1 00:00:10,140 --> 00:00:12,185 Everybody knows the aim of the club 2 00:00:12,185 --> 00:00:14,883 is to get promotion out of the National League. 3 00:00:17,147 --> 00:00:19,453 With the new ownership coming in 4 00:00:19,497 --> 00:00:22,717 and funding, you know, put into the squad, 5 00:00:22,804 --> 00:00:26,199 expectations have risen. 6 00:00:26,243 --> 00:00:30,769 But we try not to create a tension in the group. 7 00:00:30,812 --> 00:00:33,119 We're trying hard to keep the focus 8 00:00:33,163 --> 00:00:35,165 on the process of each game. 9 00:00:55,576 --> 00:00:57,622 Obviously, at this point in the season, 10 00:00:57,709 --> 00:00:59,363 it would be better to be right in contention 11 00:00:59,363 --> 00:01:03,584 at the very top, but as a manager, 12 00:01:03,628 --> 00:01:05,586 you've gotta be focused on what you need to do. 13 00:01:05,586 --> 00:01:07,936 Every game, it's a process. 14 00:01:21,994 --> 00:01:23,517 I speak to a lot of supporters 15 00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:24,953 in and around the ground, 16 00:01:24,997 --> 00:01:26,564 not just match days during the week, 17 00:01:26,607 --> 00:01:30,785 and I'm so determined to bring this town success. 18 00:01:30,829 --> 00:01:32,657 If results don't go well, 19 00:01:32,744 --> 00:01:36,051 I personally take the responsibility. 20 00:01:36,051 --> 00:01:37,357 As a football manager, 21 00:01:37,401 --> 00:01:39,881 you know, you're gonna get sacked. 22 00:01:39,968 --> 00:01:42,188 We gotta accept it's the nature of the industry. 23 00:01:42,188 --> 00:01:44,277 You know, the lifespan of a manager 24 00:01:44,321 --> 00:01:46,192 at any club gets shorter each year, 25 00:01:46,236 --> 00:01:47,976 and, uh, that's it. 26 00:01:52,807 --> 00:01:56,202 [singing] Every day it's a-gettin' closer, 27 00:01:56,246 --> 00:01:59,640 goin' faster than a roller coaster. 28 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,863 Love like yours will surely come my way. 29 00:02:04,863 --> 00:02:07,126 Hey, a-hey, hey. 30 00:02:07,213 --> 00:02:10,477 Every day, it's a-gettin' faster 31 00:02:10,564 --> 00:02:14,438 Everyone said, "Go out and ask her." 32 00:02:14,481 --> 00:02:18,572 Love like yours will surely come my way. 33 00:02:18,616 --> 00:02:21,053 A-hey, a-hey, hey. 34 00:02:21,096 --> 00:02:26,363 Love like yours will surely come my way. 35 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:35,154 The outcome thus far has been 36 00:02:35,241 --> 00:02:36,808 just to this side of acceptable. 37 00:02:36,851 --> 00:02:38,113 It's been more of a struggle 38 00:02:38,113 --> 00:02:39,332 than we would liked it to have been. 39 00:02:39,376 --> 00:02:41,247 But equally, we knew we had 10 games 40 00:02:41,291 --> 00:02:43,858 against tough opposition. 41 00:02:43,902 --> 00:02:47,340 And that being the case, 42 00:02:47,384 --> 00:02:48,994 where--where we've wound up at the end of it, 43 00:02:49,037 --> 00:02:52,127 sort of not ideal for us, 44 00:02:52,171 --> 00:02:54,913 but it's not disastrous. 45 00:02:54,913 --> 00:02:58,133 The next 10 games, we do need to see 46 00:02:58,177 --> 00:03:00,484 a kind of marked improvement, I think. 47 00:03:00,527 --> 00:03:02,137 And if we don't get an improvement, 48 00:03:02,137 --> 00:03:05,793 then pressure mounts, you know, on all of us. 49 00:03:05,837 --> 00:03:07,578 But the guys that we've got here and the management staff 50 00:03:07,621 --> 00:03:11,321 that we've got here, we expect them to click. 51 00:03:11,364 --> 00:03:14,889 And if they don't, then awkward questions abound. 52 00:03:21,853 --> 00:03:23,811 We've got some good players. 53 00:03:23,855 --> 00:03:26,771 We've got a decent squad, but, you know, Hyde is injured, 54 00:03:26,858 --> 00:03:28,642 which is not gonna be short-term. 55 00:03:28,686 --> 00:03:31,645 Kwame is back, but it's unfair to expect him 56 00:03:31,689 --> 00:03:33,343 to go Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday. 57 00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:35,345 So we just don't know. 58 00:03:35,388 --> 00:03:37,434 God bless the January transfer window. 