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  1. Storck

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    even after using Google I didn’t know or recognise anything about the second bloke.
     
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  2. Storck

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    Hitmans Bodyguard is good though
     
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  3. Kevin1954

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    I think you are right Dave!
     
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    I think that’s why there bringing in some decent players in now
     
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    Pocket change for them.

    People coming in and covering losses isn't a bad thing. People spending money they don't have is the issue.

    I have to say when I first heard they were taking over my first instinct was what do they want with Wrexham? However they have come in and really taken the club on, being involved and not showing zero interest in it and seeing it as a play thing.

    And to a man woman and child the City have backed them and in years to come they will reap the benefits of this. A brand new stand is being planned.

    They are everything Salford aren't in terms of regenerating a club.

    550 Salford fans at Stockport tonight. Laughable for a 20min journey for 5th v 6th.
     
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  6. Frank Castle

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    It's different with Chelsea though. They're in the top league and have tried to bring in the best players for that league. With Wrexham they've brought in players of a higher league quality. The gulf in class is huge. I'm not doubting Parky achieved something, but I don't think it was that difficult. The achievement is nothing compared to what he did here a decade ago.
     
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  7. Rogered Tart

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    For all this apparent Wrexham love in I would have their owners at Bradford City in a heartbeat, infwct I'd go pick them up from Leeds/Bradford myself. My spidey senses are picking up pangs of jealousy from what these guys have achieved at Wrexham and the publicity that has come with it. Good luck to them I say, certainly make a god awful division a bit interesting next season with them in it.
     
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  8. vladimir

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    No jealousy here just a interested bystander thats been a city supporter for 58 years and seen most things in those years including money been thrown at clubs.
     
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    P.P is under more pressure than at any time in his career yet seems the type to revel in that pressure. The Wrexham story demands another successful season but I believe Reynolds/McElhenny see the benefit of not chopping and changing every two minutes.
     
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    I think you're jealousy is based on the same logic as mine Dave in that they could have picked any club, Wrexham certainly weren't unique and from what I remember reading weren't the first club they'd seriously looked at buying. Especially these days when a lot of owners offer fans the world but with no money to pay for it. This ain't an attack on us btw, even Wrexham speak of self sustainability later on in the ownership model so ultimately th club has to pay for itself.
     
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  11. Park bantam

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    Of course it’s jealousy who wouldn’t want that sort of money. But let’s not pretend it’s down to anything magical it’s down to people’s obsession with celebrity. And WW is right shouting out loud is not helping them with their recruitment they would be better playing it down
     
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    I don’t think, I certainly aren't, looking at anything from a green eyed monster perspective . My comments are purely based on motivation of players and impending relocation around the country. Money of course talks , but clearly not as loud as some want to believe. My comments around Chelsea are based on what happens if chucking money at something does not always have the intended consequences. They are going backwards because of it, that’s not conjecture nor opinion , it’s fact, if league position is the measure.
     
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  13. Park bantam

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    For the first time in his career he has money to spend it will be interesting to see how he uses it
     
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    If I remember right, them and Hartlepool were the final two on the shortlist
     
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    Well that says it all really then - a no brainer.
     
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    He always has a dig at other clubs but seems scared or unwilling to have a dig at his own. Remember, him digging out Bolton and their manager when they were in league 2 but look at Bolton now.

    Forget other clubs, Bradford City need to concentrate on themselves and their shortcomings to improve. Get our own house in order. Failure needs to stop!
     
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  17. Rogered Tart

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    I'm sure I read they'd looked at a fair few clubs, Hartlepool one if my useless memory serves. I can definitely see why they chose non league, the difference in costs as opposed to a club higher up.
     
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    Paul Mullin punctured his lung after a challenge from Man Utd keeper Nathan Bishop last night.

    You would imagine him being out for the first couple of months of the season.

    A blow for Hollywood Wales FC on the eve of the season
     
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    It’s ok they are trying to hijack the mbappe transfer :p
     
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  20. Kevin1954

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    Are they penny pinching. Don’t seem to be signing much on silly money or am I behind with the news?
     
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