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It's not that long ago we should have beat them, couple of key differences though...we had Gudjohnsen, Alebiosu and Morishita in the team that day. Worth noting their away form isn't great though, last away win way back in September. If I was a betting man, which I am, I'd be backing the draw. They've drawn 5 of their last 6 away from home. We've drawn 2 of the last 3 at home, 5 out the last 7 home and away. 2 out the past 3 H2H also draws. Just hope it's not another 0-0 draw though, a goal would be nice. I think we'll get one too, Hedges is due a goal. 1-1. Another draw isn't really much use in the grand scheme of things mind. On a rather negative note I remember us drawing too many the last time we went down to league one, 4 in a row in one spell. It's all a bit too familiar folks.....erm on that note - Happy New Year fellow blues.

Reyes would probably a striker if he can him. He could work the channels like Ohashi and run in behind whilst Gudjohnsen stays more central and be the fox in the box/focus point

Why wait? If there is a plan, then implement it now We do have some talented wide players at U21 & U18 level, not "retraining" them as wing backs/strikers/midfielders (I am sure there would be different solutions for different individual players) means we end up with talented players who we cant use in a year or 2

I think the under 21's and every group will move to playing 3 at the back at start of next summer if we are sticking to back 3 long term

Happy New Year! Let’s get off with a big win over these, should have beaten them the other week.

yep

Seems possible, especially with the Reyes link, but selling Pickering and pursuing Gibson says back 3, though completely illogical planning is our forte. Whatever is cheapest today is the plan I reckon, tomorrow be damned

Wow that's a top find Ian

I think the same, which in turn means that they are now left with a question of stick or twist? If they intend to stick with the back 3 beyond the end of this season, then surely they need to get the U21s/U18s etc playing the same system. It also makes little sense to keep either of Pickering or Ribeiro (an argument could be made for keeping one of them until the end of the season, purely to offer defensive stability off the bench, but neither would have a long term future with that system If hey decide to twist & move back to a back 4, then is that in January? Which would be very risky, or at the end of the season? In which case, any transfer business done in January, will will either have to be short term loans & contracts and leave us with another big rebuild in the summer, on top of the recurring contract issue.. Cantwell, Toth, Pratt, Kargbo, Pears, Montgomery, Doherty, Carter, Garrett, Edmondson will only have a year left (*), Tronstad, Hedges, Forshaw, Dlamini, Tyjon & the lesser spotted Mullarkey-Matthews will be out of contract (assuming they are not sold beforehand) etc * Not saying some of those players are the answer, but they have all featured kin our first team squad at some point, & that's that is a lot of contracts or new signings to sort

"Well we had to sell him now or risk losing him for free in the summer"...

Selling Tronstad would relegate us. Absolute suicide, so yeah, expect the club to do this.

I can't see a change in formation after Ismael has banged on about changing to a back 3 so much over the last few weeks. Our attack is poor though and it's getting difficult to even predict we might score a goal at the moment. ---------------Pears ------Miller---- McLoughlin----Pratt Litherland-----------‐---------------Hedges -------------Tronstad---Baradji -----------------Cantwell ------------Ohashi-------Henriksson 0-2 defeat.

I don’t get “ Stranger Things “. I thought it was supposed to be a kids programme.

I think we stumbled across the 3-4-1-2 that we are playing now by accident.

New Year, lots start of 2026 with a win. COYB 🔵 ⚪️ 2 nil Rovers. Cantwell will be crucial in this game. Bet on aswell. Rovers win, under 2.5 goals and Cantwell to score anytime.

Its a patched up Rovers side that's for surs....all washed down in a Nob End kit.

Why a tough watch?

Happy new year! Hopefully we can get three points today👍

A bit of nostalgia… https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=3515

Anyone else at this game besides me? 😁 Remember Duncan McKenzie jumping on the railings behind the goal… https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=3515

He was outstanding against Millwall aswell. People naturally look for the negative first and what he cant do not what he can do. We kept 3 clean sheets in a row. We have the 6th best goals conceded in this league. Yet Miller and McLoughlin arent good signings.

Welcoming back Dom Hyam after that last minute release is gonna be a tough watch too

A well run club would have targets for various budget possibilities.

Sorry to quote myself, but this may well be the case. Given all the talk during the summer of alignment between academy teams & first teams, (I seem to recall Adam Owen being talked up as the man to implement this) you would have thought that if the back 3 was here to stay, then that system would also be imposed from U21 level down. However, both the U21s & U18s have continued to play with the original back 4 tactics which they have used all season. which would seem an odd choice if the back 3 is anything other than a temporary measure (not that logic seems to drive too many choices at Rovers these days) But I am sure the ever nebulous "project" will change again over the next 6 months anyway, so who knows 😉

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