59 00:03:40,785 --> 00:03:44,441 Ultimately, a football club can only sign new players 60 00:03:44,484 --> 00:03:45,964 at two times a year: 61 00:03:46,007 --> 00:03:48,836 during the close-season before the season starts 62 00:03:48,836 --> 00:03:52,231 and then for this calendar month of January. 63 00:04:06,767 --> 00:04:08,291 The challenge, of course, is, 64 00:04:08,334 --> 00:04:09,814 we're only wanting to sign players 65 00:04:09,901 --> 00:04:13,426 that other clubs are already using or want to keep. 66 00:04:13,470 --> 00:04:14,993 Robert and Ryan are great for the club, 67 00:04:15,036 --> 00:04:17,387 and the financial support that we get is great. 68 00:04:17,474 --> 00:04:18,997 But they're also our biggest problem... 69 00:04:18,997 --> 00:04:20,346 Yeah, yeah. 70 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:21,826 In that they create a level of expectancy... 71 00:04:21,913 --> 00:04:23,480 Yeah. 72 00:04:23,567 --> 00:04:26,483 And financial ability that other people believe we have. 73 00:04:38,277 --> 00:04:41,106 But everyone's-- then that's the key. 74 00:04:43,543 --> 00:04:45,719 Rob? Hi, Shaun, how are you? 75 00:05:09,961 --> 00:05:12,964 Mm-hmm. 76 00:05:13,007 --> 00:05:14,444 Well, I definitely feel fully in the loop. 77 00:05:14,531 --> 00:05:16,533 I don't know if I feel 100% comfortable. 78 00:05:25,063 --> 00:05:27,587 We play the rest of the season with this new squad, 79 00:05:27,631 --> 00:05:29,589 and we don't go up, 80 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:33,767 we will be significantly over budget next year. 81 00:05:43,168 --> 00:05:44,212 yeah... 82 00:05:50,044 --> 00:05:50,784 Yeah. 83 00:05:56,921 --> 00:05:58,270 "After nearly 19 games, 84 00:05:58,313 --> 00:05:59,445 "there appears to be very little improvement 85 00:05:59,489 --> 00:06:01,142 "in the team's performance. 86 00:06:01,229 --> 00:06:04,015 If we can't change the players, we must change the manager." 87 00:06:04,102 --> 00:06:07,366 "Shit formation--haven't got the players to play it." 88 00:06:07,410 --> 00:06:08,498 "Shocking stuff. 89 00:06:08,585 --> 00:06:10,761 "I want Parkinson out after Torquay, 90 00:06:10,761 --> 00:06:12,371 and I have not changed my mind--dreadful." 91 00:06:12,458 --> 00:06:13,720 "Too slow, appointing a manager 92 00:06:13,807 --> 00:06:16,462 who inherited a strange retained list." 93 00:06:16,506 --> 00:06:17,942 "What the fuck is going on here?" 94 00:06:17,985 --> 00:06:19,944 Oof. 95 00:06:19,987 --> 00:06:21,511 Rough. 96 00:06:21,554 --> 00:06:22,816 "If it's not a win, Parky needs to go, 97 00:06:22,860 --> 00:06:25,384 "and feel free to dig at me. I don't care. 98 00:06:25,471 --> 00:06:27,908 Stop being shit." 99 00:06:27,952 --> 00:06:30,694 I'm gonna have a T-shirt made that says, "Parky out." 100 00:06:30,737 --> 00:06:32,957 If you let him go now, I feel like-- 101 00:06:33,044 --> 00:06:36,482 first off, like, it was a coup that we even got him. 102 00:06:36,526 --> 00:06:37,744 Yeah. 103 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:40,530 You let him go seven months later, 104 00:06:40,573 --> 00:06:43,184 I think it's just as bad a look. 105 00:06:43,271 --> 00:06:44,838 I think you can't do business like that. 106 00:06:44,882 --> 00:06:45,926 Mm-hmm. 107 00:06:45,970 --> 00:06:47,145 You can't work with people like that. 108 00:06:47,145 --> 00:06:50,496 I don't mind giving him... time. 109 00:06:50,496 --> 00:06:51,758 The problem is that he's asking 110 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:53,934 for a significant amount of money 111 00:06:53,934 --> 00:06:55,632 for the January transfer window. 