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Love the comparisons in the two articles between our managers.

NOW

"We took the decision not to risk him and I think we'll get the benefits of that going into this busy week," Parkinson said.

"We'd sent him for a scan on Thursday evening and nothing really showed up but he still had stiffness in the back of his knee."

Mullin has scored twice since his summer move from Cambridge United, where he was top scorer in their League Two promotion-winning campaign.

Parkinson said another striker, Kwame Thomas, is making "good progress".

Thomas, 25, was ruled out of the final two months of the 2020-21 season after he suffered a ruptured Achilles during training.

"Kwame's been having a lot of treatment down at St George's Park through pre-season and he's making good progress," Parkinson told BBC Sport Wales.

"We hope he'll be on the grass by the end of this month doing some kind of jogging and slow running.

"He's a big physical presence, he's a good platform and we're looking forward to welcoming him back.

"We'll make sure that when he comes back he'll be ready to go."

THEN

"It's massive. It is unfortunate, it's an accident and it's happened," said Wrexham boss Dean Keates.

"Its going to be a long journey for him and we will support him through it."

Wrexham are sixth in the National League table after Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Notts County.

"We need another body, there's no denying that," he added.