{"id":37283,"date":"2025-04-21T03:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/37283\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T03:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T03:25:14","slug":"bristol-rovers-ace-says-wrexham-are-really-good-in-one-area-worked-tirelessly-to-frustrate-phil-parkinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/37283\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Rovers ace says Wrexham are \u2018really good\u2019 in one area, \u2018worked tirelessly\u2019 to frustrate Phil Parkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wrexham slipped up in the League One promotion race, drawing 1-1 at home with Bristol Rovers on Friday afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Easter weekend was always going to be crucial in the battle for promotion from League One.<\/p>\n

Sadly, it hasn\u2019t started well for Wrexham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Phil Parkinson<\/a> watched on as Wrexham only drew 1-1 with Bristol Rovers<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

Taylor Moore\u2019s opener was cancelled out by a Matty James leveller, but there was to be no typical Wrexham late show.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, Wrexham saw Wycombe Wanderers beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 to claim second place with just three games to go.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBristol Rovers defender on Wrexham approach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrexham boasted 65% of possession against Bristol Rovers but couldn\u2019t really make it count.<\/p>\n

This was a troubling performance and one which will leave fans fearing that automatic promotion is fading away.<\/p>\n

There is still time for Wrexham to overtake Wycombe Wanderers again, but the games are running out now.<\/p>\n

Bristol Rovers defender Taylor Moore \u2013 the man who headed the visitors in front on Friday \u2013 has commented on the victory and Wrexham\u2019s style of play.<\/p>\n

Moore told the Bristol Rovers official website<\/a> that he feels Wrexham are \u2018really good\u2019 from crosses into the box.<\/p>\n

James\u2019 leveller did come from a Ryan Longman cross, but Moore highlighted that Bristol Rovers \u2018worked tirelessly\u2019 ahead of Friday\u2019s game in an effort to halt Wrexham\u2019s quality from wide areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, all in all, that was a really good performance from us,\u201d said Moore. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t been pretty all season, and now\u2019s the time that we\u2019re not worried about being pretty, we\u2019re worried about results. I just think the way we battled today and the way we limited Wrexham in their chances and their threats.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked tirelessly all week. We actually worked really, really hard on dealing with the crosses. We know they are really good at doing that. So, we can actually hold our heads really high,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Wrexham need more than just crossing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrexham have been so dangerous from crosses this season with Ryan Barnett particularly causing mayhem.<\/p>\n

Moore is far from the first player to point out Wrexham\u2019s style of play.<\/p>\n

Bolton\u2019s Will Forrester suggested Wrexham\u2019s approach<\/a> is \u2018not the most attractive\u2019 and Paul Merson claimed Parkinson\u2019s style is \u2018not entertaining\u2019<\/a>, but gets results.<\/p>\n

That is all well and good when the ball goes in the net, but Wrexham have endured some frustrating results in 2025.<\/p>\n

Ollie Palmer\u2019s exile means Wrexham\u2019s top aerial threat isn\u2019t even involved now, and these draws become frustrating where crosses are coming in but nobody is on the end of them.<\/p>\n

Wrexham sit top of the League One table for accurate crosses with 253, but also third for inaccurate crosses with 746.<\/p>\n

Wrexham also sit second for key passes from crosses in League One this season with 141, just behind Rotherham United.<\/p>\n

No matter what happens in terms of the promotion race, Wrexham must become a more dynamic team moving forward and not rely on crosses quite so heavily as the team continues to develop and grow.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham slipped up in the League One promotion race, drawing 1-1 at home with Bristol Rovers on Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37284,"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-37283","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\/114373821986478635","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37283","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=37283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}