112 00:06:55,719 --> 00:06:57,634 The decision we have to make is whether or not we-- 113 00:06:57,721 --> 00:07:00,288 not only do we keep him-- okay, that's one thing. 114 00:07:00,332 --> 00:07:02,029 - Mm-hmm. - Give him a full season, fine. 115 00:07:02,073 --> 00:07:06,556 But we're essentially doubling down not only for this season, 116 00:07:06,599 --> 00:07:09,559 but for next season, because the players we sign, 117 00:07:09,602 --> 00:07:11,343 it'll be two- to three-year contracts. 118 00:07:11,386 --> 00:07:14,955 He inherited 80% of a plan. Yes. 119 00:07:14,999 --> 00:07:17,044 By the way, that's--that's one of the things, so I-- 120 00:07:18,785 --> 00:07:20,439 Is this the kind of house you-- 121 00:07:20,526 --> 00:07:22,006 Ask Blake. I have no idea what-- 122 00:07:24,095 --> 00:07:25,705 Are you fucking kidding me? 123 00:07:25,749 --> 00:07:27,359 - Yeah. - Is-- 124 00:07:27,402 --> 00:07:30,014 It's a house of horrors. - Is this--is that a prop? 125 00:07:30,101 --> 00:07:31,319 No, that's a-- 126 00:07:31,363 --> 00:07:32,625 No, this is supposed-- oh, I see, it's therapy. 127 00:07:32,625 --> 00:07:33,757 Ah, yes, exactly. - It's for ther-- 128 00:07:33,757 --> 00:07:36,107 it's for therapy. That makes a lot of sense. 129 00:07:37,151 --> 00:07:38,413 We decided that before 130 00:07:38,413 --> 00:07:39,632 we entertained spending more money 131 00:07:39,676 --> 00:07:41,460 on players for Phil in January, 132 00:07:41,547 --> 00:07:44,071 we needed to see some improvement from the team. 133 00:07:44,115 --> 00:07:46,204 Phil basically has until the new year to prove 134 00:07:46,247 --> 00:07:48,467 that he can do the job. 135 00:07:57,824 --> 00:08:01,219 Most important, the manager is trying to build a relationship 136 00:08:01,262 --> 00:08:04,483 with players to find out what makes them tick 137 00:08:04,527 --> 00:08:06,267 on a individual basis. 138 00:08:41,041 --> 00:08:43,827 [singing] Coming 139 00:08:49,441 --> 00:08:52,966 Change is coming 140 00:08:55,926 --> 00:08:58,058 141 00:08:58,102 --> 00:09:01,453 Wrexham have the lead at the Recreation Ground! 142 00:09:01,496 --> 00:09:03,542 It was Aaron Hayden who headed it 143 00:09:03,629 --> 00:09:04,804 into the back of the net. 144 00:09:08,025 --> 00:09:08,982 And he fires back out-- 145 00:09:09,026 --> 00:09:10,418 into the net! 146 00:09:10,462 --> 00:09:12,943 With that, Wrexham have got a second goal! 147 00:09:14,858 --> 00:09:16,599 It goes into the back of the net! 148 00:09:16,642 --> 00:09:18,862 It's in! It's in again! 149 00:09:18,862 --> 00:09:21,255 And it's Hall-Johnson for Wrexham! 150 00:09:24,737 --> 00:09:26,783 What a goal for Wrexham! Volleys! 151 00:09:31,048 --> 00:09:33,790 And there is the touchdown. 152 00:09:33,833 --> 00:09:36,096 And the whistle is blown. 153 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:40,100 It's been an absolutely incredible evening 154 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:41,711 here in Aldershot. 155 00:09:41,754 --> 00:09:44,714 [chanting] Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! Wrexham! 156 00:09:44,757 --> 00:09:45,889 After smashing Aldershot, 157 00:09:45,889 --> 00:09:47,455 things are looking up. 158 00:09:47,499 --> 00:09:50,241 Now Wrexham hoping to keep the momentum going 159 00:09:50,284 --> 00:09:52,243 as they take on Kings Lynn Town. 160 00:10:02,035 --> 00:10:04,690 Fucking yeah! 161 00:10:04,734 --> 00:10:06,518 Come on! 162 00:10:30,629 --> 00:10:33,676 Come on! 163 00:10:35,590 --> 00:10:37,767 When was the last time we scored five in two games? 164 00:10:37,854 --> 00:10:40,378 Never. Never in the history, never. 165 00:10:40,378 --> 00:10:42,641 Fuckin' amazin'. Amazin', bruv. 166 00:10:42,685 --> 00:10:43,729 Yeah! 167 00:10:43,773 --> 00:10:45,209 6-1! 168 00:10:45,252 --> 00:10:47,080 Let's go! 169 00:10:47,167 --> 00:10:50,388 Fantastic. Wrexham set a new club record. 