Wrexham Need to Give Phil Parkinson Time - Not the Boot

It's Time to Back Parkinson... Again

Wrexham’s start to the season has been nothing short of dire; let's be honest. One win in seven games, only seven goals scored; it's been an all-around shambles. Like with every football team in the world, when you have a poor run of form, questions start getting asked of the management. For Phil Parkinson, this isn't the first time his management has been questioned, with rumblings over the last two seasons about the possibility of him leaving the club.

🔴 Wrexham’s Premier League dream is under pressure after a nightmare start to the Championship season.

The 6-0 defeat to West Ham leaves Phil Parkinson facing questions, with Wrexham taking just seven points from their opening six games. pic.twitter.com/KmJMcVyy1G

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Personally, I'm not a fan of Parky and his management style. I think it's brilliant for the lower leagues, but he's been found out in the Championship. His terrorist anti-football playstyle can't work consistently, especially when you're coming up against ex-Premier League sides like West Ham, Southampton and Wolves. They will all break you down, and unfortunately for Parky, it's looking more and more likely that other teams are learning from them and finding ways to break Wrexham down.

Unfortunately, Parkinson’s recruitment hasn't been brilliant over the summer either, leaving the squad exposed, especially going forward. O’Hare was the only attacking player signed over the summer, when it's quite obvious that we needed to invest in our attacking options. Then there's allowing Okonkwo to go out on loan instead of selling him, when it's obvious Parky doesn't see him as the number one going forward.

In my opinion, through all his flaws and my personal opinion aside, Parky should stay. There's no point in getting rid of a manager after a poor run of form. I'd give him at least until Christmas and give him the chance to prove me, and everyone else who isn't a fan of him, wrong. There's also no point in getting a new manager until December, when they would have a chance to sign some players to improve the squad.

So let's do what Wrexham have done so well before: back the boys, give Parky a chance, and hopefully, in a few months, me and every other naysayer will be proven wrong.

Seen a few tweets saying Parky could be going, surely this rumour is false. He definitely deserves a moment to at least end on a high or prove that he can improve performances. But if he is going he definitely deserves a statue in his honour.

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Why Parkinson should stay

Parky has earned enough clout with both the owners, Rob and Ryan, and, hopefully, the fans to be given the grace of turning the tide of the way things are going. I hope he can prove that he is still the man to take Wrexham forward and, hopefully, lead us into the Premier League in the coming seasons.

If the rumours are true that Parky is off then fuck me he’s done some job. I hope they are just rumours!! Parkys red n white army

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Parkinson has been at Wrexham since almost the start of the takeover, taking the reins from Dean Keates in the National League. Yes, it was a drop down for him, coming from Sunderland, who were three leagues above us at the time. But in the five years since, he has led Wrexham to back-to-back-to-back promotions and achieved a seventh-place finish in his first go at the Championship with Wrexham. With all this in mind, I think Parky has earned himself some grace and the chance to keep his job.

A new manager wouldn't automatically make Wrexham start winning. There might be a few games where you get the ‘new manager bounce’, but there's nothing to show that short-term success would be consistent in the long term. If a new manager were brought in now, you'd also have the issue of the club not being able to make any signings until January. The current shortfalls in the squad, such as the limited attacking options and the lack of conviction from the midfield, would all still be there.

That’s why I think waiting until January is the sensible option. Give Parky the time to work with the squad, assess where the problems are and see whether he can turn things around. By January, we should have a much clearer idea of whether the summer signings have settled in, where we need strengthening and whether Parkinson is genuinely the man to take us forward. If the problems are still there, the club can then make a more informed decision, rather than rushing into a managerial change simply because of a poor run of form.

Then you also come to the issue of the lack of managers available at the moment. Off the top of my head, the only manager we could realistically get without poaching another club's manager, which can get expensive, would be Welshman Rob Edwards. I think Edwards would be a good manager, but again, I don't think he is the answer to Wrexham's problems. Bringing someone in just for the sake of making a change doesn't guarantee anything, and I would rather give Parky the opportunity to fix things before making a decision that could have a much bigger impact on the club.

Why the Criticism isn't Entirely Unfair

There are definitely reasons you could advocate for his sacking, with the first being that the football hasn't been good enough. The past season and the start to this one have shown some poor football. Last season, Parky was able to scrape through a lot of matches by the skin of his teeth, and it worked out for him. But I think a lot of teams have figured out our weaknesses now and are exploiting them. A new style of play from a new manager may be the change that Wrexham need to stop these weaknesses from being exposed.

He's out of his depth.. It's time to move on.

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Another fair criticism I've seen being thrown around about Parkinson is that his recruitment hasn't been good enough. You can go back to when we were in League One — Mo Faal, Jay Rodriguez and Seb Revan have all been flops, and I think that has set a precedent that has followed us into our second season in the Championship. This issue with recruitment is something that, in my view, needs to be seriously looked at going forward, whether that means a change in management or getting sporting director Steve Nickson to take over the transfer side of the club.

Ultimately, Parkinson has some issues that need to be addressed, and at the moment, it seems like he's in some hot water with the way the start to the season has gone. But like I said before, I think we should keep Parky until at least January, when we can have a better look at how the season has really played out.

I can't see us being in the relegation zone by then, and hopefully, we should be somewhere around mid-table. And if we don't push for promotion, that's not a big deal. We've only just established ourselves in the Championship, and not every season has to be about getting promoted.

So, for everything Parkinson has done for Wrexham, I think he deserves the grace to try and turn it around. The football needs to improve and the recruitment needs to be looked at. But let's give him the chance to do that before we start talking about replacing him.