Laughing at Wrexham FC

I'd be inclined to wait until we have beaten them and gone above them before we start laughing too much. At that point I will have a chuckle. In the meantime why not just focus on us having a good season?

Oh dear you have no idea about our signings and those we are going to sign have you and I still wouldn't rule Cooke out just yet ? I have watched both our friendlies so far and was impressed by what I saw but cant make it to Portugal tomorrow when you are playing Flint aren't you ?
For the record I think that Chester have recruited a few reasonable if old players that may keep you out of the relegation dog fight this season but the bookies would disagree with me. Your problem was and is your manager our problem was and is no more our manager so its going to be a very interesting season for both our teams.

Good luck with thinking playing us will be easy this season . Ha Ha

If I try to seperate myself from the club for a minute and look as neutrally as I can....

If say Wrex have signed really solid defensive players but I'm not convinced about their attacking options. Id say we've both recruited well. Kingsley James is the pick for me though as a player, or Pearson. Between the two clubs.

I think he was counting goats😇

Whereas we are the other way round. I can see a lot of Keith Curle style high-scoring games next season with our iffy defence and potent attack. Should pull in the crowds at least.

No pace though.

Is that the league where the third best team just got beat over two legs by someone from Luxembourg?

Bit harsh ! All Scottish premier teams would be better than us. Having said that, I wouldn't be putting too much faith in a guy that started 3 games last year for a team that got relegated from that league.

Didn't that ex Scottish Premier star Chris Iwelumo excel at Chester recently. Neither club has a right to laugh at each other based on signings. Nothing off the pitch ever won football matches. Look where the two clubs were at Christmas and again at the end of the season. Choose when to laugh carefully.

Delusional would be to judge players on past achievements rather than the here and now, bit like what you're doing. Kingsley is hardly a journeyman either. He's a player that rarely lets you down similar to Pearson of two years ago, maybe today we will see.

But at least have some sense behind your post. Just because players have been promoted out the league before doesn't make them better than other signings. We could come on here a couple of seasons ago saying we have Chris Iwelumo who's player as international level and in the premier league. Past achievements mean nothing, it's about the player today.

Just a bit of context, KJ has had 9 clubs including loans, and your James Hurst has had 18...

Yes, I have to agree that it's extremely tough to judge players on their past pedigree. Look at some of the bigger names we've had over the past few years - they've probably been the most disappointing.

On the flip side, some of the signings I've been least enthused about at the time have turned out to be excellent signings!

It's all about the here and now and what our players do in the blue and white - that's all I care about. Same for Wrexham fans I'm sure.

You say don't judge a player off past achievements, but isn't that how you sign players?
You look what they have achieved and hope they can replicate it for you. Otherwise you may as well sign any old sod (like mills for us last year). Is scouting not exactly that?

Hurst may have had a few clubs, he's a squad player. Kingsley James is your star man/captain.

Let's be honest, of all the players you have signed the only one we would of wanted, and obviously did, is Hannah. Apart from him I honestly don't think any of your players would get in our starting 11. Before you say James, wedgbury and Kelly are a class above him and he would be a bench warmer at best.

Anyway, hope your players enjoy flint tonight. Bet they wouldn't want to be in Portugal this time of year anyway.

What I meant was that some of the high profile ones, like Iwelumu for example. It just didn't work out for him on the pitch.

Of course you need to look at past performance, but you also need to trust your scouts and coaches to choose 'good fits' for the club and then make the most of their ability.

I am raging with jealousy that I'm not sat in a Portuguese bar about to watch Chester play in a pre-season friendly. My only hope is that Wrexham players will be equally jealous of me when I'm sunning it at Abersoch next month!

Speaking as a fan of a fellow supporter-run club operating on a tight budget, is paying for the whole team to sun themselves in Portugal the best use of funds?