170 00:10:50,388 --> 00:10:54,218 We scored 11 goals in back-to-back away games. 171 00:10:54,305 --> 00:10:56,394 Well, you can't complain about that. 172 00:10:56,437 --> 00:10:58,744 Well, those are the two weakest teams in the league. 173 00:10:58,788 --> 00:11:00,398 Oh, so you can complain about that. 174 00:11:00,441 --> 00:11:01,965 I'm just sayin'. What are you saying? 175 00:11:01,965 --> 00:11:03,836 That we should be beating these teams. 176 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,708 We did beat these teams. Yeah, I'm just sayin'. 177 00:11:07,013 --> 00:11:08,841 You've been reading too many mean tweets. 178 00:11:11,322 --> 00:11:12,540 Coach! Hey, how you doing? 179 00:11:12,584 --> 00:11:14,412 How are ya? - Big fan. 180 00:11:14,412 --> 00:11:15,456 Rob--damn, man, I'm a big fan of yours. 181 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:17,067 Yeah, a really big fan. 182 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:17,763 Congratulations on the season so far. 183 00:11:17,807 --> 00:11:19,199 Thank you. I appreciate it. 184 00:11:19,199 --> 00:11:20,766 Yeah, we gotta keep it-- keep it stringing-- 185 00:11:20,810 --> 00:11:22,420 Kinda feels like the momentum's happening though. 186 00:11:22,420 --> 00:11:23,856 Right? - Yeah. 187 00:11:23,856 --> 00:11:25,031 - Goddamn, that was-- - It's happening, yeah. 188 00:11:25,118 --> 00:11:26,424 This is my-- 189 00:11:26,424 --> 00:11:28,252 I coached at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 190 00:11:28,339 --> 00:11:29,427 Okay, yup. 191 00:11:29,470 --> 00:11:30,645 And this was my recruiting area. 192 00:11:30,645 --> 00:11:32,082 I liked it when I was recruiting, 193 00:11:32,125 --> 00:11:33,474 and I like it now, so... Well, when they love you, 194 00:11:33,561 --> 00:11:34,911 they love you. - Yeah. 195 00:11:34,998 --> 00:11:35,955 And then when they don't, they let you know. 196 00:11:35,999 --> 00:11:37,217 Right. 197 00:11:37,261 --> 00:11:38,828 But it's crazy that Coach Pederson-- 198 00:11:38,915 --> 00:11:41,787 I mean, 2017, I'm like, God, that was-- 199 00:11:41,831 --> 00:11:43,310 That wasn't that long ago. 200 00:11:43,310 --> 00:11:44,007 It was like yesterday. - I know. 201 00:11:58,325 --> 00:12:02,025 If you had to distill down one piece of advice-- 202 00:12:02,025 --> 00:12:03,809 What would it be? - What would it be? 203 00:12:03,853 --> 00:12:06,594 One, enjoy every minute of it. 204 00:12:06,681 --> 00:12:10,381 Sports, the reason it's popular is because it's unpredictable, 205 00:12:10,424 --> 00:12:13,688 and the moment you think you've got a really good team, 206 00:12:13,688 --> 00:12:17,692 um, you'll probably have some bad games, and it'll kill ya. 207 00:12:17,736 --> 00:12:20,608 I'm on a text chain with a group of my friends 208 00:12:20,652 --> 00:12:21,609 from Philly that I grew up with. 209 00:12:21,653 --> 00:12:23,263 Yeah. 210 00:12:23,263 --> 00:12:27,485 And over the years, I had the luxury of on Sundays, 211 00:12:27,485 --> 00:12:30,053 having any opinion that I want to have. 212 00:12:30,096 --> 00:12:31,097 Totally. 213 00:12:31,184 --> 00:12:32,490 About what plays are being run... 214 00:12:32,490 --> 00:12:33,621 Yup. 215 00:12:33,665 --> 00:12:34,927 What players should be benched... 216 00:12:34,971 --> 00:12:36,537 Yeah. - What coach should be fired. 217 00:12:36,624 --> 00:12:37,887 [chuckles] Yeah. - What's Howie doing? 218 00:12:37,974 --> 00:12:39,540 Yeah. - Right? 219 00:12:39,627 --> 00:12:42,369 Yeah. - And it's a release. 220 00:12:42,369 --> 00:12:44,545 Absolutely. - And it's easy for us, right? 221 00:12:44,632 --> 00:12:45,720 Yeah. - Because we have-- 222 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:46,983 we can have very strong opinions, 223 00:12:47,070 --> 00:12:49,986 but now I'm on the other end of it, 224 00:12:50,073 --> 00:12:52,727 where those conversations that are having--that I'm having, 225 00:12:52,727 --> 00:12:54,381 those are-- those are real people. 