‘We’ve got to deal with that’: Phil Parkinson sends message to Wrexham players following Birmingham draw

With a curling effort from 25 yards out early in the first half, Ollie Rathbone, who was a standout performer in the Wrexham player ratings, opened the scoring. Before Wrexham increased the pressure in the second half to try to win it, a header from Lyndon Dykes deflected off of the unlucky George Dobson to tie the score for the visitors. After his team’s valiant efforts against the League One leaders, Phil Parkinson sent a message to his players, who would have been satisfied with a lot better performance than the one at Shrewsbury Town.

Phil Parkinson exhorts his team to adopt a more positive outlook when they are not at home.

Parkinson informed his players that the team’s away performance must improve if they are to have any hope of promotion during the post-match coverage of Wrexham vs. Birmingham on Sky Sports. “We go away from home and it’s everyone’s cup final; it’s a full house, but we have to deal with that,” Parkinson said. The Red Dragons manager then contrasted his team’s performance against Birmingham City, a top-tier team, with what his team faces when they travel. “We need to figure out a way and acknowledge that teams will play against us in the same manner as we did against Birmingham tonight, put us under pressure, and shut us down,” he said. We need to get over that.

The next five games for Wrexham are four away games.

As they try to build on their strong performance against Birmingham, it appears that Wrexham is ready to start winning away from the Racecourse Ground. Parkinson will be hoping his Wrexham team can take advantage of his advise as they have four of their next five games away from home in two different tournaments. The club is expecting that Jack Marriott, who is fully recovered, will be able to start a series of outcomes.Ryan Longman from Hull City is another player that Wrexham is close to signing. Unless the North Wales team can now capitalize on that momentum and go on a winning run, a strong performance against Birmingham will mean nothing.

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