Phil Parkinson

Just down to the fact that we've had that needle in the past.

I think the only two people that were here the last time we had that needle... was Phil Parkinson who is a big part of it obviously and Max Cleworth not sure how you say his name or pronounce his name but I think they're the only two players or you know player and manager that was here when this all kicked off so obviously the fans remember and really it's It's more embarrassing for us because we got taken to 90 plus four in the second game to put out of the competition a National League side.

I think we've all moved on from then.

We're all different people since then.

And now it's Chris Wilder.

And obviously, Wilder loves a bit of needle at times.

And I don't know whether Wilder has a bit of needle with... phil parkinson from the past because i think the the billy sharp thing with phil parkinson was from the past i believe it when it was when he was at bolton and wilder was the manager of united when parky was at bolton so who knows there might be a little bit in that but what i wanted to leave you with is Callum O'Hare, would you have left if you were him? Would you have left a potential sinking ship at that point to go and play for a team on a journey? Or would you have stayed? That's the question I want to ask you.

And that's not trying to influence you booing him or not booing him or whatever you want to do.

Yeah, absolutely.

John Mussino, three years and 279 days, the second longest serving manager in the championship after Phil Parkinson with his over five years at Wrexham.

You do wonder whether that five years is under threat if he keeps losing games.

Wrexham struggling this season to maintain any consistency or form beaten at the weekend by Blackburn Rovers.

You suspect Southampton, who... took Swansea apart really when at St Mary's you suspect they'll be very much in the running and West Brom have had a good start.

Wolves are obviously going to be there or thereabouts and you can never count out the likes of Birmingham or I know Phil Parkinson's under a lot of pressure but you've got to say at some point you expect Wrexham to kind of put together a bit of a run.

There's a lot of teams in there and it's going to be a very, very crowded field but I guess the main question you've got to ask yourself is, is this Swansea team significantly better than the one last season? I would say yes, in terms of quality and strength and depth.

And with playoffs extending to top eight, I think it would be, I think you're right.

Can anybody guess what the number one talking point might be at the moment amongst Wrexham fans? It's this man.

Who knew? Who knew that Phil Parkinson was going to be the talking point, the first and the most hotly debated talking point? Who would have thought that? But the radar picked up on the fact that basically fans at the moment are talking about Short-term reaction and long-term concerns.

That's what the radar is picking up, right? And basically, it's kind of, the debate is, do people have faith, I think, is where we're going with this, aren't we? Have we got faith that in 10 games time, I mean, I'm just picking a number, Wrexham will be in a better position than where they are now? Yeah, because if you haven't got that faith, you're probably one of the people that feels like you're at the end of your tether and you think Phil Parkinson shouldn't be in a job, aren't you? That's probably, you're probably one of those people.

If you have got faith, then you're not one of those people and you're likely one of the people that are asking, why are people questioning what Phil Parkinson's doing? And then there's the delta in the spectrum.

Ultimately, fans are being very critical of the performances, the results, the tactics.

There's some other stuff going to come up today, which for the first time, I don't think we've had them in the radar, but maybe I've forgotten.

So where do you stand in this debate? That's what I want to know from you.

Whilst I'm waiting for you to put your opinions in, I'll give you my two penneth worth in the fact that I think...

I've seen that.

I was talking about it before when we were doing the episode of the radar and the fact that there's more people now open to Phil Parkinson perhaps departing rather than they were fiercely against it before.

And I guess that reflects how people are feeling at the moment.

We will see.

That's what we recruited last summer, do you remember?

Pay some power.

Was that in the gym, was it? For people who don't know, there's a Q&A with Phil Parkinson on Wednesday.

Is it tomorrow or Wednesday? Tomorrow.

Like I said, you've done so much good work Just get back to basics, what you're doing.

And that is the mantra, or has been the mantra, of Phil Parkinson at Wrexham.

Doesn't tend to get carried away when things are going well.

So the same applies when things are going not so well.

losing.

But also, he's just signed.

And who signed him? Phil Parkinson.

So I think you'd be better off asking probably one of the more longer-serving players.

But right now, let's leave him right where he is at number 22.

A significant faller down three at 21 is Phil Parkinson.

And there is one reason and one reason only that in a power rankings list where you're managing to, you know, everybody against each other, I think that Phil Parkinson, when you have the conversation of expectation versus delivery, with Wrexham in 17th in the league, having only won three out of 12 games, I think...

He's performing the worst against expectations of any manager working in the championship.

And does that make him the most likely to be sacked next? Well, that depends on owners.