At Christmas last year we were handily placed. A terrible Christmas period yes, but the playoffs were in reach. The squad needed freshening, rejuvenating or shooting, take your pick. What is indisputable is that Mills needed funds. Did we have the funds to give him? Well that is an interesting question. Mills did an amazing job in turning our form round. Simon Heslop was an … Continue reading Conservative Accounting Is Costing Us Dear
Nobody can claim that 2014 has been a vintage year on the pitch. Looking through the figures from the last twelve months perhaps reflects this: without consistent performances the statistics lead us toward some rather surprising conclusions. But first the facts: we played 54 games in 2014 and won 38% of them, losing 33%. Appropriately in a mediocre year, that’s pretty much mid-table form: in … Continue reading Wrexham FC’s 2014 in Numbers
The headline fact about this season, of course, is that we came 17th in the fifth tier, therefore suffering the lowest league position in the club’s history. As you might imagine, that means that a lot of our figures this season are the worst since the campaign which saw us relegated to the Conference six years ago. We conceded more goals and lost more games … Continue reading A Statistical Review of Wrexham FC’s Season
This wasn’t half bad: pity it doesn’t really mean much. Obviously that’s partly because we had nothing to play for, and also because the assumption is that come August our team will look very different from this. So conclusions drawn from a match against a side hit by injury should be tentative, especially as our key moments of incisiveness came when an on-loan teenager provided … Continue reading Forest Green Rovers 1 Wrexham 1
I suppose you could see this coming. Two sides which lack creativity and punch up front scraping their way to a scrappy goalless derby draw. The tension of the occasion gave it an edge which for some obscured the fact that neither goalkeeper had all that much to do. Indeed, that fact that the one decent save either keeper made, a sharp low stop … Continue reading Chester FC v Wrexham FC Tactical Report
The cliche tells us that tactics go out of the window in a derby game. Maybe there’s some truth to that as a player’s ability to stand up to the pressure of the big occasion is given a thorough examination, but it’s ultimately still the same players out there that have been working on their manager’s strategy all week. How the chalkboard affects the … Continue reading Chester FC v Wrexham FC Tactical Preview
Here’s my column from last week’s Leader. It forms part of the paper’s comprehensive pre-match coverage every Friday, featuring interviews, an in-depth look at the opposition and lots of statistical analysis. All content in the column (c) http://www.leaderlive.co.uk. You can still vote for the Player of the Year through The Leader’s website, and at the same time nominate your Young Player of the Year. There’s … Continue reading It’s a competitive field for Wrexham’s Young Player of the Year
This was an evening summed up by pre- and post-match reaction. I was struck by how many people’s immediate response was that the second half was much better. It wasn’t actually particularly great, but it was certainly an improvement on the first period. I can see why so many people clutched at straws in that way, as current form is terrifying, but the truth is … Continue reading Wrexham 0 Grimsby Town 1
A pattern might have been set for the rest of the season here; this afternoon Kevin Wilkin learned everything and nothing. He’ll probably get a very clear handle of what his current squad can’t do in the coming weeks, and which types of players he hasn’t got, but it will be tougher to work out what the players he’ll keep actually are capable of. Wilkin … Continue reading Woking 2 Wrexham 1
Voting has opened on the official Player of the Season award. You can go here to place your vote for both Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season. Voting closes on April 23rd. Obviously, anyone is eligible for the Player of the Season provided they’ve played this season! As for the Young Player, they have to have been under 21 on the … Continue reading Vote For The Wrexham FC Player of the Year 2013-14
The start to this season has been really disappointing for all concerned at Wrexham Football Club, whether you are a supporter, staff, player, board member or manager there has been no hiding away from the fact that something isn’t right. Ultimately the buck stops with manager Andy Morrell but there has been an undercurrent after the past three or four games when the management or … Continue reading Are We Working Hard Enough?
Here are three conundrums to chew over before the game. I’ll try to answer them tonight! Can we cope without Jay Harris? The evidence of the last two games suggests not. The first two matches of his three-match ban were the limpest performances we’ve seen Wrexham put in under Andy Morrell. When the manager suggested players were failing to engage with the challenge of fighting … Continue reading Three Key Questions For Nuneaton
I’ll be honest: that wasn’t great. Andy Morrell hit a lot of nails on the head afterwards, the main one being the lack of a reaction from last Monday’s poor performance. Rather than roar back, determined to show that was an aberration, what we got was a continuation. The first half hour was the same as the lame performance at Sincil Bank: by 1.30 the … Continue reading Wrexham 0 Chester 2
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