Apologies for the delay in posting this but I just been too busy. Anyway here goes.
Wrexham: Chris Maxwell, Declan Walker, Neil Ashton, Frank Sinclair, Chris Blackburn, Jay Harris, Kevin Gall, Dean Keates, Andy Mangan, Nat Knight-Percival, Andy Morrell. Subs: Johnny Hunt, Louis Moss, Curtis Obeng, Jamie Tolley, David Brown, Marc Williams, Gareth Taylor, Wes Baynes, Adrian Cieslewicz, Christian Smith.
Liverpool: Dean Bouzanis, John Flanagan, Emmanuel Mendy, Alex Cooper, Andre Wisdom, Conor Coady, Toni Brito Silva, Nicolijl Kolhert, Nicola Saric, Jesus Fernandez, Vicent Weijl. Subs: Michael N'Goo, Jamie Stephens, Jakub Sokolik, Michael Roberts, Matthew McGiveron, Marcus Giglio, Lewis Hatch.
Referee: Lee Evans.
Wrexham included old favourite Andy Morrell in their starting line up and he got a good welcome back from the small crowd that actually bothered to turn up for this pre-season friendly against a Liverpool reserve and youth team mixture which is not what Liverpool promised when they signed a couple of Wrexham academy players earlier in the year, so in that respect it was very disappointing that Liverpool did not fulfill their part of the deal. Liverpool did include goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis who was supposed to sign for Wrexham last season but in the end he didn`t and thank god for that. His display here was awful, can`t kick, can`t catch and absolutely rubbish.
Wrexham players that impressed me were Jay Harris who was absolutely superb. A bit like Robbie Garrett but ten times more skilful and his tackling was nothing short of unbelieveable, but I am sure that he will see red once or twice this season because of the type of player he is but what a player.
Another player to impress was Nat Knight-Percival who won everything in the air and took players on as if they weren`t there. He could well be the player who finally replaces Carlos Edwards down the wing as he is that good.
Chris Blackburn was another player who was impressive at the back unlike Frank Sinclair who very nearly scored another own goal when in the first five minutes of the second half with the ball inside the Wrexham penalty box and with Maxwell rushing off his line to try to get to the ball, Sinclair decided to just touch the ball which then went past Maxwell who dived backwards to save the ball from going into the goal as he had no other option, but the referee who obviously doesn`t know the rules of the game awarded a free kick for a back pass. I know it was a back pass but if he hadn`t have dived and saved it, it would have been a goal so this is where common sense comes into play unless you happen to be in charge of a Wrexham match. Wrexham had every player back on the goal line only for Liverpool to hit the ball high and over the crossbar.
Adrian Cieslewicz came on as sub second half and within five minutes went on one of his runs nd took 3 Liverpool players on and skinned them before he was brought down and the Liverpool defender shown a yellow card. Give this lad a chance this season and by that I mean give him several matches on the bounce and watch his confidence grow and he will take players on and will put some good crosses in but the more games he has then he will grow in confidence and then watch this lad go.
The players I was not impressed with were Jamie Tolley who has obviously eaten too many pies.
Andy Mangan had a great chance to put Wrexham ahead when he was one on one with the keeper and the ball bounced at the right height for Mangan to lob the keeper who was off his line but instead opted to take the keeper on who easily took the ball from Mangan`s feet. It`s about time that Mangan started paying Wrexham back because he plays 90 minutes most matches and he is just not doing the business. He needs to do it this season or let`s get rid.
My only concern is that even though this was a friendly against a bunch of Liverpool reserve and youth players Saunders still only played one up front and we don`t look like scoring. One up front in this match was a disgrace and if this is going to be Saunders tactics again this year then we will once again have nohing to cheer. Who the hell plays one up front in a friendly at home against a bunch of reserve and youth team players. I will tell you - no-one else just Saunders.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
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Dean Saunders Transfers
Dean Saunders Transfers since becoming Wrexham manager in October 2008
Monday 8th Jun 2009Kyle Is Latest To Leave
DEFENDER Kyle Critchell has agreed a deal which will see him leave the club with immediate effect, despite having a season left on his current contract, the necessary paperwork will be completed shortly.
The 22-year-old Wales U21 international had progressed through the youth and reserve teams at Southampton and also enjoyed a loan spell with Torquay United.
He left for Chesterfield in 2007 and was released by them after half a season, when he moved to Weymouth, his hometown club.
A move to Wrexham followed last summer, but he was suspended for the first three games of the season (following a red card in his final match with Weymouth) and then picked up an injury in training at the end of August.
After recovering from this ankle problem four months later, he said he was looking to be loaned out to help improve his first team chances at Wrexham. Joining fellow Conference side York City on a month's loan in early January 2009.
