Stickied Confirmed Signings 2024/25

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paying £300k + stupid wages for Ollie Palmer is particularly embarrassing, absolutely no need for it.

Surely there’s somebody at Wrexham capable of putting together a proper recruitment plan considering the funds available?
Personally I don't feel embarrassed by us flexing our muscles and overpaying for Phil Parkinson's first choice target. It's been done to death, but £300k is affordable for us and I wouldn't be surprised if we bring in another player for around that amount.

Our recruitment plan is centred around getting out of this league as soon as possible, we won't know until the end of the season whether it has worked or not. Putting in a 'proper recruitment plan' takes time, which we don't have given that everyone associated with the club wants to get out of this hellhole as a first priority. Once we're in the league, I would expect our recruitment strategy will change dramatically.
 

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Hes much better than what we have. If you ask this lot then no, he's absolutely rubbish.

Hes not 'worth' 300k in the normal scheme of things but he might be for us .
We're not living in normal anymore....It feels weird but we need to get used to this kind of thing.

I put much more stock in what Wimbledon and other league 1 fans have said about him, he does sound like just what we need for the style of play that we are using. If this gets the best out of Mullin, who we are almost wasting at the moment, then it will be like a signing and a half.

A few comments on him being injury prone concern me a little though, not ideal with a big man.
 

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Personally I don't feel embarrassed by us flexing our muscles and overpaying for Phil Parkinson's first choice target. It's been done to death, but £300k is affordable for us and I wouldn't be surprised if we bring in another player for around that amount.

Our recruitment plan is centred around getting out of this league as soon as possible, we won't know until the end of the season whether it has worked or not. Putting in a 'proper recruitment plan' takes time, which we don't have given that everyone associated with the club wants to get out of this hellhole as a first priority. Once we're in the league, I would expect our recruitment strategy will change dramatically.

Clutching at straws, chucking that at a 30 year old with no resell is just stupid, you should always think longer term than that, I would have doubts about the ownership and management team if that’s first choice!

I get it from Palmer view point mind, biggest contract of his career may be his last, softens the blow ending up back in non-league going to Maidenhead and Chesterfield.
 

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Clutching at straws, chucking that at a 30 year old with no resell is just stupid, you should always think longer term than that, I would have doubts about the ownership and management team if that’s first choice!

I get it from Palmer view point mind, biggest contract of his career may be his last, softens the blow ending up back in non-league going to Maidenhead and Chesterfield.

we will probably keep him for the length of his contract, and lump him up top as and when needed. even at 33/34 he will still cause a bit of mischief

worked for Rhead...
 

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we will probably keep him for the length of his contract, and lump him up top as and when needed. even at 33/34 he will still cause a bit of mischief

worked for Rhead...

Two completely different style of players. Only thing they both have in common is we took them from part-time/non-league football!
 

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Clutching at straws, chucking that at a 30 year old with no resell is just stupid, you should always think longer term than that, I would have doubts about the ownership and management team if that’s first choice!

I get it from Palmer view point mind, biggest contract of his career may be his last, softens the blow ending up back in non-league going to Maidenhead and Chesterfield.
Thanks for the feedback mate, I'll pass it on to Rob and Ryan.
 

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£300k is mental for Palmer, we all know it and have said so. Us fans don't control what we spent. Parkinson wanted him and the owners have backed him massively in getting him. If he gets us promotion then it's worth it.

If someone could mention how mental it is again though, that'd be great. Just to make sure we really understand.
 

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Clutching at straws, chucking that at a 30 year old with no resell is just stupid, you should always think longer term than that, I would have doubts about the ownership and management team if that’s first choice!

I get it from Palmer view point mind, biggest contract of his career may be his last, softens the blow ending up back in non-league going to Maidenhead and Chesterfield.
If he contributes to us going up this season or next then it will be money well spent. If he is a miss then we will just try again with someone else, we can afford to, we could go and spend another 300k today.

PS, good wind up putting Chesterfield Haha.
 

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We have signed Ethan Coleman from Kings Lynn, anyone able to tell me if he is any good?

Very rare for us to sign a player I know nothing about!

He came to us last year from Brackley (former Reading youth player) when the NLN shut down and we furloughed the bulk of the starting squad. Head and shoulders above all the others we signed to get us through 2020-21 and deservedly got a contract for this season. Has been the mainstay in the middle of midfield but often overrun due to lack of support around him, has also filled in well as a third centre half. Got a good football brain and was up to the physicality of the NL but limited going forward and maybe hasn't quite got the pace at times but if you are looking for a holding player to sit in front of your defence, he should do a job.
 

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Imagine getting a lesson from a Mansfield fan on overspending on players just to get promoted from this division and not thinking about your long term future.

Although it paid off for Mansfield, and yes we did ‘overspend’ ie Radford funded it, Wrexham and Mansfield are in a completely different world when it comes to wasting money on lower league players to get out of the conference, we sold Luke O’Neill for £300k - we didn’t spend anything like that on a player, never mind the wages being mentioned. We signed Jake Speight for 50k instead to sit on the bench :lol:

Something the club I supported did 10 years ago doesn’t mean I can’t express those views, it’s not a lesson, just a opinion youth.
 

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Ps I underestimated the sensitivity regarding this subject maybe……… I’ll trot back to the EFL section to discuss how much I hate Salford, I would much rather have Wrexham wasting money on average lower league players in the league than them!
 

