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Jesus your like a dog with a bone , if your that interested in what Parky and Wrexham will do next season go watch them instead of repeating yourself over and over.

 

It was literally a three horse race and Wrexham came last. Unless you count finishing above the likes of Halifax as some sort of achievement.

 

I think with his budget and a team already decent, he would class not being promoted as a failure. If the season had gone on another month they would have done. I expect them to go up next year.

 

Parkinson is the best manager we’ve ever had. Its all relative, but getting to a major cup final with a L2 team is a feat no other City manager has, or will ever, achieve(d).

even when Jewell kept us up in PL, we were, at worst, the 20th best team in the country, and the same is true for any team that’s champions in any season - you are at worst 24th best!

 

They won the admiration of @HUDDERSSBANTAM what more could they possibly ask for?

 

Seemingly so.

 

Was it you that had a go at me for calling Morais a legend? And then Parky leaves the club and wipes out all the player information in the clubs possession and takes it with him to NOTLOB. Classy don't you think?

 

I certainly think he built a team and behind the scenes the club wasn't being built at the same speed.
There was very little scouting network/scouting software etc. The scouting network was Parky and his team.

Fair play to Sparks who is building the club off the pitch. I don't think the same thing could happen now.

 

Didn't the fans raise money for some renowned scouting software/service and presented it to him at an event?

 

Maybe @wetherbywhaler can give you a bit more on what happened?
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/10430668.friends-happy-with-money-well-spent-by-bradford-city-boss/

 

As stated, Parky was the scouting network with a bit of support.
The club didn't have analysts / head of recruitment / nationwide scouting network like it does now.
If Parky is the scouting network, then he leaves, you can't be surprised if there's not a lot left.

@wetherbywhaler please tell us more.

 

We are referring to intellectual property here I guess. Where it was stored and when/ how it was gathered could be key.

You could say PP was just looking after himself by taking the data with him and feathering his own NOTLOB nest. No different to Morais looking after himself and feathering his own nest I guess?

Both great servants of the club-that I agree with.

 

Possibly no different, I agree.

 

Not strictly on topic but there is a disturbing story in The Times today about sexual/physical abuse taking place at Stoke City in the 80's with Steve Parkin being named as one of the perpetrators which may have implications further down the line:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/65c706b8-fe0e-11ec-ab20-2fd534744dd7?shareToken=7e9e3fb4a4ee708ed155f50601fe18cd

 

Anyone watched the documentary Welcome to Wrexham

 

Not yet - is it worth a look?

 

Not disagreeing with any of that as you say the Wrexham public are backing them just IMO they came across as naive with regards football we'll have wait and see they missed out on promotion last season I don't believe they can afford to miss out again.

 

They could afford to miss out every year as their owners see it as a play thing. The only problem is if they get bored

 

At least with Wrexham there is an end game. You pump some money in, the fans come, the team becomes successful everyone gets a boost.

If you look at Salford. You pump some money in, no one cares, the teams becomes successful, still no one cares.

Wrexham on the back of this could become a successful League 1 club or higher getting 15k a week. Salford will never get anyone and is more of a vanity project.

 

These guys ain't daft, Reynolds in particular is an incredibly successful business man. Just reading that the TV deal brought in around £3 million dollars in revenue, pretty much clearing their initial investment. 100s of thousands of followers on their social media sites and internationally known sponsors. This has a real chance of progressing to the championship if they get the results right as the plan behind it has a realistic chance of working long term.