{"id":21997,"date":"2025-04-15T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/21997\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:43:11","slug":"bristol-rovers-boss-makes-league-two-claim-about-his-own-players-ahead-of-wrexham-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/21997\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Rovers boss makes ‘League Two’ claim about his own players ahead of Wrexham clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wrexham must hit back on Friday afternoon as relegation-threatened Bristol Rovers make the trip to the ST\u014dK Cae Ras.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are now just four games to go as the League One season heads towards its climax.<\/p>\n

Wrexham<\/a> still hold second place in the League One table but now lead Wycombe Wanderers by just one point.<\/p>\n

Wrexham drew 0-0 with Wigan Athletic<\/a> on Saturday, turning in a frustrating performance which was compounded by Wycombe\u2019s late win against Stevenage.<\/p>\n

Phil Parkinson believes Wrexham are in a great position<\/a>, and he would have taken being a point clear in second place with four games to play.<\/p>\n

Wrexham failed to register a shot on target against Wigan, though, and must hit back with a better display against Bristol Rovers.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBristol Rovers boss looks ahead to Wrexham clash<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pirates have now lost six League One games in a row and have now dropped into the relegation zone.<\/p>\n

Bristol Rovers sacked Matt Taylor<\/a> earlier this season, but the bold decision to appoint Inigo Calderon in his place could backfire with relegation.<\/p>\n

Wrexham must come out strong on Friday and seize the opportunity to get back to winning ways against a struggling side.<\/p>\n

Calderon has looked ahead to Friday\u2019s clash but has criticised his team\u2019s performances away from home.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Bristol Rovers\u2019 official website<\/a>, Calderon suggested that his players \u2018haven\u2019t been that good\u2019 on the road.<\/p>\n

Calderon noted that Bristol Rovers were \u2018a bit better\u2019 against Bolton Wanderers, but he knows the magnitude of the situation he faces.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard wants to just focus game by game rather than as a four-game chunk, something Parkinson will be preaching to his Wrexham players too.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have Wrexham away, and we know our performances away haven\u2019t been that good,\u201d said Calderon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true that the last one against Bolton was a bit better. It\u2019s not four games. It\u2019s one game. The next one is the most important one. It\u2019s so clear for me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Inigo Calderon has blasted his Bristol Rovers team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calderon has also suggested that his Bristol Rovers squad is more befitting of being in League Two than League One, based on recent performances.<\/p>\n

The Bristol Rovers boss told BBC Sport<\/a> that it\u2019s \u2018quite obvious\u2019 that Bristol Rovers just aren\u2019t good enough, but hopes that his honest stance will spark a real response.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody realises now, I don\u2019t know if they knew before, but it\u2019s quite obvious now at this moment we are a League Two team, a League Two club,\u201d said Calderon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good to have this chat to say everything to the face of everyone, to be a man in front of everyone, because we have to be strong enough to want to go out from this situation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Those are pretty bold comments from Calderon, and whilst he wants to spark a reaction, it could have the opposite effect.<\/p>\n

Wrexham will look to make sure that this is another torrid away trip for Bristol Rovers and move another step closer to the Championship whilst potentially pushing the Pirates closer to League Two.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham must hit back on Friday afternoon as relegation-threatened Bristol Rovers make the trip to the ST\u014dK Cae…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,12994,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-21997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-phil-parkinson","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114342042250259707","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}