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£300k is mental for Palmer, we all know it and have said so. Us fans don't control what we spent. Parkinson wanted him and the owners have backed him massively in getting him. If he gets us promotion then it's worth it.

If someone could mention how mental it is again though, that'd be great. Just to make sure we really understand.
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Imagine getting a lesson from a Mansfield fan on overspending on players just to get promoted from this division and not thinking about your long term future.
We did the total opposite. Underspend to get out of this league and then underspend even more in a higher league just to come back here. Absolute visionary masterclass.
 

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How much was Tozer? 200k? And wiki says he's a year older. 300k is a cracking deal in that case for a younger player.
 

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As CMWOW said Parkinson is Brown with a big budget - very true.
 

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Seems a weird transfer policy at Wrexham, but I suppose when you've got that much money there's little risk to anything you do. If just feels like a missed opportunity with the kind of money they have to bring in younger, not necessarily young, players with some re-sale value and be able to get you out of the NL at the same time.

I do think that once you get a name for being that kinda Club, you attract the wrong players. Look how it's panned out for Salford.
 

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Fair to say the Chorley Guardiola’s plan for promotion seems to be to get a big bloke to throw the ball in, another big bloke to knock it down, and a less big bloke to knock ‘em in. All on an unlimited budget.

Hope all the off the field stuff will be entertaining, cos the football certainly won’t be.
 

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Personally I don't feel embarrassed by us flexing our muscles and overpaying for Phil Parkinson's first choice target. It's been done to death, but £300k is affordable for us and I wouldn't be surprised if we bring in another player for around that amount.

Our recruitment plan is centred around getting out of this league as soon as possible, we won't know until the end of the season whether it has worked or not. Putting in a 'proper recruitment plan' takes time, which we don't have given that everyone associated with the club wants to get out of this hellhole as a first priority. Once we're in the league, I would expect our recruitment strategy will change dramatically.
It inflates the cost of signings for everyone else though. That's my issue with it. Sure you can afford it but it gives other players at other clubs who can't ideas above their level.
 

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At this stage, after 14 years down here, i would gladly sit and watch the skies for 90 minutes if it got us up!

This is it. You can all moan but we've more than done our time down here. If by the time R&R end their time with us we haven't got promoted then you can all have a good old laugh.

Also you should be happy we aren't just buying your best players - which is what I'd do if I was in charge (and largely what Leetwood did). I'd have a front 3 of Tshimanga, McAtee and Rodrigues- then you'd have cause to complain!
 

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Hes much better than what we have. If you ask this lot then no, he's absolutely rubbish.

Hes not 'worth' 300k in the normal scheme of things but he might be for us .

He was very good for us on loan in 2015 playing alongside Lenell John Lewis, scored with quite a few lovely finishes. Bossed the playoffs too until Ross Joyce reffed us out of promotion in the final. I recall him being absolutely shite in the air for someone 6ft5 though, so don't expect him to be a fantastic target man if you're playing him that way.
 

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This is it. You can all moan but we've more than done our time down here. If by the time R&R end their time with us we haven't got promoted then you can all have a good old laugh.

Also you should be happy we aren't just buying your best players - which is what I'd do if I was in charge (and largely what Leetwood did). I'd have a front 3 of Tshimanga, McAtee and Rodrigues- then you'd have cause to complain!
Not really how it works. You've done your time down here when you earn the right to get out. You being a big club for this level doesn't change that.

Bradford could say the same in league 2

Sheff Weds in league 1

And so on
 

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We've not had a promotion in 20 years, we are due a bit of cheer. Doubt any club down here has had similar.
 

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This is it. You can all moan but we've more than done our time down here. If by the time R&R end their time with us we haven't got promoted then you can all have a good old laugh.

Also you should be happy we aren't just buying your best players - which is what I'd do if I was in charge (and largely what Leetwood did). I'd have a front 3 of Tshimanga, McAtee and Rodrigues- then you'd have cause to complain!
Tbf if you’re spending £300k on these lads, you can have Kabby for £3M
 

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Seems a weird transfer policy at Wrexham, but I suppose when you've got that much money there's little risk to anything you do. If just feels like a missed opportunity with the kind of money they have to bring in younger, not necessarily young, players with some re-sale value and be able to get you out of the NL at the same time.

I do think that once you get a name for being that kinda Club, you attract the wrong players. Look how it's panned out for Salford.
In an ideal world yes, but the football strategy has been clearly defined as getting out of this division as soon as possible....Once we are closer to where we want to be we can afford to future plan more, the mission statement from R+R backs this up.

IF the strategy is met, then the players we have brought in on 3+ year deals (Mullin, Jones, Tozer, Hayden + Palmer) could feasibly be in our league 2 promotion chasing team by the time there contracts are up, it won't look as daft then.

If it isn't met, then a new one will be devised....Frankly, it will probably involve redoubleing and throwing more money after it, so I'd get used to it.
 

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It inflates the cost of signings for everyone else though. That's my issue with it. Sure you can afford it but it gives other players at other clubs who can't ideas above their level.
With all due respect, couldn't care less what it does to the market for other teams or how it affects them.

We've been on the other side of that for a long time, I don't think we have paid anything more than a nominal fee for decades.
 

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