7 September fixtures

[BRFC_Gas]

Barnsley keeper just made another clanger, how has he got an full international cap?!

 

[Master D]

2 lovely goals from Parky's terrorist football.

Both managers should be allowed a couple of punches to this ref's face at half time.

 

[EnglishRed]

Comfortably two nil up without really hitting anywhere near top gear.

A little worried we won't end the game with eleven men but otherwise fairly happy. Shrewsbury are pretty limited.

 

[dannylad01]

Wrexham haven't had to play well to be 3-0 up here. We're a limited team so can't keep giving goals away.

The Sky commentator sounds like he's a fully paid up member of the Rob and Ryan fan club

 

[Master D]

4 clean sheets in 5 games. We look a better team than last season, we are solid all round and still score for fun at home. Bigger tests to come but it'll have to be a good side that can turn us over at the Racecourse.

Dreadful side Shrewsbury with a dreadful manager, don't think Hurst has any business managing in L1 these days.

 

[folletto]

Draw a fair result in that one probably. As has been the case for us this season, not conceding a lot of chances but not making many either. Ahadme should have put us 1 up, blazing a chance over from 6 yards early on.
20 seconds of sloppy play saw Jones give the ball away to Kelly who wasn’t closed down and thundered one in.
We’re still not there quite yet. Look sound defensively for most of the game but need to eradicate mistakes. Final third is where we are really struggling atm.

 

[Stocky]

Respect to Parky here, great start. You fancied them for that kind of comfortable result today, they'd have been disappointed not to win but they delivered and that is the mark of a good team.

I just think they're notch ahead of us at the moment in terms of the quality of players brought in (£ is a factor in this tbf), they seem a bit more robust and have more experience of players who have played at this level and higher.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Being an Exeter fan . I did'nt expect you to understand.

No, you or some other Rovers fan has tried to make this point before.

Ask Liverpool fans if their rivalry is with Everton or Man United.
Tell Swansea fans they don't have a rivalry with Cardiff.
Etc.

 

[dan_wrexhamafc]

Expect a much tougher game today. Didn't have too get out of 2nd gear in the 2nd half. Shouldnof been atleast 5.
When we kept the ball down we went through them with ease.
Marriott a different player this season, can't see Mulls getting a start in the league anytime soon if he keeps the way he is.

Shocked the Shrewsbury fans took it as well.as they did. Getting beat 3-0 in a derby and barely making a chance. I'd be fuming.

 

[Conker]

I managed to watch bits of the Wrexham Shrewsbury game, professional performance from Wrexham with some nice goals. It will get tough for them at some point but it’s a great start.

I don’t want to take anything away from the victory but Shrewsbury looked like a bog standed limited L2 side, actually a bit taken back by how poor they look.

 

[Conker]

Nice to see DKD scoring a good goal for Barnsley too, fantastic

 

[IzzyFook]

Respect to Parky here, great start. You fancied them for that kind of comfortable result today, they'd have been disappointed not to win but they delivered and that is the mark of a good team.

The 'old' Wrexham would've fucked this game up and lost.
I'm optimistic for the season, but at the same time, we're not ready as a club, (from an infrastructure point of view) to go up!

 

[EnglishRed]

I managed to watch bits of the Wrexham Shrewsbury game, professional performance from Wrexham with some nice goals. It will get tough for them at some point but it’s a great start.

I don’t want to take anything away from the victory but Shrewsbury looked like a bog standed limited L2 side, actually a bit taken back by how poor they look.

Yeah Shrewsbury really had very little about them, need to improve a lot or I can't see them staying up. Worst team we've played this season by a mile.

 

[dan_wrexhamafc]

Steve Bruce was there with his notebook. Left after 65mins. Thought he'd be on the big dipper by now

 

[dannylad01]

Expect a much tougher game today. Didn't have too get out of 2nd gear in the 2nd half. Shouldnof been atleast 5.
When we kept the ball down we went through them with ease.
Marriott a different player this season, can't see Mulls getting a start in the league anytime soon if he keeps the way he is.