226 00:12:54,425 --> 00:12:56,949 They're no longer characters on my television screen. 227 00:12:56,949 --> 00:12:59,647 It forces you to have to really 228 00:12:59,691 --> 00:13:02,085 think through a lot of decisions 229 00:13:02,128 --> 00:13:04,870 and think about things not just in the short-term. 230 00:13:04,914 --> 00:13:08,352 What's gonna gratify me for the next month of my life? 231 00:13:08,439 --> 00:13:10,310 What is best for the team over the course 232 00:13:10,310 --> 00:13:14,010 of the next 12 months, 24 months, five years? 233 00:13:14,053 --> 00:13:16,447 Um, and what are your values 234 00:13:16,490 --> 00:13:19,537 in terms of what kind of coach do you want? 235 00:13:19,580 --> 00:13:21,800 What kind of collaboration do you want? 236 00:13:21,844 --> 00:13:23,323 What kind of culture do you want? 237 00:13:23,323 --> 00:13:25,021 - Mm-hmm. - That, to me, 238 00:13:25,108 --> 00:13:26,805 is something I never thought about as a fan. 239 00:13:26,849 --> 00:13:28,154 Mm-hmm. 240 00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:29,547 But then you've gotta also then identify 241 00:13:29,590 --> 00:13:32,028 where do you think the trajectory is gonna go? 242 00:13:32,115 --> 00:13:33,290 And that's where the hard decisions are. 243 00:13:33,377 --> 00:13:34,987 Mm-hmm. 244 00:13:35,031 --> 00:13:37,337 If you thought you were on a upward trajectory 245 00:13:37,381 --> 00:13:39,209 and you had a down year 246 00:13:39,209 --> 00:13:41,341 and you'd say, "Okay, that was a down year, 247 00:13:41,385 --> 00:13:43,343 "but we're really on a upward trajectory 248 00:13:43,387 --> 00:13:45,128 with that coach and with that coaching staff," 249 00:13:45,171 --> 00:13:47,043 then, you know, you continue. 250 00:13:47,086 --> 00:13:49,045 If you reach the conclusion that you think 251 00:13:49,088 --> 00:13:51,047 you're on a downward trajectory, 252 00:13:51,090 --> 00:13:53,484 and you needed a fresh leadership... 253 00:13:53,527 --> 00:13:55,138 Mm-hmm. 254 00:13:55,181 --> 00:13:56,791 Then you gotta make a change. 255 00:13:56,791 --> 00:13:58,402 And don't be afraid to make a change. 256 00:13:58,489 --> 00:14:01,927 At the same time, don't be afraid to keep a great coach, 257 00:14:01,971 --> 00:14:03,755 like I did with Andy over the years. 258 00:14:03,798 --> 00:14:06,279 There was a lot of criticism-- "Why would you keep Andy Reid? 259 00:14:06,323 --> 00:14:08,325 We didn't win the Super Bowl that year." 260 00:14:08,368 --> 00:14:10,283 Well, you know, many of the years, 261 00:14:10,327 --> 00:14:12,546 we were, uh, in the NFC championship game. 262 00:14:12,590 --> 00:14:13,983 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 263 00:14:14,026 --> 00:14:16,159 So you gotta--you kind of gotta decipher that, 264 00:14:16,202 --> 00:14:18,074 but make your own judgment, 265 00:14:18,161 --> 00:14:23,166 and don't shy away from really tough decisions. 266 00:15:16,436 --> 00:15:18,525 ...because you can drive yourself crazy if you do that. 267 00:15:18,569 --> 00:15:21,528 So I think you've gotta learn from it, take lessons, 268 00:15:21,572 --> 00:15:24,444 and move on quickly and don't look back too much. 269 00:15:31,974 --> 00:15:33,453 And everybody, you know, 270 00:15:33,453 --> 00:15:35,890 wants to tell me of their passion for the club. 271 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:37,370 And you can sense it. 272 00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:39,677 Yeah, he's well-known in the town apparently. 273 00:15:39,677 --> 00:15:40,852 Very well-known. 274 00:15:42,636 --> 00:15:43,768 I wish. 275 00:15:46,162 --> 00:15:47,206 But, uh-- 276 00:15:52,516 --> 00:15:54,605 It's a club which should never have dropped 277 00:15:54,648 --> 00:15:57,608 into National League, but it did, 278 00:15:57,651 --> 00:16:00,785 and it's been some tough years for everybody in the town. 279 00:16:09,272 --> 00:16:10,403 Yeah. - Yeah, no. 280 00:16:14,712 --> 00:16:15,408 She converted. 