Like for Like Stats - 2019/20

[Hampshire Red]

Originally Posted by draigwrecsam

If you think 19th is bad, the PPG table has us 21st and in the relegation zone. I despair, surely this squad is of a calibre that should be challenging at the top of the table.

Tactics, if they exist, are totally predictable and there seems an unwillingness to change what is not working. Why on earth Barton is not playing is beyond me and playing one man up front at home is totally negative - especially when that man couldn't beat Flynn to a header.

OK, they say, but we've got a game in hand. Well, that game is away against Solihull - any bets on us winning that?

Like it or not, we are currently in a relegation fight and something needs to change quickly. Darlington should leave the building.


Apologies: I have given Summerfield a goal he didn't score - it will be corrected after next game.

I think Aldershot's defeat tonight lifts us up to 20th in the PPG table. Probably shortlived, however, until Saturday when the Shots get their first home win of the season.

[draigwrecsam]

Now we are officially in a relegation dogfight! The strategy is failing. What strategy? I believe the strategy is "do not lose", a favourite of Flynn and Darlington. It worked under Dean Keates - record number of draws and playoff bound when he left. It's not working now and I suspect a conflict between Hughes and Darlington/Flynn as Hughes wants to win.


We have a squad which, on paper, should be tearing up this league and the management team needs a shake up. I would keep Hughes but replace both Darlington and Flynn with an attack minded coach (which means he can't come from Darlington's Welsh Horror Coaching School) with a bit of experience and a bit of nouse.


A failure to win at Fylde will have the hounds baying all around the Racecourse next Saturday giving us another "Gateshead" result.


I've lost my rose tinted glasses!

[draigwrecsam]

Well, I've updated for the record but it will not surprise me if nobody looks


Fylde did not post a gate figure although the Wrexham match report estimates the away support as 300 (incredible and thank you all). If anyone can give a reasonable estimate of the total gate I would appreciate it.

[Rondy]

There's no motivation to win any more. Other teams know Wrexham are a pushover now. Things will only get worse until they have a clear out of 5 players and new management.

[draigwrecsam]

First win in 9 games, first clean sheet in 9 games. Is Flynn the answer? Has a corner been turned? Afraid not, we should have slaughtered them.

[Rob]

Its interesting data, and can be read many different ways 'on paper' but after seeing Saturday the real life context makes it a negative slant.

Got to agree with Flynn. Could get drastically bad.

[draigwrecsam]

"This could turn into a drastic situation"! No kidding Mr Flynn; apart from one slight detail. This is already a drastic situation!


That quote just sums up the short sighted view that is prevalent in the club management.


On PPG we are back in the relegation spot and the magical "game in hand" has gone.


Flynn has hinted that he may be in charge at Woking. Whether or not he is being considered for a longer stint is unclear, but it won't be the solution. The sooner a "new" and fresh face is at the helm the better.


We have a long struggle ahead.

[draigwrecsam]

By most accounts (not all because I read Red Passion ) that was an improvement. I shudder to think what the alternative might be, but an away point is not to be sniffed at - we now need an away win.


A big thank you to the 159 fans who made the trip.

[draigwrecsam]

Keates is back! High work rate, 4-4-2, solid defence, limited substitutions. I say solid defence because it would have been if Carrington were fit. Barnum-Bobb is not a defender. Thirty games to go but at the moment we're in a relegation dogfight.



For what it's worth, I thought Barton earned his MoM.