He was due to make his debut a day later against former club Weymouth, but the match was postponed due to the bad weather, before eventually made his first appearance after playing in the 2-1 victory over Oxford United ten days later.
His loan was extended for a second month on 4 February and finished with him making 11 appearances for the Minstermen.
Coming back to Wrexham in early March, Kyle then rejoined his local side Weymouth on loan until the end of the season. Playing eight times while with Weymouth, one bright spot as the Terras were relegated to the Conference South.
In total, Kyle only played two games for the Dragons, both last August.
He leaves with our best wishes and we hope he will soon be settled with a new club.
Tuesday 4th June 2009
Nat Brown has revealed he wants to leave the club so he can get first team football and not just sit and languish in the reserves. Personally I don`t think Matt has had much of a look in at Wrexham and maybe if he had had a decent look in then he would have made the centre back position his own as every time I saw him play, he always played quite a decent game so not sure if I am glad he is leaving or gutted. It`s one of them.
Tuesday 4th June 2009
Mark has signed a 12 month contract with a clause in it, which states that if after 4 months he has not done enough then Wrexham can tear up his contract and send Mark on his way.
Tuesday 19th May 2009
Levi Macken & Shaun Walley have both been released by Wrexham manager Dean Saunders. Both of them spent most of last season on loan at York City and Southport respectively but have been told they are no longer required at Wrexham. I am glad to see them both go as I thought both of them were uselesss footballers and have been very fortunate to be given a chance to play football for a living. If I was them I suggest they start looking for a proper job because they never going to make a decent living out of football as they are not good enough.
14th May 2009
Nathan Fairhurst joins Wrexham full time.
MIDFIELD player Nathan Fairhurst believes he has made the right choice by joining Wrexham, rather than staying with Championship club Preston North End.
The 19-year-old says the opportunity to play regular first team football with the Dragons is a better option rather than sit on the bench or play reserve team football at Preston where he was offered a new contract. I wish Nathan all the best and am sure that if he has a successful season then there will be a host of clubs trying to get his signature as he is too good to be playing non league football for more than a season.
Tuesday 5th May 2009
Jefferson Louis has left Wrexham by mutual consent with a year still left on his contract. The laziest footballer I have ever had the misfortune to watch play for Wrexham
Wednesday 29th April 2009
Gavin Ward - Keeper near the end of his career who served us well for 2 years.
Christian Gyan - The only match I seen him play, he was subbed at half time as he was shocking.
Anthony Williams - People claim he kept Wrexham in the league the season they beat Boston on the last day but he played about 12 games after coming in on loan and he was very lucky as all the shots in those 12 games came at a decent height and mae him look a better keeper than he was. Useless and good riddance.
Chris Marriott - Never saw him play.
Simon Spender - The promise he had as a youngster was never seen and was not good enough for Wrexham. Only reason he got a run in the team because Brian Little and Brian Carey don`t have a clue about playing football the proper way and thought he was the answer to someone with a bit of skill taking on players.
January 2009
Out
Conall Francis Murtagh In January 2009 signed for Welsh Premier League side The New Saints.In
On 7 October 2008Joe Allen
On 7 October 2008 Allen joined Wrexham on a one-month loan deal, scoring on his debut for the club during a 3-1 win over York City. His loan spell was cut short when he damaged ankle ligaments. He returned from the injury in December, making two league appearances in the space of three days for Swansea, earning plaudits from manager Roberto Martinez.[1]Ryan Flynn
(at Wrexham until April 26 2009)
Ashley Westwood
one of the first new signings of new manager Dean Saunders
with whom Westwood played at Bradford City. Signed on Thursday, 16 October 2008.
Sam Williamson
in his Man City playing days
Samuel James "Sam" Williamson (born 15 October 15 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Wrexham as a defender. He signed for Wrexham on a 18 month contract, after impressing on a loan spell from Premier League side Manchester City.
Patrick Suffo
Patrick Suffo (born January 17, 1978 in Ebolowa, Cameroon) is a footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently playing for Wrexham[1] on a pay as you play contract.
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Christian Gyan
DRAGONS SIGN FRENCH DEFENDER06/02/2009French central defender Aurelien Collin, who played nineteen matches for Scottish League side Gretna last season, has signed for Blue Square Premier club Wrexham until the end of the season. Collin (pictured) joined Gretna from Spanish La Liga club Mallorca in August 2007, signing a two-year contract with the club, but he only made 19 appearances before he was released by the then-SPL club before the end of last season. Trials at Championship clubs Blackpool, Preston North End and Wolves failed to lead to a permanent deal being offered, and Collin signed a one-year contract at Greek Premier League side Panserraikos. "He's played at a higher level, he's aggressive and he's another centre half," said Wrexham manager Dean Saunders, who saw defenders Steve Evans and Shaun Pejic leave the club my mutual consent this week.