281 00:16:18,585 --> 00:16:19,238 Don't put that on camera, for goodness sake. 282 00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:23,068 Really? - Yeah, yeah. 283 00:16:23,112 --> 00:16:25,679 Football clubs in England and Wales 284 00:16:25,723 --> 00:16:27,507 can lift a community. 285 00:16:27,551 --> 00:16:30,597 My job, and obviously, not just my job, 286 00:16:30,641 --> 00:16:32,512 the owner's job, and everybody playing for the club 287 00:16:32,556 --> 00:16:35,341 is to do everything we can to bring success to the area. 288 00:16:49,486 --> 00:16:50,226 oh, fuck. 289 00:16:58,756 --> 00:17:00,236 I own a bar in Philadelphia 290 00:17:00,279 --> 00:17:01,802 called Mac's Tavern, 291 00:17:01,889 --> 00:17:03,717 and it's modeled after Patty's Pub, 292 00:17:03,761 --> 00:17:05,110 the fictional pub from my show, 293 00:17:05,154 --> 00:17:06,894 Always Sunny in Philadelphia. 294 00:17:06,938 --> 00:17:08,505 Since I was in town, and since the last two games, 295 00:17:08,548 --> 00:17:10,594 the team had been on a bit of a tear, 296 00:17:10,681 --> 00:17:11,943 I thought it'd be fun to invite 297 00:17:11,986 --> 00:17:13,640 all of my old friends from Philly 298 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,816 to come down to the pub and watch the game with me. 299 00:17:15,860 --> 00:17:17,731 It's a full sellout. 300 00:17:17,775 --> 00:17:20,386 And it's today? Yeah, it's a full sellout. 301 00:17:20,430 --> 00:17:22,301 If we score a bucket of goals like we have been doing, 302 00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:24,477 that place is going to go nuts. 303 00:17:24,521 --> 00:17:25,522 And that's what I wanna see today. 304 00:17:25,565 --> 00:17:27,089 That is what I'm hopin' for. 305 00:17:44,932 --> 00:17:46,717 This is where they usually start kicking it out, 306 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,066 in the 25th minute. 307 00:17:48,110 --> 00:17:49,502 Yeah? - Yeah. 308 00:17:52,723 --> 00:17:54,594 Right, so we're at the game now. 309 00:17:54,638 --> 00:17:58,816 It's the 35th minute, and it's currently 0-0. 310 00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:22,100 It's such-- 311 00:18:22,187 --> 00:18:24,320 apparently, it's such a home team advantage sport, 312 00:18:24,363 --> 00:18:26,191 which-- Right. 313 00:18:26,235 --> 00:18:28,454 But the last two games we won were away, 314 00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:30,021 and we scored 11 goals. Right. 315 00:18:30,064 --> 00:18:31,457 This is home, and we can't-- 316 00:18:37,637 --> 00:18:41,467 So Wealdstone was a draw. 317 00:18:41,511 --> 00:18:44,470 But since I had to watch a 0-0 soccer game 318 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:46,777 in Philadelphia in front of everyone I know, 319 00:18:46,820 --> 00:18:48,431 it counts as a loss. 320 00:18:50,389 --> 00:18:51,869 That seems very petty. 321 00:18:51,869 --> 00:18:53,262 Shut up, Ryan. 322 00:19:02,836 --> 00:19:04,621 Come on! Yeah! 323 00:19:04,664 --> 00:19:06,492 ANNOUNCER 1: Passes the ball, moves, and it's in! 324 00:19:06,536 --> 00:19:07,580 ANNOUNCER 2: Yeah! ANNOUNCER 1: A goal! 325 00:19:07,624 --> 00:19:10,801 And that's a great goal! ANNOUNCER 2: Yeah! 326 00:19:16,241 --> 00:19:20,245 Seventh place. Not bad. 327 00:19:20,289 --> 00:19:21,420 You're still mad, aren't you? 328 00:19:21,464 --> 00:19:22,726 It was in front of all my friends. 329 00:19:22,813 --> 00:19:24,684 That game was so boring. 330 00:19:24,728 --> 00:19:26,512 It was one draw. He won the other four games. 331 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:28,079 All my friends were there. 332 00:19:28,122 --> 00:19:30,299 Okay, I think we should talk about this later. 