01-04-2022, 13:55
I must say I was disappointed when Paul Fairclough reversed his former policy of picking young players for England C and went for a much more finished squad. Players of quality do come though at our level and below, as I'm sure they must in the Welsh League. I'd have liked to see him fielding youngsters. It would be nice to pinch a player from under Wrexham's big nose though.
If by a miracle we were to gain promotion we would urgently need players. If we stay where we are we desperately need to start signing players with the ability to take us where we want to go AND to step up to playing at that level.
On paper Wrexham and Stockport have squads as good as any of the promotion challengers in EFL 2. We simply now DON'T!!! We are trying to go up on 17 fit-ish players. We have King and Asante, who are certainly good enough. Whelan, if he stops appealing every time he is touched, is another. Tshimanga if he can come back as good as new would have suitors everywhere, but the rest are just maybe men and a couple are struggling to make maybe. We have a decent, but depleted, National League side, that's all. Good management can conjure that sort of team into the promotion race, but we might be facing a revitalised and consistent Notts County, an improved Grimsby, a determined Stevenage, an inspired Southend, or even a Boreham Wood with a bit bigger squad ....... or an Oldham with an owner next season.
If by a miracle we were to gain promotion we would urgently need players. If we stay where we are we desperately need to start signing players with the ability to take us where we want to go AND to step up to playing at that level.
On paper Wrexham and Stockport have squads as good as any of the promotion challengers in EFL 2. We simply now DON'T!!! We are trying to go up on 17 fit-ish players. We have King and Asante, who are certainly good enough. Whelan, if he stops appealing every time he is touched, is another. Tshimanga if he can come back as good as new would have suitors everywhere, but the rest are just maybe men and a couple are struggling to make maybe. We have a decent, but depleted, National League side, that's all. Good management can conjure that sort of team into the promotion race, but we might be facing a revitalised and consistent Notts County, an improved Grimsby, a determined Stevenage, an inspired Southend, or even a Boreham Wood with a bit bigger squad ....... or an Oldham with an owner next season.