Christian Gyan (born 1978-11-02 in Tema) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Wrexham. Gyan signed for Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1996. During the following season the club send him on loan to Excelsior. After only a couple of months Feyenoord recalled the defender, and he made his debut for Feyenoord that same season. Gyan remained with Feyenoord for the next eight seasons. He was mainly used as a substitute. Gyan did play the 2002 UEFA Cup Final against Borussia Dortmund. He replaced the suspended Brett Emerton in the starting eleven. With Gyan Feyenoord went on to beat Dortmund 3-2. While at Feyenoord Gyan also won a Dutch League Championship and a Johan Cruijff Schaal.Gyan played 23 games for the national team of Ghana.In June 2008 Gyan completed a successful trial for the Finnish club Turun Palloseura, and he signed a 6-month deal with TPS on 3 June. In January 2009 Gyan signed for Wrexham until the end of the 2008-09 season.
Christian Gyan
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Christian Gyan - TPS Turku - Veikkausliiga. Date of Birth, 02/11/1978. Place of Birth, Tema, Ghana. Nationality, Ghana. Height, 1.67 m /5 ft 6 in ...
Aurélien Collin (born 8 March 1986 in Enghien-les-Bains) Aurélien Collin (born 8 March 1986 in Enghien-les-Bains) is a French footballer YouTube - AURELIEN COLLIN SEASON 2008/09 Career Collin joined Gretna from Spanish La Liga club Mallorca in August 2007, receiving international clearance to play for the club on 14 August. He signed a two year contract with the club.[1] He made his debut for the club in a 1-1 draw with Hearts on 18 August.[2] He scored an own goal in a 4-0 defeat against Rangers on 1 September 2007 at Ibrox Stadium. [3] Following his release by Gretna, Collin spent a week on trial with English Championship club Blackpool, having also been on trial with fellow Championship clubs, Preston North End,[4] and later, Wolves.[5] However, none of these trials have led to a permanent deal being offered. In 2008, he played for panserraikos, a Greek premier league club, he signed a one-year contract. (http://www.panserraikos-gr.com/). On 5 February 2009, Collin has joined Blue Square Premier club Wrexham on a one year contract until the end of the season.Aurelien Collin career stats at Soccerbase AURELIEN COLLIN SEASON 2008/09 You Tube Videos Of AURELIEN COLLIN in action.
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12th February 2009 Wrexham sign Jamie McCluskey
Wrexham sign winger Jamie McCluskey
Feb 13 2009 By Mark Currie
Wrexham manager Dean Saunders yesterday strengthened his promotion-chasing squad by signing winger Jamie McCluskey and he is actively pursuing yet more targets to keep his players fresh for the final 10 weeks of the season.
Saunders said new boy McCluskey faced a battle for selection, but predicted he would quickly become a crowd-pleaser at the Racecourse.
"Jamie has joined us until the end of the season and if he does well we will give him a new deal next season.
"He has not played for a long time but the fans will love watching him. He is a very talented young player, but his first job is to force his way into the team. Once he has done that I’m sure he will become a crowd favourite."
McCluskey, at one time the youngest ever player to feature in the Scottish Premier League when at Hibernian, hopes his move to the Racecourse will finally launch a career blighted by injury. A twice-broken foot was at the root of the problem, but the 21-year old Scot is optimistic that the worst is behind him.
"I have only been here a week and a half and I’ve only trained with the other lads for three days," he said.
"This is a big opportunity for me to get back to playing regular football and I owe that to the manager and his staff who have all been great with me. I have been to Partizan Belgrade in Serbia and Catania in Italy, but I have not played for a year.
"Wrexham are obviously doing well, but I would not have signed for them unless I felt I had something to offer and I’ll be doing my best to break into the first team as quickly as possible."
Wrexham FC sign Andrew Crofts
Feb 18 2009 by Mark Currie, Daily Post
DEAN SAUNDERS has lured Wales star Andrew Crofts to the Racecourse – but the midfielder couldn’t prevent Wrexham slipping to a 2-1 defeat at Burton Albion last night.
Crofts, who has 12 international caps, made his debut in the Pirelli Stadium loss after completing a whirlwind loan switch from League Two side Gillingham hours before the game.
The signing provided Saunders some consolation after watching his side throw away a 1-0 advantage against the league leaders, with Jefferson Louis opening the scoring on 23 minutes.
