WREXHAM ARE ON THE UP, SAYS FOWLER
IT’S AMAZING what a couple of new faces can do for a squad. Take Wrexham new boys Davis Keillor-Dunn and Dan Jarvis. Keillor-Dunn has been playing in Scotland while Jarvis has arrived at the Racecourse on loan from Stoke City.
I saw their National League debuts in the 3-0 win against Woking last weekend.
It’s fair to say there’s been discontent at Wrexham but when new players come in, they likely don’t have a clue what’s been happening so they aren’t weighed down. They’ll just think they’re playing for a really big club.
What I saw was captain Shaun Pearson back to the levels we’re so used to seeing from him. He won every header – and dished out some rollickings!
In midfield, Luke Summerfield was full of energy. The new young lads kind of helped changed the dynamics. I experienced it as a player at Crawley when I signed along with Anthony Wordsworth and Richard Wood.
When you arrive at a club not feeling that pressure or bogged down by things, you just go and play. We could soon feel the excitement build among the Crawley fans.
I don’t see football as pressure. You have to enjoy it. There have been mistakes at Wrexham, yes. But for the next 14 games they just need to forget everything that has gone on before.
In the summer, everyone can sit down and reflect. People can hold their hands up to mistakes or what hasn’t gone well. But also what has gone well.
There have been good things at Wrexham too. But because there’s been a lot of negativity, that gets swallowed up.
It’s not the time for a post mortem. That can come in the summer. The board can hold their hands up on certain things, which the fans will respect and then they may say they got onto the board or players too much.
Then the players can hold their hands up and say, ‘Listen, I simply wasn’t good enough this season’.
But at the moment it’s about getting the results to stay in the National League. Personally, I think they will.”