David Webb

David Webb

David Webb

NorthamptonBee said:
Webb was an amazing appointment at the time IMO. We needed a manager and he had just been shafted by Chelsea (all from memory), I remember pissing my undies in excitement when he was announced as our new man. The football was mostly good, he let Terry Evans go too soon and by the end we had bottled some good chances to go up. I liked him as our manager, he came across as a crafty manager who IMO gave us good PR when interviewed on the box. It's a shame he was hiding the fact that he was such a fecking snake, the £ signs obviously got to him as I always believed that he had genuine feelings towards our club. He was a 100%er, I saw him play in a charity game at Loftus Road on that plastic pitch, he went in for a slide tackle and took all the skin off his knee, later he did the same to the other knee when most would have simply left it after the first experience. Lack of brains or loads of guts? I think the latter and I would prefer to have been left with good thoughts about a bod who gave us many good times, however ........
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Excellent summing up in my opinion. Very unlucky not to take the club to the next level. Finishing second the ONE EFFING SEASON that only one side went up will haunt me forever. Great as a manager. But we all know what happened next :yes:.
 

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Garybaldbee said:
Mind you, he did manage to score a goal (at Brighton?) which was more than Murray Jones did, and he cost less so that makes him a bargain in my book :)
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Ricky Reina!! A name to conjure with - he did disappear quite quickly though!

Thankfully I never saw him "play". I think he scored a consolation goal v Bristol City.

DW's mate was called Bill Williams and I wish that the Quest anti-bungs team had been around at the time to look into this transfer
 

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Mixed reaction to the guy. Capable, if somewhat cynical manager. Bloody awful higher up the chain
 

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Ken_Hom's_Wok said:
Worse villain than noades…
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They both did untold damage to the club during their time and after, but I’d dispute that Webb was worse than Noades. Webb was an opportunist who saw a chance to make himself money, but Noades was a vindictive, hateful character who tried his best to destroy this club.
 

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horshambees said:
Both are a pair of cnts.
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ChertseyBee said:
They both did untold damage to the club during their time and after, but I’d dispute that Webb was worse than Noades. Webb was an opportunist who saw a chance to make himself money, but Noades was a vindictive, hateful character who tried his best to destroy this club.
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I refer to horshambees’ succinct answer.

Will never forgive him for sticking McGee upfront and Asaba on the wing in that playoff final. This is even before we get into Eddie May, Clive Walker and Leon Townley.
 

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Ken_Hom's_Wok said:
I refer to horshambees’ succinct answer.

Will never forgive him for sticking McGee upfront and Asaba on the wing in that playoff final. This is even before we get into Eddie May, Clive Walker and Leon Townley.
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That day at Wembley ?
I have never seen a second of any highlights.
Do they even exist ?
Noades was just an horrible bloke.?
Complete _______ (any answer is correct)
 

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Ken_Hom's_Wok said:
I refer to horshambees’ succinct answer.

Will never forgive him for sticking McGee upfront and Asaba on the wing in that playoff final. This is even before we get into Eddie May, Clive Walker and Leon Townley.
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Ricky Reina, a bloke who looked like he'd fail a medical for a walking football team.
 

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I had hoped the reactivating of this thread was going to advise us of other news relating to his demise
 

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Hullbee said:
I had hoped the reactivating of this thread was going to advise us of other news relating to his demise
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Unfortunately, just a whole series of painful reminders…
 

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Anyone else remember when Webb gave Marcus Bent an absolutely rollicking in a home night game. At the time felt sorry for Bent when all the fans saw it. Not how I would man managed anyone.

Remember also he once played Scott Canham to make a point to the fans and we ended up losing three points. Don’t think he ever rated him.
 

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Indian Bee said:
Anyone else remember when Webb gave Marcus Bent an absolutely rollicking in a home night game. At the time felt sorry for Bent when all the fans saw it. Not how I would man managed anyone.

Remember also he once played Scott Canham to make a point to the fans and we ended up losing three points. Don’t think he ever rated him.
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Yes, wasn't he 17/18 years old then?
 

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Indian Bee said:
Anyone else remember when Webb gave Marcus Bent an absolutely rollicking in a home night game. At the time felt sorry for Bent when all the fans saw it. Not how I would man managed anyone.

Remember also he once played Scott Canham to make a point to the fans and we ended up losing three points. Don’t think he ever rated him.
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He tore Marcus Bent a new one and I’d only seen that in non league football before. Came to understand it was the norm, it just usually was out of sight of fans but let’s face it W£bb was always as subtle as a brick on the head
 

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Came across in the video as someone who had just learned to read. Whoever wrote the script for him would have done well to look up the meaning of ‘mercurial’ beforehand.
 

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Indian Bee said:
Anyone else remember when Webb gave Marcus Bent an absolutely rollicking in a home night game. At the time felt sorry for Bent when all the fans saw it. Not how I would man managed anyone.

Remember also he once played Scott Canham to make a point to the fans and we ended up losing three points. Don’t think he ever rated him.
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v Chesterfield
 

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Hate the bloke... a proper see you next Tuesday.

If King Charles was to visit the Gtech he would have less protection than the night W£bb returned to GP with Southend.

Mods,please change his name in the thread title to include the £ sign. Spelling it correctly shows to much respect
 

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NorthamptonBee said:
He really could have been a good manager, his time with us should be fondly spoken about but he was simply a @@@@ and his @@@@ness won the day and lost us.
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That's my take on him - we played some wonderful football under him (no I wasn't one of the fans that wrote a letter to him not to take the Southampton job) but then as you say turned into a ****
 

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Indian Bee said:
Anyone else remember when Webb gave Marcus Bent an absolutely rollicking in a home night game. At the time felt sorry for Bent when all the fans saw it. Not how I would man managed anyone.

Remember also he once played Scott Canham to make a point to the fans and we ended up losing three points. Don’t think he ever rated him.
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I remember the Bent incident. As for Canham - he was great whilst on loan but sh*t once we signed him proper! Bit like the big black bloke from Wycombe. Totally unplayable when he appeared for them in the 3-3 draw but absolute garbage when we signed him. Akindie?
 

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ruislip bee said:
I remember the Bent incident. As for Canham - he was great whilst on loan but sh*t once we signed him proper! Bit like the big black bloke from Wycombe. Totally unplayable when he appeared for them in the 3-3 draw but absolute garbage when we signed him. Akindie?
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And Leo Fortune West. :backtotopic:
 

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ruislip bee said:
I remember the Bent incident. As for Canham - he was great whilst on loan but sh*t once we signed him proper! Bit like the big black bloke from Wycombe. Totally unplayable when he appeared for them in the 3-3 draw but absolute garbage when we signed him. Akindie?
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Agree with you on Canham. Thought he was superb for us on loan but never really did it for us when he joined. A bit like Kruszynski but in another era.
 

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Indian Bee said:
:oops: Detzi - We won all 6 of the games he played for us when we signed him on loan and got promoted as Champions in 91/92.
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Got him! Sorry. Hit the bar in 2nd half v Fulham in that 4 nil at home game. As you say great in the run in on loan. Next season merr.....
 
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