333 00:19:30,386 --> 00:19:32,431 All of 'em. Everyone. 334 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,696 And it's 2-0 to Yeovil. 335 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:39,177 And fans start to leave now. 336 00:19:45,705 --> 00:19:47,098 It's Davies. 337 00:19:47,185 --> 00:19:49,753 And it's in. 338 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:50,754 Young Will reversed. 339 00:19:50,841 --> 00:19:52,103 Ball's to Jordan Davies. 340 00:19:52,146 --> 00:19:53,713 Peels across this man. 341 00:19:53,757 --> 00:19:54,540 Jordan Davies chips the ball to the back post. 342 00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:56,063 Across the middle! 343 00:19:59,110 --> 00:20:01,721 Come on! 344 00:20:26,964 --> 00:20:27,660 George? 345 00:20:29,227 --> 00:20:30,010 Thank you very much. 346 00:20:32,404 --> 00:20:33,710 Phil and his son George 347 00:20:33,753 --> 00:20:35,320 come in on a regular basis, couple of times a week. 348 00:20:35,364 --> 00:20:36,713 Um, he has a bit of a superstition 349 00:20:36,756 --> 00:20:38,976 about what meal he has prior to a match. 350 00:20:38,976 --> 00:20:40,760 Oh, the main man's here. 351 00:20:40,804 --> 00:20:42,588 Get him on the camera. Oh... 352 00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:44,460 Come on, this is the man you wanna speak to. 353 00:20:44,547 --> 00:20:45,287 You see we got dressed up for this. 354 00:20:47,027 --> 00:20:47,985 So it's quite funny to see when he comes in, 355 00:20:48,028 --> 00:20:49,421 having his meals. 356 00:20:49,465 --> 00:20:50,988 Come join us. - I'll come join you, yeah. 357 00:20:50,988 --> 00:20:52,511 Yeah. We're really having a quick snack. 358 00:20:52,555 --> 00:20:53,556 Yeah, yeah. 359 00:20:57,647 --> 00:20:59,779 Thank you very much. - Thank you. 360 00:20:59,779 --> 00:21:02,434 - And not the granola. - Not the granola today. 361 00:21:02,434 --> 00:21:04,218 No, I have that every other day, don't I? 362 00:21:04,262 --> 00:21:05,655 Usually, if I make his meal, 363 00:21:05,655 --> 00:21:07,526 it's usually scrambled eggs on toast. 364 00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:09,136 They're really good, nice guys. 365 00:21:09,180 --> 00:21:09,920 Come in super friendly. 366 00:21:13,924 --> 00:21:15,186 Nice, it's good. 367 00:21:15,229 --> 00:21:17,057 We don't argue much at all, to be honest. 368 00:21:17,144 --> 00:21:18,972 There are a lot of people who ask me, "Do you argue?" 369 00:21:19,059 --> 00:21:20,800 And, uh, no. 370 00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:22,715 I don't think it's as much as people would expect. 371 00:21:22,759 --> 00:21:24,151 We've got a good working relationship, 372 00:21:24,195 --> 00:21:25,283 I would say, yeah. 373 00:21:45,869 --> 00:21:46,826 And there's the final whistle. 374 00:21:46,870 --> 00:21:49,351 County celebrate victory. 375 00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:56,662 Frustration, huge frustration for Wrexham. 376 00:22:01,319 --> 00:22:02,842 When we started this 10-game stretch, 377 00:22:02,842 --> 00:22:04,453 we were in 12th place. 378 00:22:04,496 --> 00:22:06,237 Phil's gotten us all the way up to third place, 379 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,413 but we still can't beat the top teams. 380 00:22:08,457 --> 00:22:10,328 But what does that mean? 381 00:22:10,415 --> 00:22:12,548 It means we won't get promoted, is what it means. 382 00:22:12,591 --> 00:22:14,550 So what do we change? 383 00:22:14,593 --> 00:22:18,597 How do we get from third to first? 384 00:22:22,645 --> 00:22:24,821 And a frustrating first half ends. 385 00:22:24,864 --> 00:22:28,085 Yeovil Town 1, Wrexham, 0. 386 00:22:28,128 --> 00:22:30,043 Plenty of work for Phil Parkinson's side 387 00:22:30,130 --> 00:22:32,481 to do after the break. 388 00:22:35,135 --> 00:22:39,226 It's a fucking disgrace, an absolute fucking disgrace! 