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Would any of our fans swap places with Wrexham right now.
Quote from: drfchound on April 23, 2023, 08:26:33 amWould any of our fans swap places with Wrexham right now.To swap places with them, you'd have to serve the 15 years in the wildernesses first! The gravity of what they are doing isn't the same without that. This is probably one of the main factors they chose Wrexham in the first place. I wonder what Chester City fans think about it all? Slightly unfair on Notts County as they are not getting the coverage for their achievement too.
There's no comparison between Wrexham and Rushden & Diamonds.Wrexham has a football history, whereas R & D was an amalgamation of two very small non-league clubs, and was always competing with Northampton Town for fans.
Quote from: scawsby steve on April 25, 2023, 06:25:28 pmThere's no comparison between Wrexham and Rushden & Diamonds.Wrexham has a football history, whereas R & D was an amalgamation of two very small non-league clubs, and was always competing with Northampton Town for fans. funnily the R & D owner owned Doc Martins and Northampton is known for making shoes -- "not a lot of people know that "
I don't begrudge them getting out of the National League, as they've had a rough ride for a long time now. The way they got out of that level is not really anything to be applauded. They sold themselves to be a product for a load of American entertainment industry cash. Hope we hammer them next season.
I don't think we're in a position to sneer at any club at the moment, with the f*cking state we're in.
Quote from: scawsby steve on April 26, 2023, 05:30:43 pmI don't think we're in a position to sneer at any club at the moment, with the f*cking state we're in.Exactly. We're great at sneering at our own club even when things have been much better.
Quote from: DonnyBazR0ver on April 26, 2023, 08:22:40 pmQuote from: scawsby steve on April 26, 2023, 05:30:43 pmI don't think we're in a position to sneer at any club at the moment, with the f*cking state we're in.Exactly. We're great at sneering at our own club even when things have been much better.I can't remember so many people refusing to renew their STs, or even asking for refunds, before this season, Baz.Our club's in a bloody awful state at the moment, that's why people are sneering.
Quote from: scawsby steve on April 27, 2023, 08:20:12 pmQuote from: DonnyBazR0ver on April 26, 2023, 08:22:40 pmQuote from: scawsby steve on April 26, 2023, 05:30:43 pmI don't think we're in a position to sneer at any club at the moment, with the f*cking state we're in.Exactly. We're great at sneering at our own club even when things have been much better.I can't remember so many people refusing to renew their STs, or even asking for refunds, before this season, Baz.Our club's in a bloody awful state at the moment, that's why people are sneering.I'm not talking about this season, I'm talking about many previous seasons , even in the JR era. This forum is full of sneers over the years. It's never good enough for some.
I’m getting tired of the recsum “love in. “The Welsh have a general dislike for all things English . And I’d even stretch that to hatred amongst some. They may have the oldest league ground in the world and are headed up with two Hollywood stars. So what ? I expect them to have significant invest,ent into next season. Not a fixture to look forward to. No time for them. At all.
The Welsh have a general dislike for all things English . And I’d even stretch that to hatred amongst some.
Quote from: normal rules on May 02, 2023, 08:56:27 pmThe Welsh have a general dislike for all things English . And I’d even stretch that to hatred amongst some. Not true, and also not true. I wouldn't flatter yourselves.There is however a huge dislike of being othered by and against England and of and English-centric media. And when it comes to major football tournaments, having to see every tournament through the English-gaze. The happiness at seeing England go out to Iceland which Scawsby mentions was fuelled by the latter of those. The moment Wales and England were drawn in the same group at Euro 2016 it ceased being Group B and started being 'England's group' in a supposedly 'British' media. If you had that put on you all the time, and had all the questions you faced in press conferences at your big tournament framed in relation to England's team, players and progress, you'd be glad to see the back of them. Myself and every Wales fan I know would much rather never see Wales play England ever again than see Wales beat England... it's not hatred, it's annoyance.As for Wrexham, the effect that Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's investment in the club has had on the town is absolutely incredible. There's just a huge buzz about the place that centres on the football team and its fortunes; everyone wants to be part of it, to the extent that 9,500 turned up to watch their women's team last month. Every kid in my nephew's class at school, including him, tells you they're a Wrexham fan. Some things the owners have done I don't agree with, but if you step foot in Wrexham you can't help but be blown away by the current connection between people and club. I'd give anything for that.That said, the constant reporting and hyping of everything that's connected to the club in local, national and British media is becoming tiresome. But it's more an indictment of the state of much journalism in the UK than it is any fault of the club. Websites are mentioning the club and their owners, and their various other celebrity hangers on at every opportunity to try and harvest clicks; they're creating stories out of next to nothing because they know enough people will click on it.If you're tired of all that in Doncaster imagine how I feel; my local newspaper had more than 25 different 'stories' about Wrexham in the week after their promotion alone.
I'll never forget walking in to a pub in Denbigh at lunchtime about 5 years ago. We asked for a table for four only to be told they were full. There were four blokes stood at the bar and nobody else in there.
I was shocked the BBC were covering their Open Top Bus parade live! I'm all for good news stories in the current climate but that's OTT.
In the same way it really doesn’t bother me at all that Radio Sheffield spends most of their time focused on United and Wednesday due to them being by far the biggest and most successful clubs in South Yorkshire, should people in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland really expect anything else in terms of coverage of England?