 12:20:00
- "Never worked with such a talent" (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Jun 13, 12:04:29
  - Chatgpt (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 13, 12:07:16

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