Wrexham have been warned by Phil Parkinson not to let their “frustration” get the better of them amid their run of disappointing results.
Consequently, what happened?
The Welsh team is in risk of dropping out of the automatic promotion spots after winning just two of their last seven League Two games, following their 1-0 loss to Tranmere last week. In an effort to regain form, Parkinson has urged his team to remain composed.
WHAT PARKINSON SAID
He told reporters: “We’ve got to make sure we don’t let the frustration of the defeat affect us going into the next game. You analyse the game back, with the emotion taken out of it, and the reason we didn’t win was because not a large percentage of our decision making was good enough. Some of it was excellent and we still produced some real moments of quality but probably not enough for the pressure we had.
“Secondly Tranmere defended incredibly well, some of the last-ditch blocks that they got were probably a level that won’t defend like it again this season and thirdly nothing fell for us in the box. But if we keep playing in the manner that we’ve done, improve our decision making and also increase our ratio of hitting the target then something’s going to fall for us.”
THE LARGER IMAGE
The Red Dragons are presently third in the standings, one point behind Stockport County in second place, but ahead of MK Dons on goal differential alone. They might drop out of the top three and into the play-off spots with another error.
FUTURE PLANS FOR WREXHAM?
When Parkinson’s team visits Grimsby in League Two on Saturday, they’ll be looking to go back to winning ways. Although they have not lost in their previous six games, their opponents this weekend are presently ranked 21st in the standings.