Shocked the Shrewsbury fans took it as well.as they did. Getting beat 3-0 in a derby and barely making a chance. I'd be fuming.

I think it was taken well as 3-0 was almost expected beforehand. Once you scored early we weren't ever going to get back into it. We've simply not got the quality or finance to compete with the bigger budgets and teams in the league, sad as it may be. The hope is for 20th this season. Approaching transfer deadline Wrexham sign Rathbone and Faal for sizeable fees, we sign 2 league 2 backups, one on a free and the other on loan. It just shows where our finances are currently.

Frustratingly Wrexham have beaten us twice in the last 12 months and haven't been particularly impressive in either of the games.

 

[Pilot_Phonic]

I think it was taken well as 3-0 was almost expected beforehand. Once you scored early we weren't ever going to get back into it. We've simply not got the quality or finance to compete with the bigger budgets and teams in the league, sad as it may be. The hope is for 20th this season. Approaching transfer deadline Wrexham sign Rathbone and Faal for sizeable fees, we sign 2 league 2 backups, one on a free and the other on loan. It just shows where our finances are currently.

Frustratingly Wrexham have beaten us twice in the last 12 months and haven't been particularly impressive in either of the games.

I can't argue too much with that last statement, no-one could argue on our side if you walked away with a 3-0 win yourselves but your atrocious finishing cost you in the cup. Today though, I thought you were trying to catch Telford up with that type of performance. Makes me laugh when it said you had 3 shots on target but I didn't fear our goal even remotely threatened. We didn't have to get out of 1st gear. Totally outclassed and outplayed and could and should have scored more, and quite easily too.

The ref was absolutely shit today for both sides, I must say.

 

[Pilot_Phonic]

Respect to Parky here, great start. You fancied them for that kind of comfortable result today, they'd have been disappointed not to win but they delivered and that is the mark of a good team.

I just think they're notch ahead of us at the moment in terms of the quality of players brought in (£ is a factor in this tbf), they seem a bit more robust and have more experience of players who have played at this level and higher.

Having the likes of Okwonkwo on a free and Dobson on a free is an absolute masterclass of the pull we have.

 

[Pompeyblueboy]

Having the likes of Okwonkwo on a free and Dobson on a free is an absolute masterclass of the pull we have.

Will the bubble burst? What was it like in the National League?

 

[Pilot_Phonic]

Will the bubble burst? What was it like in the National League?

Without a doubt the bubble will burst. But for now, i'm absolutely loving this!

National league (before the takeover) was a graveyard for ex league clubs that are fucked over for one reason or another. We were included in that brakcet, but we have been asset stripped and had vultures circling round the club for any chance they get to get something out the club. Due to this, we, the fans, took over the club but that meant we couldn't have any bank loans but then seeing clubs like Newport, Harrogate, Salford et al beating us to transfers for players.

Since the takeover, we have had this almighty target on our back. Home grounds sell out every time, sometimes its their highest attendance of the season or even ever. National league minnows Maidenhead were a bogey side for us and we drew 2-2 and they celebrated like they won the league. Quality is not much difference to the bottom of league 2 compared to the top of the national league.

 

[EnglishRed]

Will the bubble burst? What was it like in the National League?

It was shite and depressing.

 

[Gassy]

It’s very early days for anyone to be talking about going up, especially the promoted sides.

You’re benefiting from a very weak L1 last season, the weakest in a very long time. A lot of teams have invested more this season though so it’ll be interesting to see how/if that has changed, so far it’s looks a bit better to me, but we’ve had a tough set of games.

Most promoted teams do usually do well the first half of the season, carrying momentum through. Usually it’s the 2nd half of the season when injuries set in they start to drop off. Been the same the last few years with all the promoted teams ‘challenging’ around Christmas time.

However, I do expect a couple to probably not tail off this year, purely because of their spending power coming into the league, and what they’ll be able to do again in Jan

 

[chief]

It’s very early days for anyone to be talking about going up, especially the promoted sides.

You’re benefiting from a very weak L1 last season, the weakest in a very long time. A lot of teams have invested more this season though so it’ll be interesting to see how/if that has changed, so far it’s looks a bit better to me, but we’ve had a tough set of games.