389 00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:40,706 We fucking turned up thinking, 390 00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:42,447 "We're gonna fucking stroll around, 391 00:22:42,491 --> 00:22:43,883 "we'll fucking play, 392 00:22:43,883 --> 00:22:45,668 we're gonna fucking beat these no problem." 393 00:22:45,668 --> 00:22:47,278 They're fucking first to every ball, 394 00:22:47,321 --> 00:22:48,932 they won more fucking challenges, 395 00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:50,803 they fucking won more second balls, 396 00:22:50,890 --> 00:22:52,892 they fucking be bright on the fucking ball. 397 00:22:52,936 --> 00:22:54,981 If you're sharp and you're closing down 398 00:22:55,025 --> 00:22:57,506 and you fucking work, you're sharp with possession-- 399 00:22:57,549 --> 00:22:58,898 is that right or wrong, Tozer? 400 00:22:58,942 --> 00:23:01,118 Everybody has been loose in possession, 401 00:23:01,161 --> 00:23:02,380 'cause that bit hasn't been fucking right, 402 00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:04,643 first and foremost. 403 00:23:09,909 --> 00:23:11,345 I can't accept that performance, boys, 404 00:23:11,345 --> 00:23:14,827 'cause let me tell ya, I'm fucking ecstatic it's 1-0. 405 00:23:14,871 --> 00:23:16,176 Ecstatic, 406 00:23:16,263 --> 00:23:17,569 'cause we've been three out of 10. 407 00:23:17,613 --> 00:23:18,831 They've been fucking eight out of 10. 408 00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:20,137 They can't get much better. 409 00:23:20,180 --> 00:23:21,704 We can fucking get a lot better. 410 00:23:21,747 --> 00:23:22,835 Fucking sharp up on the ball. 411 00:23:29,538 --> 00:23:30,495 It's out to Paul Mullin. 412 00:23:30,539 --> 00:23:31,540 Mullin on his right foot. 413 00:23:31,583 --> 00:23:33,106 He places it in! Yeah! 414 00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:34,630 Yeovil aren't gonna be happy about that one. 415 00:23:34,673 --> 00:23:36,066 Wrexham have equalized! 416 00:23:36,109 --> 00:23:38,024 Get in there! 417 00:23:38,024 --> 00:23:39,504 Davies, Mullin, and Ponticelli fronting, 418 00:23:39,548 --> 00:23:41,811 leaving [indistinct] short. James Jones is making a run. 419 00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:43,508 McAlinden's in space the left-hand side. 420 00:23:43,508 --> 00:23:45,205 Liam McAlinden's picked out. 421 00:23:45,292 --> 00:23:46,598 McAlinden crosses, left foot, 422 00:23:46,598 --> 00:23:47,512 puts it across the goal to Ponticelli! 423 00:23:47,556 --> 00:23:48,513 To Jordan Davies, sends-- 424 00:23:48,557 --> 00:23:50,036 an own goal! 425 00:24:00,307 --> 00:24:01,787 - Whoo! - Yes! 426 00:24:01,831 --> 00:24:04,007 Yes! 427 00:24:04,094 --> 00:24:06,183 So we decided to stick with Phil. 428 00:24:06,226 --> 00:24:07,967 Not just because of the wins and losses, 429 00:24:08,011 --> 00:24:10,317 but also because of the team culture he's built. 430 00:24:10,361 --> 00:24:11,928 I particularly like the swearing. 431 00:24:11,971 --> 00:24:14,017 Fuckin' hell! 432 00:24:14,104 --> 00:24:15,409 We also decided to go ahead 433 00:24:15,453 --> 00:24:17,411 and buy that striker he was asking for. 434 00:24:17,411 --> 00:24:18,804 You remember in Braveheart 435 00:24:18,848 --> 00:24:20,327 when they introduce that character 436 00:24:20,371 --> 00:24:22,025 about halfway through, 437 00:24:22,068 --> 00:24:25,028 and it completely changes the trajectory of the movie? 438 00:24:25,115 --> 00:24:26,899 Yeah, that's the guy I'm talking about. 439 00:24:26,943 --> 00:24:28,335 The Irish guy. Remember that? 440 00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:30,294 Well, now we have our own version of that, 441 00:24:30,337 --> 00:24:31,469 and his name... 442 00:24:31,513 --> 00:24:36,822 Ollie Palmer. 443 00:24:36,866 --> 00:24:38,258 He's English, by the way. He's not Irish.