And the manager believes Crofts has a glittering career ahead of him, having watched the midfielder at close quarters while on international duty with Wales.
In dispute with his club Gillingham, where his contract expires at the end of the season, the 24-year old has joined the Dragons until the end of the season in order to play regular first team football.
And the Racecourse boss is delighted to have secured the player’s services for Wrexham’s bid to bounce back into the Football League at the first attempt.
“He’s coming to help us in this final push for promotion,” said Saunders.
“I know his qualities from working with him at Wales and this boy could end up playing in the Premiership. He played against Holland last summer, where he made a good impression on the coaching staff.
“This is a major coup for us and shows the ambition of the chairman and myself in trying get Wrexham promoted out of this league.
“Andrew’s presence brings experience and strength to the squad and he will bring the best out of our younger players. He is a good, solid character and certainly no fancy-dan player because he rolls his sleeves up and gets stuck in.
“Andrew will definitely move onto better things. But it shows the boy’s character that he is will to come and help a Welsh club in the short term. He really is doing us a big favour.
“Both John Toshack and myself advised the player that a move to Wrexham would be a big help to both him and Welsh football.”
Crofts has also won under 19 and under 21 honours and was Gillingham’s player of the year last season. He made nearly 200 appearances for the Kent club, scoring 17 goals.
Monday March 9th 2009
Kyle Kritchell returns from his loan spell at York City where he has been for the last two months.
Critchell playing for York City in 2009
Wrexham have been busy in the transfer market again, albeit only on loan. A new goalkeeper which we need and another central defender which we definitely don`t need. A striker is what we desperately require but can`t seem to get one. Dragons'>http://www.wrexham-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=439866">Dragons sign new keeper - Wrexham FC - Wrexham Online Dragons sign new keeper. By Gvred. Thursday, 26th March 2009 ... Gunnar is the third player Wrexham have acquired from City this season, following in the ... Wrexham are in line to parade a new goalkeeper at Histon after International clearance was given to Gunnar Nielsen.The 22year old stopper has been signed until the end of the season from Manchester City, Gunnar is the third player Wrexham have acquired from City this season, following in the steps of Angelos Tsiaklis and Sam Williamson. The 6'3" stopper began his career with HB Torshavn, before moving to BK Frem Copenhagen in 2005. After making five Appearances, Gunnar was signed by Premier League Blackburn Rovers in July 2007 for an undisclosed fee.While at Rovers, he had a six month loan spell with Scottish Premier League outfit Motherwell, before moving onto Manchester City in a two and a half year deal. Obviously Mark hughes must rate him highly to bring him to Man City from Blackburn seeing as Man City already have two excellent goalkeepers. At 6 foot 3 he should be able to handle anything in the air which is what we desperately need. How many times have we lost to set pieces is un-real so hopefully this should put a stop to that. Assoumani signs for DragonsWrexham have announced the signing of defender Mansour Assoumani for the remainder of the season.Mansour is 28,and was born in Nice, France. He is 6 feet 2 inches and can play in central defence or right back. Assoumani began his career with French club Montpellier, making 74 appearances and scoring 4 goals in a five year stay. He has also played for German second division clubs Saarbrucken and Sportfreunde Siegen.In December 2008, Assoumani was offered a one month contract with First division Leeds United. He made one appearance while at Elland road, Playing in the 3-1 defeat against Milton Keynes Dons.Mansour was released by Leeds in January 2009, and trained with Crewe Alexandra but failed to secure a contract. At last we have some real height in our defence which is what we desperately required. I have now lost count of the number of players we have signed permanently or got on loan in the last two years. Surely we must be talking over 50 players. Geoff Moss surely must be congratulated on the money he has spent since taking over at Wrexham or sent to the nearest mental institution and strapped to the chair for his own well being and mental health because let`s face it, who else would have ploughed the amount of money into Wrexham during the last year or so. We must have had more players than Pamela Anderson has had ,well you know what she has had.
DRAGONS SIGN FRENCH DEFENDER06/02/2009French central defender Aurelien Collin, who played nineteen matches for Scottish League side Gretna last season, has signed for Blue Square Premier club Wrexham until the end of the season. Collin (pictured) joined Gretna from Spanish La Liga club Mallorca in August 2007, signing a two-year contract with the club, but he only made 19 appearances before he was released by the then-SPL club before the end of last season. Trials at Championship clubs Blackpool, Preston North End and Wolves failed to lead to a permanent deal being offered, and Collin signed a one-year contract at Greek Premier League side Panserraikos. "He's played at a higher level, he's aggressive and he's another centre half," said Wrexham manager Dean Saunders, who saw defenders Steve Evans and Shaun Pejic leave the club my mutual consent this week.