Most promoted teams do usually do well the first half of the season, carrying momentum through. Usually it’s the 2nd half of the season when injuries set in they start to drop off. Been the same the last few years with all the promoted teams ‘challenging’ around Christmas time.

However, I do expect a couple to probably not tail off this year, purely because of their spending power coming into the league, and what they’ll be able to do again in Jan

The only team I can say with a degree of confidence that I expect to go up is Birmingham. They've just spent too much to fail. I expect in the 2nd half of the season they win near enough every match.


Beyond that, it's hard to call. You'd expect Bolton to improve, though early signs tell me there isn't that much in this league that'll prevent us from at least challenging play-offs. Stockport will probably tail off.

 

[Master D]

Frustratingly Wrexham have beaten us twice in the last 12 months and haven't been particularly impressive in either of the games.

300 points and 300+ goals and we've never played well under Parky in 3 seasons. He can't keep getting away with it.

 

[Stocky]

You look at Wrexham's front line and you're seeing Marriott and Palmer start with Mullin and Steven Fletcher off the bench. And then they're still leaving a player they bought for half a million pounds (Faal) as an unused sub.

Only Birmingham could match (or better) this financial superiority IMO. Aware clubs like Huddersfield and Bolton are well off but not sure their fifth choice strikers do or could cost half a million pounds.

This is why I had and have Wrexham to be very high come May. Parkinson is also a better manager than people give him credit for. He's solid if not spectacular. Losing the league to us last season will always stick in the mans craw because of how much he spent, I accept that was probably a failure on his behalf but he still achieved Auto's pretty comfortably which achieves the same result more or less.

 

[dannylad01]

300 points and 300+ goals and we've never played well under Parky in 3 seasons. He can't keep getting away with it.

Not saying that you never play well. Even your own fans have said that you've not played well against us twice and still won. Can only comment on the games I've seen.

I'm sure you'll have a different opinion on Peterborough to me based on games we've played. They wiped the floor with us and could have got 7 goals, whereas I believe you beat them comfortably. That's the thing with watching opposition teams a handful of times a season, you don't always see the full picture

 

[folletto]

You look at Wrexham's front line and you're seeing Marriott and Palmer start with Mullin and Steven Fletcher off the bench. And then they're still leaving a player they bought for half a million pounds (Faal) as an unused sub.

Only Birmingham could match (or better) this financial superiority IMO. Aware clubs like Huddersfield and Bolton are well off but not sure their fifth choice strikers do or could cost half a million pounds.

This is why I had and have Wrexham to be very high come May. Parkinson is also a better manager than people give him credit for. He's solid if not spectacular. Losing the league to us last season will always stick in the mans craw because of how much he spent, I accept that was probably a failure on his behalf but he still achieved Auto's pretty comfortably which achieves the same result more or less.

Our 5 strike options isn't far off that with Leaburn to return, although I think financially we are somewhat off the pace with Wrexham. That being said, I don't expect us to be anywhere near the top 2. Our battle is to do enough to be in that race for 6th place

 

[SF_]

Barnsley didn't seem to get any sort of mention over the summer and seem to have been disregarded as promotion contenders. Obviously lost Cole and Kane but started well and they're probably due a L1 promotion.

Probably got the best midfield in the division? bar Birmingham i'd guess?

 

[GEORGE]

No, you or some other Rovers fan has tried to make this point before.

Ask Liverpool fans if their rivalry is with Everton or Man United.
Tell Swansea fans they don't have a rivalry with Cardiff.
Etc.

You are right --They are rivalries . But not a derby.

 

[Conker]

Not convinced by Barnsley, am a bit bias like because in the first half at Oakwell they were chasing shadows.

Saying that I’m sure Clarke will get them effective but may just be lacking a bit defensively.

 

[EricSabin]

Wrexham fans Master D EnglishRed for our game in October my mate is adamant we can get on the 17:02 from Wrexham General for our train home, feasible or will we have to leave before the end to do it?