ARTHUR OKONKWO TO SIGN PERMANENTLY WITH
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Is Arthur Okonkwo about to sign for Wrexham PERMANENTLY?
If Rob McElhenney has his way he will....
We look at whether the big man will become the statement signing of the season!
Plus:
- TST dream crushed but what did we learn from it?
- transfer latest....Salop stopper in sights...
- Tim rants about Wales boss Rob Page and tries to negate the need for a club vs country row when it comes to international call ups
- Welcome to Wrexham continues to shine
- Vancouver vanquished - why it will cost you a packet to stay there for the pre-season friendly game
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Everyone should sign up for the newsletter… it is a no brainer….
Thanks Jeff!
Signed up. No time for it, but I want to be sure to show my support for the blokes.
Andy....look at Lonsdale Quay hotel in North Vancouver. Seabus is a 12 minute water crossing and connects to the sky train to the Stadium. 3 minutes walk from Seabus to hotel. 1200 pounds for 5 days at hotel.
Nice to see John Stewart ! I used to give him a lift to work when he was doing a temporary job at my then employers Iceland Foods
You definitely want to be outside of downtown Vancouver. Room prices drop significantly once you’re 15 or 20 minutes away by the Skytrain.
I'm really enjoying the newsletter. Seems like a no brainer really for the cost over the year
Interesting to hear mention of schools. I went to Ysgol Y Wern in Rhosllanerchrugog in the late 70s 😊
Damn. This is becoming the perfect length for my morning physio. so I’m listening in the “off season”/pre-season even when I really need to get away from football.
Have to say that, against my better judgement, I have enjoyed the TST highlights. Fundamental issue is that it’s not a Wrexham team but the only people available to play in a Wrexham team, who would have the necessary pace and tactical understanding, are the first team squad. It needs a slight rethink. I wonder whether we might be better using our reserves with a couple of name players?
Okwonkwo - my position remains that I don’t think the errors get ironed out with age and, even if they do, we’re unlikely to be the beneficiaries of that. I’d rather a cheaper; more experienced and generally reliable keeper and see the money go elsewhere. Love the idea that people STILL have faith in Harvey to sort this. That will almost certainly result in us once again overpaying as is his way. Let’s not confuse a willingness to spend other people’s money with few personal consequences with “negotiation”.
Thought the list of positions we need was almost right but not quite. A lack of pace at the back will cost us and our cover looks thin. O’Connor is hideously over-rated at left back. Again, lack of pace is an issue. Evans can drop back but, again, er, lack of pace. Hopefully we push McLean into midfield and get decent cover for Mendy. Suspect that if given chances James Jones will thrive at this level. Genuinely interested that no-one mentioned the option of long term loans of Championship and Premier League players. That’s how other teams have thrived at this level and why I suspect all currently seems quiet on the western front. I suspect that’s where our striker comes from. Someone with pace, skill and movement but who can learn from the likes of Mullin and thus won’t undermine him. There are also some options at the Euros from some of the lesser known nations and I’d be disappointed if we weren’t exploring that. That’s where we should now be.
Wales - been around long enough to know from day 1 that page was a 1980s Wales manager with zero tactical nouse and no vision re: long term planning. Bobby Ghoul had more clue. Wasn’t fooled by the qualification either. The results in that tournament weren’t “disappointing” as many asserted. They were absolutely what was to be expected as are the results now.
I do actually agree with Page that we are in transition but the point is that it’s jargon for “I’m kinda hoping something magical will happen with these kids but I don’t really know what I’m doing”.
Wholly agree with Tim (and ergo not with Andy) that club and country should be equal. Kind of see where Andy is coming from with Mullin not feeling especially Welsh but ultimately we’re a country with no obvious striker so why not. I don’t buy into the whole fear of injury thing. Parky has the right attitude on this. Injuries happen and we’re in a position to use the market as needed to work around them. International games are less frequent than EFL Trophy or Carabao Cup games and yet we don’t see most fans hysterically demanding we stand down key players “in case they get injured”.
The counter here, which almost never gets discussed, is that being an international can also improve a player for the benefit of a club.
Okonkwo probably needs exit clauses if the team doesn't make the Championship in 2 seasons.
Got him 😎
Andy and John in the same class at school? He looks like a babe compared to John. Bloody genes
I live in Charlotte too!
Me and my daughter have match tickets and flights booked to Vancouver but I've been holding off booking a hotel or Airbnb because of the ridiculous prices. Was hoping we might be able to team up with other travelling fans to book a shared apartment and save money 😱
Also, the Whitecaps released upper bowl tickets. Upper bowl tickets will start at $45 - plus taxes and fees.
Hey John, good to see you again. #phillyPTSD
Cavan Sullivan was recently signed by Man City. He is a fourteen year old from Philadelphia.
Andrew, what hotel in Vancouver are you considering that costs £1700 for 5 days? Unless you want the Fairmont Hotel, there should be less expensive options. Also, you could stay at an airport hotel and take a 33 minute train ride to BC Place that costs ~CDN$5-6. There are also airport motels that are even cheaper.
I think Roger Milla for Camaroon holds the record for the oldest scorer in the World Cup, in 1994.
Wow, this is a Grango reunion…
Just wondering is when checking the prices in Vancouver for hotels were you quoted US dollars on Canada dollars. The exchange rate is like 1 to 1.37
Reach out to Shawn from the Red Horde. He’s a Vancouver native and is organising a bit of stuff around the friendly.
Airbnb!
They meant they were in danger of getting relegated (knocked out) of the auto promotion spot to the playoff spot
Andy I think the relegation stuff was intentionally misleading language. “Relegation… to the playoffs” 😂
Given the US has 5x the population of the UK, does a 25k crowd actually mean championship level? Or is it 5k, league 2 and below level.
I think the question was playing level, where you can't make a precise comparison due to differences in playing approaches, but I have seen comparisons from players who had played in both English football and the MLS that the better clubs in the MLS would be roughly "midtable" Championship level of play (which is to say, out of the relegation zone but not in the top half) and the weaker clubs upper half of League 1 level of play.
I emailled like you said to get a sample newsletter no reply. I know you were in a country in africa staring with z ( zed here in canada like where you are)
Hi Kent, which email address did you send to pal?
Contrary to the opposition fans we haven't seen a referee in the documentary who has favoured Wrexham.
Plus did people notice in the episode they edited out the part where Mark Griffiths said that it was clearly not a penalty for second goal in Mansfield match. That was a chance to balance scales and shot we get errors from refs in our favour also..
The locker room should see Arthur as Wrexham’s Cornerstone player for their PL ambitions and that should allow for no disruption with the team chemistry
GET ARTHUR ON THE PHONE WITH ROB!!!!
BTW, love Arthur but don't want to pay him if he's only interested in the dollar dollar bills. You gotta get invested in Wrexham and want to be a big contributor to the project. Still feels like we overpaid for Ollie, who was hot for first 6mths and cooled ever since. Although Mulls likes him.
Money isn't everything.
Thought they definitely DISNEY-FIED the McClean thing re the chant. Thought it was a cop out. Sound editor turned the volume chant down. Pissed. true you can find it if you want. But how many eff you yelling, flying fingers, phallic and sheep images we have to sit thru? You couldn't play the last line? Total BS.
cool story bro